Roller coasters are awesome and fun and completely horrifying. But just how safe are those wild rides that we'll happily spend hours standing in line for? There are a few things the industry probably doesn’t want you to know. Here's why you might never want to get on a roller coaster ever again. It's worth noting that roller coaster-related fatalities really aren't that common, but there have been reports of bizarre things happening inside the skulls of occasional riders. According to Science Direct, the most common neurological injuries suffered by roller coaster riders are subdural hematoma, which sounds vaguely unsettling, and cervical artery dissection, which are the kinds of things that make you never get on another roller coaster again, ever.
The main thing to keep in mind is that roller coasters can exacerbate pre-existing conditions. In 2001, a woman died on the Goliath roller coaster at California's Six Flags Magic Mountain. According to the LA Times, the coroner concluded that she had a brain aneurysm, which is a bulging blood vessel, that she was likely unaware of when she got on the ride, and the stress of the ride itself helped the aneurysm rupture.
So basically, don't ride roller coasters if you have a brain aneurysm… which is something you may not know about unless you ride a roller coaster. Keep watching the video to see more secrets the roller coaster industry doesn't want you to know!
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