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SENTENCES: ARE ROLLER COASTERS SAFE?

  • You feel the wind rushing in your face.

  • You are hanging upside down! 

  • Millions of kids and adults take these thrill rides each year. 

  • Some experts worry that the rides' sudden twists and turns are unsafe

  • High-speed coasters whip riders' heads back and forth.

  • One report blamed coasters for 13 brain injuries from 1995 to 2000. 

  • Another report says some people have nearly died from coaster-related brain injuries.

  • Recently, two scientists have set out to learn if coasters really do cause brain injuries.

  • They studied the effects of riding three of the fastest coasters in the United States.

  • The scientists say the coasters' twists and turns are not fast enough to cause brain injuries.

  • People take more than 1 billion rides on roller coasters each year.

  • They want a new study.

  • He has asked a group of experts to include children in their next study about roller coaster safety.  

  • Results from that study will be reported next year.

  •  Roller coasters have to be studied

  • The idea for the roller coaster began with the ice slide. 

  •  It speeds down a track at more than 100 miles per hour.

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