Bungee jumping 'killed off' by new safety rules
Published: 4 Jun 10 11:58 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/27038/20100604/
Strict new safety rules could spell the end of bungee jumping in Sweden, companies who organize the activity have warned.
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Almost all bungee jumps in Sweden are taken from mobile cranes, which are usually rented. All equipment, including platforms and safety harnesses, are provided by organizers and are inspected regularly according to a set of criteria.
But now the industry is under threat after the Swedish National Police Board (Rikspolisstyrelsen) has issued a stricter interpretation of the rules, making it harder for companies to pass inspections.
“We are being reclassified as fairground operators, which has led the police to demand that we inspect our equipment in a new way in order to get permission to arrange bungee jumps,” Kempe said.
Under current rules, all new fairground equipment must be inspected carefully when it enters Sweden to ensure it meets Swedish safety standards. The strict application of the rules means that jump organizers must have their equipment inspected every time they arrange a jump.
“The crane now has to be inspected together with our platform. Even if the equipment and the crane are approved individually, they cannot be used together,” Kempe said.
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bungy jumping has a very low accident rate if you ban this you may as well ban sky diving and any other adrenaline sport
i agree with reader you are a muppet
I may have been a bit extreme calling for an outright ban but I wholly support some form of regulation afterall it will take some of my tax money to treat those fortunate to survive a fall.
Somebody called them an Anti-fun Nazi, but I bet this came from the extreme left.
The end is nigh!!!!!!!!!
Maybe we should make it illegal to be outside when there is a thunderstorm?
Regardless, this sounds like a bootlegger & baptist issue.