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144: Amusement Parks That Ended Up Being Death Traps

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Riders would straddle a small plastic board with four wheels on it. The brakes often didn't work and many complain that you basically had only two speed choices: extremely slow or death awaits. Even if the brakes did work properly, riders didn't want to use them because who wants to slow down at an action park? You go the action park, go fast.

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