What were some of the impacts of the rollercoaster on society?

Answer 1

High absenteeism from work (people taking sickies), failure of school kids to attend school classes regularly, people being absolute happy and not caring for what is happening outside of the rollercoaster, mom's leaving kids too small to go on to rollercoaster at a relative's house...

Basically, the very breakdown of our social structure due to people having fun...Ha Ha.

But seiously - the rollercoaster has played an important part on rest and recreation activities, has played a major part in tourism - check large theme parks with rollercoasters and how their numbers have fluctuated during holiday season.

The rollercoaster, from its inception, has drastically changed our recreational past times and how we define 'play' or 'rest'.
For just the thrill of the rollercoaster ride, how our need for excitement is embodied in the rollercoaster.

You really need to go into social studies and look at statistics of theme parks, how holiday / recreation has changed since 1970s-1990's, where people are spending their holidays, are theme parks good for families? Who goes on rollercoasters - is there a particular age group? etc etc

its a big subject to deal with - especially the social impact and new definitions of fun and relaxation.