How fast and high can a roller coaster legally go without harming passangers?
There is no legal limit on how high a roller coaster can go, except for a town’s own height restriction where a tall coaster is hoped to be built. It’s not like a coaster is just built and then prayers are counted on that no one gets hurt the first time it’s loaded with people. Ride manufacturers have to be satisfied with the finished product before they can go sell it to a park, and that includes looking at the body’s reaction to the forces applied to it. They don’t make much money on selling something that doesn’t work the way it was intended. I think the height limit has been reached at this point. I don’t think there’ll be too many more coasters going over the 400-ft. threshold; at least, none like Kingda Ka, just because they are expensive to manufacture and build. Notice there’s not too many continuous circuit coasters (with a standard chain lift and first drop) that are even over 300 feet. The speed limit is pretty close to being met too. But of course, you never know. Technolog
