Oh my, those Never Bump Bumper Cars in the video remind me of a long ago amusement park story. In the 80's, my live in significant other at the time (Liz), and I, took the drive up to Conneaut Amusement Park
in the northwestern corner of PA. First time ever there. Damn, what a downer day. The ancient park had seen much much better days. Looking over the sparse ride attractions, old and battered, memories of being
at Kennywood Park as a child popped up. Many of the retired flat rides at Kennywood ended up at Conneaut. But it wasn't nostalgia attached to it, it was sadness and an empty heart filling. Those childhood
memories were dashed looking at the disheveled state of the rides , and the very dirty, really filthy, park. Each ride was owned, or run, by independent vendors....Anyway, back to the Bumper Car story.
At Kennywood, one of my fav rides was the Bumper cars. There was a reincarnation of that at Conneaut called "Dodge em Cars". So we bought our ticket, got on the ride, and proceeded to drive our car full blast,
and we immediately rammed one of the other riders cars. Well, we achieved our objective, but immediately, the ride operator stopped the ride. He came over to us and yelled at me for hitting the other car and he threw
us off the ride. He said it's an old ride, and it's called 'Dodge Em Cars' because the cars would fall apart if they were hit by other cars....Story lesson: .Old rides never die, they just fade away....though not always gloriously.