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lapucelle

(18,238 posts) Tue Aug 9, 2016, 05:04 PM Aug 2016

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Federal regulation of amusement park rides is nonexistant. Thanks St. Ronnie! [View all]

Consumer Product Safety Commission hasn't had the power to oversee amusement parks for 35 years, after Congress stripped its authority in 1981 as part of a package of deregulatory budget cuts.

Here's the Kansas state statute concerning amusement park rides. It calls for self-inspection by a qualified inspector once a year. There is no license requirement for an inspector.

http://law.justia.com/codes/kansas/2015/chapter-44/article-16/

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Federal regulation of amusement park rides is nonexistant. Thanks St. Ronnie! [View all] lapucelle Aug 2016 OP

Blaming Reagan doesn't make much sense. Dreamer Tatum Aug 2016 #1

Here's the history of federal and state regulation, lapucelle Aug 2016 #4

Americans should be free to ride on unsafe rides!!!! guillaumeb Aug 2016 #2

Yep. Reagan deregulated so much that it endangered the social safety net. Rex Aug 2016 #3

Reagan tried to abolish the Consumer Product Safety Commission lapucelle Aug 2016 #5

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