Probe says Kings Island ignored safety concerns

There's many reasons I haven't been to the Kings Island abusement park in almost 20 years.

After it started making all patrons walk through metal detectors in 2003, that was the final nail in the coffin of me ever returning. It's absurd to spend $50 just to be treated like a criminal. (On the very first day of this policy, Kings Island started a fight with a 50-year-old man at the entrance and called the cops on him.)

Now there's a lawsuit over injuries incurred on Kings Island's Son of Beast roller coaster. An engineer who inspected the ride now says Kings Island knew about the safety concerns but kept the ride running anyway.

That's greed on Kings Island's part. The park didn't want to lose one of its signature rides, so it kept it in service even though it was dangerous.

The inspector said the coaster even had a loose bolt, and that park officials knew the ride swayed too much.

Kings Island spent more effort getting metal detectors than in making sure Son of Beast was safe.

(Source: http://www.wlwt.com/news/21564970/detail.html)