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What voltage do they operate at? I'm thinking about safety, if a tall person should reach up and short-circuit themselves. AC or DC? (I know they spark a lot, at least at the top connection.) Shouldn't that be in the article? -- Hugh7 ( talk) 09:34, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
at least in the uk most bumper cars i've seen have been just a rectangular area not a track of any kind. Plugwash 20:59, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
lucky 74.37.228.44 ( talk) 08:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
This is what I know of the USA also, but admittedly I haven't seen many of the rides since I was a child, and I grew up in a small town so I only saw the small town fair variety. 151.190.0.1 ( talk) 12:52, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
An online dodgems game, written in java, can be found here. Up to six players each control a dodgem in order to try and be the last survivor. Dodgems which are not controlled by a human are controlled by the computer.
Does anyone out there know how the cars work? does it affect anything? We all know that they have a single wire that comes out of an upright pole from the back of the car. That wire touches a network of wires that run across the ceiling of the dodgem "room" and that network is obviously connected to an electricity supply. Most of us are of the understanding that for electricity to work you need a circuit - electricity coming in, and going out - but with only one wire, that doesn't fit. Is this an electricity question, more so than a dodgem car question?
Shouldn't it be pointed out that there's a massive difference between bumber cars and dodgem cars? when riding in dodgem cars your supposed to DODGE people, where's the fun in that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.216.10 ( talk) 07:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Growing up in Lincolnshire in the 1905s, we always called them "bumper cars". --
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Word | Total | US | CA | GB | IE | AU | NZ | IN | other |
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Bumper cars | 133 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 42 |
Dodgems | 58 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
which indicates that "dodgems" is strongly preferred in UK sources. This is what I want to say; but of course this is OR. Anybody think of where I might find a reliable source for that difference? -- ColinFine ( talk) 22:23, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Here is a proposed source for the Bumper Cars wiki should it be helpful or relevant. I am a newbie and this is my first entry, my apologies for any breach of policy.
The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office lists the word Dodgem as currently registered under serial number 74580007. [1]
BaconUp ( talk) 19:21, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Any study that conclude that playing with these bumper cars can lead to multiple and repeated concussions ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.156.83 ( talk) 04:40, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
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>Bumper cars were not intended to be bumped, hence the original name "Dodgem."
The citation says that they were called "Dodgem", but not that they weren't intended to be bumped. And, think about it, to dodge 'em, don't 'ey have to be trying to hit you? So it would end up a game of trying to hit, while not being hit, which is actually how bumper cars are played, any time I've been on them. What sort of boring ride would going round safely in circles be? Wouldn't there be a track in that case?
Unless you've got a really good citation, I think it's pretty obvious bumper cars were always for bumping. A dodgem would having nothing to dodge otherwise.
84.68.176.232 ( talk) 23:44, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
"Original bumper cars were created out of tin." Really unlikely. Tin is very expensive. They would have used thin sheet iron. (Like cars did, only maybe thinner. Ducting, flashing, or scrap.) Pinstack "5 Surprising Facts About Bumper Cars" may be amusing but sounds more entertaining than authoritative. PRR ( talk) 06:02, 2 December 2023 (UTC)