Track Safety

The bobsleds, which are fixed to the track and equipped with centrifugal brakes and three-point seatbelts, provide full safety for everyone. The maximum speed of the bobsleds is 42 km/h. Passengers can control the speed of the sleds as they wish using the brake levers, according to their own needs. The brake levers mounted on the sleds only work on the downhill section; in their default position, they brake the bobsled to a complete stop. To start moving, you must push the brake levers forward. The bobsled moves and accelerates as long as you keep the brake levers pushed forward. To brake, you need to release or pull the brake levers back to the appropriate degree. Therefore, if the travel conditions are followed, the bobsled track offers maximum safety for everyone.

Accidents caused by collisions can happen on the track, but this is always the result of human carelessness. Therefore, it is important to strictly follow the travel conditions. The person driving the bobsled behind who hits the bobsled ahead is always responsible for the collision, except in the following cases:

There are "NO STOPPING" signs at two points along the track warning you not to stop there, as it is dangerous:

• The first such place is the start of the downhill section. You must not stop here because the brakes of the bobsleds do not work before this point yet. If you stop at the very first point of the track where the brake engages, the next bobsled coming off the lift cable will hit you because its brakes do not work there yet. At this single point, the driver waiting at the "NO STOPPING" sign is responsible for the collision, as the following sled cannot brake yet.
• The other point on the track with a "NO STOPPING" sign is the end of the downhill section, where "NO STOPPING" signs on both sides of a gate indicate that you should proceed slowly, and hanging curtains on the gate itself also serve to slow you down. The safety brakes that catch bobsleds arriving at high speed are located after the gate with the "NO STOPPING" signs. However, if you stop on the brakes, they cannot catch the next careless bobsledder coming at an inappropriate speed because the bobsled stopped on them blocks them. If an accident happens on this section of the track due to human carelessness, the drivers of both bobsleds involved are responsible for the accident. After all, the accident could have been avoided if the first sled had not stopped on the brakes, or if the next sled had arrived at an appropriate speed and stopped the bobsled in time, before the collision.