It's the same reason that Wild Mouse at Blackpool is still running.
There's a set of new rulings for any "new" ride to meet certain safety standards. That includes compulsory seat belts and "caging" to stop riders from reaching outside the car if the track doesn't have a certain safety envelope.
However, old rides are allowed to continue operating under their current configuration - it's just if they go through a massive overhaul they need to adhere to the new rulings.
Good examples are the cars on Cosmic Typhoon at Milky Way. That's the first Zyklon/Galaxi layout built for ages and it had to have new cars to meet the new rules so have ugly big cages on them. Yet all the old models haven't had to be retrofitted with cages/new cars.
Likewise, when Grand National was rebuilt after being burnt down, the whole braking system was overhauled to meet the new standards.
So there we are, with all the new rebuilding going on, Dreamland have had to put in place features so they adhere to the new H&M guidelines/rulings. That will include a system where the ride isn't 1005 reliant on a human to stay on the track
There's a set of new rulings for any "new" ride to meet certain safety standards. That includes compulsory seat belts and "caging" to stop riders from reaching outside the car if the track doesn't have a certain safety envelope.
However, old rides are allowed to continue operating under their current configuration - it's just if they go through a massive overhaul they need to adhere to the new rulings.
Good examples are the cars on Cosmic Typhoon at Milky Way. That's the first Zyklon/Galaxi layout built for ages and it had to have new cars to meet the new rules so have ugly big cages on them. Yet all the old models haven't had to be retrofitted with cages/new cars.
Likewise, when Grand National was rebuilt after being burnt down, the whole braking system was overhauled to meet the new standards.
So there we are, with all the new rebuilding going on, Dreamland have had to put in place features so they adhere to the new H&M guidelines/rulings. That will include a system where the ride isn't 1005 reliant on a human to stay on the track