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(Another) Survey suggests skiers who wear helmets may take fewer risks
 Poster: A snowHead
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New findings have just been published that suggest helmet wearers ski or snowboard at slower speeds and challenge themselves less than non-helmet wearers. In 2003, US researchers carried out a survey to see if wearing a helmet when skiing or snowboarding is part of risk compensation behaviour. In all, 1,779 skiers and snowboarders were interviewed in 34 resorts in the western United States and Canada about helmet use, and perceived speed and degree of challenge when not wearing a helmet (helmet wearers) or in previous ski seasons (non-helmet wearers). The researchers found that there was no evidence of risk compensation among helmet wearers, and that the decision to a wear helmet may be part of a tendency towards risk reduction behaviour generally...
More people were wearing safety helmets in 2003 (23%) than in the two previous years.
For full paper: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/13/3/173
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