Ahhh okay. That makes sense. Though I could foresee some people ending up at an impasse with this. They want to end their lives but the fear and panic take over at the top of the hill and they’re unable to go through with it. It could be very cruel for a person to be stuck in a cycle of going to the top of the hill (filling with dread each time) and then pushing the button to get out and go home.
And then of course there’s the other issue of being up at the top of the hill, feeling overwhelming dread, working up the courage to allow the descent to begin, but then immediately regretting it and feeling terror all the way down the first big slope until the G forces begin to take effect.
This seems like an unfixable problem with the design. No matter how you change it, there’s got to be some “point of no return” where you’re locked in and still conscious of your impending death but unable to make it stop.
Except you can stop it. The proposal included an option to exit at the top if the hill was enough to make you change your mind.
Ahhh okay. That makes sense. Though I could foresee some people ending up at an impasse with this. They want to end their lives but the fear and panic take over at the top of the hill and they’re unable to go through with it. It could be very cruel for a person to be stuck in a cycle of going to the top of the hill (filling with dread each time) and then pushing the button to get out and go home.
And then of course there’s the other issue of being up at the top of the hill, feeling overwhelming dread, working up the courage to allow the descent to begin, but then immediately regretting it and feeling terror all the way down the first big slope until the G forces begin to take effect.
This seems like an unfixable problem with the design. No matter how you change it, there’s got to be some “point of no return” where you’re locked in and still conscious of your impending death but unable to make it stop.