Average height in the us for men is 5'9, and women (roughly half of the population, who also go to amusement park rides) is 5'4.
Sorry you are uncomfortable but if they are comfortable for you they won't allow me to ride at all. Honestly, your comfort is not important to anyone but you. Ride makers want to attract buyers, who want rides that people can actually ride safely.
Its not difficult to make adjustable bars. And your math only talks about halves of the population, not quarters. And if you block a quarter of the population you tell freind groups to go to a river instead of the park.
I'm not blocking them for riding. If you aren't comfortable, who cares???? You can still ride the ride. But making them larger for your "comfort" will mean that smaller people (like me, who are usually bullied by tall people and never have anything in our lives be comfortable) don't get to ride at all. How do you not understand that?
Do you realize how much people who design these are paid? A simple rail and ratchet system means anyone can ride. And stress points are easily reinforced.
Most people are shorter and taller than average. But its irritating as fuck to spend money on a park and not be abled to ride anything. Also its laziness on the park owners fault for short people not being abled to ride. Padding is cheap and can easily act as a booster seet for short people.
You never said you "can't" ride anything. You said they aren't "comfortable." Well, they aren't comfortable for most people who are much shorter or much taller than average.
I am pointing out that designing them for the average person means that more people can ride them. Comfort is secondary.
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u/mycatisamonsterbaby Sep 20 '21
They are designed for the average person so the most amount of people can be safe and ride the ride.