Why is there a height limit on roller coasters?

Because if that roller coaster stops unexpectedly for any reason, its lap bar won't be able to restrain a child under 40 inches tall. That's why the ride has that height restriction. Ignoring ride restrictions can kill riders and has on thrill rides around the world.



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Yes. The safety features on a roller-coaster have a specific range of height and weight that passengers must be within. Most roller-coasters don't care about too tall, but any standing ones, ones with shoulder restraints or inversion turns do have maximum height requirements.

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This places some limits on the design. For example, the coaster car can't go through a loop or over a hill that is taller than the initial hill because going higher would require more energy than it has available. If the track is too long, friction might eventually cause the coaster car to come to a complete stop.

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There is a strong relationship between the height and speeds of the roller coasters, that is, in general, faster roller coasters tend to be taller.

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It is a matter of size, not weight. If a person is too large to fit into the restraints, then they cannot ride. It depends on how a person is built. For example, a guy with a large chest may not be able to ride, but someone else that weighs more than him might.

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They may just not enjoy the thrill as much as they did as a kid. “No one is ever too old to ride roller coasters,” amusement park expert and author Pete Trabucco said. “You can ride roller coasters as long as you're physically able to.”

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Fear of roller coasters, also known as veloxrotaphobia, is the extreme fear of roller coasters. It can also be informally referred to as coasterphobia. Such a fear is thought to originate from one or more of three factors: childhood trauma, fear of heights, and parental fears that “rub off” on their children.

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Suggested answer: Roller coaster designers include a second hill to build up more potential energy that can be converted to kinetic energy as the roller coaster goes down the hill. If there were only one hill, the ride would have less energy and would be shorter.

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Roller Coaster Restrictions At no time can the track be more than 75 feet above the ground or go below ground level. No ascent or descent can be steeper than 80 degrees from the horizontal.

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