Before telling about the impact, let me back up and describe the end of the ride. This section of track, and the viewing stands full of pigs, is right before the cars re-enter the station. Cars first encounter a few sets of magnetic brakes, and the first pair of magnets are the red rectangles visible just above the track on right side of the picture. These brakes are fail-safe and don't require any electricity or computer input... they simply use the interaction of magnetic fields against the metal fins mounted below the cars. After the fixed magnets are a few sets of movable magnets which are lowered away from the track once the cars are moving slowly.
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