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Re: [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... Get a grip people - Magnumsmom

Last comment on this from me for now.

Truman, Disney and Bush Gardens are both in the business of
providing children's (and adults!) rides that are not normally
available at home.  Very very few parents are able to build their
children a rollercoaster in the backyard.  There is a difference
between the business of Bush Garden's and Disneyland / World
and the AERC.  Quite a few parent provide horses (or ponies, or
mules, or burros) for their kids to ride at home.

That said, I do agree with Joe Long that this issue should be
deferred to our legal experts... we have a great one in John Parke. 
I will go along with any recommendation from respectable AERC
legal advisors on this issue.  I consider John Parke a responsible
and respectable AERC legal advisor.

Kathy Myers
in Santa Fe, NM
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Truman wrote:
> If there were additional risk from liability from limits then corporations like Anhiser
> Bush and Disney woul not use limits on certain rides in their parks. I am sure their
> corporate legal staff would be well aware of any such thing. Both Bush Gardens
> and Disney World have age limits on certains rides. They implement the age limits
> based on size - actually height. As I heard one aggrivated mother being told "if he
> can walk under this bar standing upright then as far as we are concened he is not
> 12 years old and can't go on this ride."? Had nothing to do about usurping parental
> authority it had to do with these companies being responsible citizens of the
> community and mitigating potential risk to the corporation.
>
> In the case of a very serious injury or death, an incidient might cross the like from a
> civil issue to one of a criminal issue. This has happened before. A four wheeler flipped
> on a young kid and killed him - the parents charged with involuntary manslaughter.
>
> Truman
>
> Joe Long wrote:
>> I've seen several people speculate that the AERC would have more liability if it
>> had an age limit, but I have seen no opinion on this from an attorney
>> experienced in child-injury cases (and I don't believe it).  Perhaps if we are
>> going to use that rationalization as a crutch to avoid our moral responsiblity,
>> the AERC should at least consult such an attorney and get such an opinion, in
>> writing?  Hmmm?