Near Misses on Dueling Dragons Roller Coaster?

There are no near misses on Dueling Dragons (formerly at Universal's Islands of Adventure, now replaced by Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure).

The ride was a **dueling inverted coaster** with two intertwined tracks (Fire and Ice). While the trains appeared to race toward each other in near-head-on collisions, **precise engineering and block zone systems ensured they never occupied the same space simultaneously**. The "near miss" was a carefully calculated visual illusion—the trains passed at safe, predetermined distances (several meters apart) at high speed. The sensation of a close call was entirely intentional design, not an actual safety hazard. The ride operated for 18 years (1999–2017) without a single collision incident.