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Following a series of on-piste collisions, top figures in Italian skiing have demanded greater safety measures including helmets for all. Helmets recently became mandatory for children on Italian mountains. Gaetano Coppi, president of the Italian Winter Sports Federation, said that the current ski safety codes were inadequate. “Everybody should wear a helmet,” he said. “Problems arise because some people on the slopes are wearing protection and others are not.”...
Coppi has also argued for segregated ski and snowboard pistes.
This report from today's Times Online.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmm I wonder how that will affect the number of visitors to the Italien resorts 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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the segregated ski/board pistes would really take italy of my possible holiday locations - simply because I'm the only skiier in my group of otherwise boarding friends.
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Most people think it's a non-starter, anyway. He's not doing a lot in terms of the issues involved by proposing unworkable ideas. People will have a tendency to take to helmets, without any orders from officialdom, if they perceive a significant risks - as they now do on bicycles.
Skiing in Italy is actually a huge pleasure, and long may it remain so!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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IanB, and all, this is the chapert of the law where it talks about segregation
Art. 2.
(Aree sciabili attrezzate)
1. Sono aree sciabili attrezzate le superfici innevate, anche artificialmente, aperte al pubblico e comprendenti piste, impianti di risalita e di innevamento, abitualmente riservate alla pratica degli sport sulla neve quali: lo sci, nelle sue varie articolazioni; la tavola da neve, denominata «snowboard»; lo sci di fondo; la slitta e lo slittino; altri sport individuati dalle singole normative regionali.
2. Al fine di garantire la sicurezza degli utenti, sono individuate aree a specifica destinazione per la pratica delle attività con attrezzi quali la slitta e lo slittino, ed eventualmente di altri sport della neve, nonchè le aree interdette, anche temporaneamente, alla pratica dello snowboard.
3. Le aree di cui ai commi 1 e 2 sono individuate dalle regioni. L’individuazione da parte delle regioni equivale alla dichiarazione di pubblica utilità, indifferibilità e urgenza e rappresenta il presupposto per la costituzione coattiva di servitù connesse alla gestione di tali aree, previo pagamento della relativa indennità, secondo quanto stabilito dalle regioni.
4. All’interno delle aree di cui al comma 1, aventi più di tre piste, servite da almeno tre impianti di risalita, i comuni interessati individuano, nelle giornate in cui non si svolgono manifestazioni agonistiche, i tratti di pista da riservare, a richiesta, agli allenamenti di sci e snowboard agonistico. Le aree di cui al presente comma devono essere separate con adeguate protezioni dalle altre piste e tutti coloro che le frequentano devono essere muniti di casco protettivo omologato, ad eccezione di chi svolge il ruolo di allenatore.
5. All’interno delle aree di cui al comma 1, aventi più di venti piste, servite da almeno dieci impianti di risalita, i comuni interessati individuano le aree da riservare alla pratica di evoluzioni acrobatiche con lo sci e lo snowboard (snowpark). Le aree di cui al presente comma devono essere separate con adeguate protezioni dalle altre piste, devono essere dotate di strutture per la pratica delle evoluzioni acrobatiche, devono essere regolarmente mantenute, e tutti coloro che le frequentano devono essere dotati di casco protettivo omologato.
Tha whole text can be found here
It doesn't say that there must be segregation between skiers and Snowboarders, rather that there can be
Who is left to decide? The Regional governements.
My bet is that skiers and snowboarders will not be segregated from each other, unless too many accident and too much "lobbying" from the press (and too many journalists tend to write without knowing what they are writing about) will occour.
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segregation - what a fabulous suggestion! 
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There is a historical precedent. When ski bobs (ski bikes) were more popular in the 1960s and 1970s, some resorts had dedicated pistes for them. But being hit by one of those things (which would have been steel frame then) would have been disastrous.
But this notion that skis and snowboards are incompatible is barmy. Providing terrain parks is a more positive way of dealing with snow users who want to get their adrenaline flowing.
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Parks aren't just for boarders though.
Segregation of skiers and boarders anywhere is pointless IMO. Better lifts, better access roads and more beds in resorts means more skiers and boarders on the hill at any given time. So incidents will increase unless resorts wish to limit the number of ticket sales per day.
They won't though because they need to fund the better lifts, access roads and expanded resorts.
Would a better idea be to have goverment limit total numbers allowed on the slopes dependant on total ski area? I've no idea, but it won't happen.
So, next will be compulsory body armour with crumple zones?
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Swedish skiers have side impact protection.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Politician skiers have hot air bags.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I see also you need to give way to skiers on the right? (also from Times article). Is that up or downhill, my right or yours?
These Italians are crazy.
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David Murdoch, yeah noticed that and don't understand, except he may be a goofy stance snowboarder and riding normally not fakie, in that case that would be give way to downhill skiiers................ 
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FAQ
but normally not able to manage much more than slowly slipsliding down the mountain the next day.
