Rationale

With the sunset of the old F1159 design standard in November of 2024, patron-directed amusement rides and devices are now within the F2291 standard. However, the F2291 at present does not provide any requirements for how to specifically address these rides. This ballot creates a new section with the F2291 standard to house specific requirements and procedures for addressing patron-directed amusement rides and devices. This ballot also adds the term “patron-directed” (also known as patron-controlled, user-controlled, patron-influenced) as a definition within F2291, as this section uses the patron-directed term. The model used here is one where the definition is broad and inclusive, but the scope within the newly-created section limits the broader term to the essential components that drive more specialized or explicit requirements. This ballot creates a high-level structure for future work. At present, this section largely functions as a pointer to section 5 and subsections with lists of parameters to explicitly consider. Going forward, it is anticipated that these sections will become more detailed and new subsections will be created within this framework in order to address similar pointers and adjustments to other sections within F2291. Modifications to the acceleration limits themselves or to how the axes are used was considered and discussed, but after discussion with the F24.24 acceleration task group, this discussion was transferred as a future work-item for that task group. The task group suggests the following as an initial step for this work. This is not the final stage; further work is expected. Commentary is welcome and encouraged.