Poster: A snowHead
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BTW Nervous Ninny is a recognised skier grade per the Positionizer TM
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DB, at least you demonstrate an admirable ability to troll.
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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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eng_ch, then why mark hazards at all or pad pylons and the like?
It's in the resorts interest to protect people from themselves and to protect others from being hurt by people out of control.
Morally speaking I'd guess that most people would suggest achieving the same end with less harm is a better outcome. |
The reality being, some percentage of the population abuse that morally assumption! (I suspect a rather large percentage of population does that un-conciously)
A while back, I read a report on highway safety since the introduction of anti-lock brakes. The accident rate decrease for a couple years due to better braking. But then it came back to where it was BEFORE the better brakes. Basically, drivers compensate by driving more aggressively, knowing their brakes will "save" them!
The purpose of the barrier before lift queue wasn't so much to "protect" the people standing in the queue. It's to make skier slow down. An alarming looking barrier will accomplish that a lot better than safety nettings.
And as others pointed out, the wooden barrier, whilst a lot more painful to hit, is not particularly more likely to cause injury!
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achieving the same end with less harm is a better outcome.
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Doesn't usually work for the UK Armed forces, I can tell you that for nothing.
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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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I've got it - sniper rifles are the answer.
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corrected it for you, there was a typo.
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A while back, I read a report on highway safety since the introduction of anti-lock brakes. The accident rate decrease for a couple years due to better braking. But then it came back to where it was BEFORE the better brakes. Basically, drivers compensate by driving more aggressively, knowing their brakes will "save" them!
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But if it's an argument about helmets, there are plenty of people that will tell you that risk compensation does not exist.
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A while back, I read a report on highway safety since the introduction of anti-lock brakes. The accident rate decrease for a couple years due to better braking. But then it came back to where it was BEFORE the better brakes. Basically, drivers compensate by driving more aggressively, knowing their brakes will "save" them!
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But if it's an argument about helmets, there are plenty of people that will tell you that risk compensation does not exist. |
There're plenty of people who believe risk compensation doesn't happen for themselves. Some of those people might even be right.
I haven't heard anyone say risk compensation doesn't happen AT ALL! How can they know, without solid data to show it?
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