Cedar Point’s response was pretty abysmal which is starting to be a trend it seems. First Aid released the guest after cleaning his wounds… The next day he ended up in the ER and found out that he had a concussion.
If parks don’t start prosecuting people who aren’t responsible enough to properly secure their articles this problem is going to keep getting worse. There is very little incentive to follow rules when parks generally don’t seem to take action when the rules are broken… Charging people for lockers and removing platform bins make this problem worse (although not an excuse for Maverick which still does have bins). To be clear, this isn’t Cedar Point’s fault but they do have a responsibility to take action against those that broke the rules… Likely they’ll just remove the bins from Maverick and punish everyone following the rules while the culprit goes free.
Bottom line is if you start showing others that you’re in serious trouble if you don’t secure your articles then people will start taking this seriously. They have no reason to care otherwise.
Personally I’m usually ok without my phone when I’m by myself but often times when you’re at a park with a group/family there’s a lot of synchronizing that needs to happen… The group may split up so being able to tell someone “I’m close to the station” or whatever the case may be can help a ton when the other part of your group finishes their ride and wants to know if they should fit in another… There’s of course the conversations that comeup that require RCDB so that’s also an aspect 😂