In South Carolina, which performs annual ride inspections, the focus is on park patrons.
Call the state Division of Codes and Standards, which has jurisdiction over ride inspections, at (609) 292-2097 or (609) 292-2098.
Pre-ride motorcycle inspection.
In Florida, for example, carnival rides are subject to state inspection, but rides at the state's largest theme parks are self-inspected.
With each setup of the rides comes an inspection by the safety division of the State Labor Department.
And indeed, New Jersey's system of ride regulations and inspections is considered one of the most comprehensive in the nation.
For most travelers, Europe may be more associated with medieval fortresses and train journeys than sand castles and ferry rides, but close inspection of the map reveals that the continent is home to thousands of miles of coastline and scores of islands off its shores.
If the sleigh ride that was this inspection had just been given its initial push down the slope, it then proceeded to plunge, luge-like, down a sluice gate of detritus-flecked squalor.
Perhaps, in Group and Graded races, closer inspection of rides that pass the trigger point could even be referred straight to the British Horseracing Authority headquarters at High Holborn, with the findings released in a one-line statement a day or so later.
The 12-year-old boy who died Thursday after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, an autopsy found, and an inspection of the ride found no mechanical problems.
