What are the safety tips for riding the Ferris wheel?

Don't take loose objects like cellphones or cameras on the ride. Obey posted height and weight requirements – and, yes, follow those instructions about remaining seated and keeping your arms and legs inside the vehicle. Do not rock the cars on rides like the Ferris wheel.



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Although Ferris wheels may not pose as much danger for small injuries, the types of accidents from Ferris wheels usually are falls, and usually are serious.

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Although it can't compete with high-speed roller coasters for sheer excitement, there is an appeal to ferris wheels that many cannot resist. However, this does not meant that ferris wheels are any safer than high speed rides, since they may lack the safety measures to keep riders safe.

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Despite all of the concerns, Ferris built a giant amusement wheel that worked perfectly for the entire World's Fair. Not only was it safe, it was also incredibly popular. Over the next five months, 1.4 million people rode the giant wheel to get a bird's-eye view of the fair.

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A Ferris wheel goes round and round. Up to the top you ride feeling the wind in your face and seeing all the sights. To the bottom you go, hearing the giggles of delight and smelling delicious popcorn and cotton candy. ?Just as you really begin to enjoy yourself, you feel it come to a stop.

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Most rides without any kind of restraints that go high will not allow single riders for the possibility of suicide. Possible risk of suicide is one possibility.

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It was a warm late spring day in Clason Point on June 11, 1922, when 75 mile per hour storm winds toppled a 100-foot ferris wheel, ripping the structure from its supports and tossing it onto the beach ten feet below its base.

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Fun Facts about the Ferris wheel and its inventor: The Ferris wheel was originally called the “observation wheel.” It was meant to provide a bird's eye view of the entire city. The wheel was not actually completed for a month and a half after the fair officially started. The Ferris wheel cost approximately $750,000.

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While a Ferris wheel separation would be devastatingly catastrophic in Real Life, it wouldn't roll very far. The wheel itself isn't very strong, and would collapse under its own weight. Fortunately, a breakage of this sort would be extraordinarily unlikely.

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In a typical coaster design, the riders in the front car get an unobstructed view of all these obstacles whipping past them. In a coaster that has seats facing backward, the rear car offers the best of both worlds -- you get a great view and the most intense ride.

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The middle seats have the weakest ride in terms of view and speed but they'll give you everything the seats in the front and the back do at just a little less intensity. A ride in the middle makes you feel less isolated. Try it if you're unsure about the very front or the very back.

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“As far as an age limit, though, if you are physically healthy and up for the thrill, there is likely no greater risk for someone who is 60 than there is for someone who is 20.” The largest concern for those who indulge in roller coasters is the after effects.

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