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A fact from Euthanasia Coaster appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the concept for the Euthanasia Coaster, a roller coaster designed to kill its riders, caused concern among anti-euthanasia groups when it went on display? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/May.

This is not linked in any way, shape or form to the article. I just love the wikipedian sense of humour; I mean 'unintentional survival of passengers', that sounds like something you would hear in Aperture or a Dark Comedy Film/Show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.159.15 (talk) 00:26, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see how 10G's for 60 seconds is going to kill most healthy people. Unconsciousness, sure, but death seems highly improbable. 174.24.42.135 (talk) 01:46, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, 10G is quite a heavy lot of force. As far as I know normal people pass out in less than 10G in less than 60 seconds. Oh Frustration (talk) 15:20, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You might be right. Most people will pass out at about 3G, with a G-suit this is increased to about 7G and with training that can be increased to about 10-12G for short periods of time (as with a jet fighter pilot) but seeing as brain death doesn't normally occur until after 3 minutes without oxygen the passengers who don't have a cardiac arrest are more likely to just turn up unconscious at the end of the ride. There are two modifications to the basic design which would mitigate this risk. Firstly, invert the car so the passengers endure 10G of negative-g. This would almost certainly cause a cerebral haemorrhage. Secondly, have some blades that decapitate the passengers on the final turn. As far as I know no one has ever survived decapitation.

Several problems with decapitation, mainly that it defeats the purpose of having the people die in a nonglorey fashion. Also many people have survived several attempts of decapitation, that's why they got rid of methods like the guillotine. What would fit this ride better is a sudden turn to snap the neck, or a sudden stop. The car could be inverted for the negative-g, then strong magnets could be used to invert it back to positive-g right before it returns to the station. This would give anyone cardiac arrest, cerebral hemorrhage, and a broken neck; thus insuring 0% survivability. What do y'all think of that combination? --MahaPanta (talk) 07:53, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]