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Originally Posted by taco.vidal
The article doesnt say anything about a helmet but it wouldnt have helped him anyways.
I think kids need to learn about risk, how to evaluate it and minimize it. Sliding near telephone poles isnt a risk worth taking even if there are people sliding safely 10m away.
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I'm not familiar enough with the incident to know whether or not a helmet would have mitigated the injury to any degree. But maybe you know them or are more familiar with the forensics of the incident.
I recall people talking about the crash last year along with the Calgary bylaw list of Toboganning sites and ticket fines the year prior. And the complaints that a segment had about the "pussification" of things like bylaws, helmets (and probably car seat belts?).
http://globalnews.ca/news/2461722/i-...r-tobogganing/
“Things like helmets always will prevent those major mishaps that we see,” Alberta Children’s Hospital trauma coordinator Sherry MacGillivray said.
In addition to wearing helmets, health officials recommend children and their parents check hills very carefully for hazards before they start sledding: look for things like power poles and fences; make sure you’re not sliding out into roadways or over frozen ponds.
And they say children under five years old should always slide with an adult.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ions-1.2894356
Last year roughly 1,100 Albertans visited the emergency room for tobogganing injuries. The highest number of those injuries were youth aged five- to 17-years-old.
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Big Marlborough Park – dry pond 755 Madeira Dr. N.E.
Bridlewood 20 Bridleglen Park S.W.
Confederation Park 2807 10 St. N.W.
Deerfoot Athletic Park 1503 16 Ave. N.E.
Glendale Park 2225 45 St. S.W.
Hidden Valley 10504 Hidden Valley Dr. N.W.
Kingsland – dry pond 505 78 Ave. S.W. – behind the Rose Kohn/Jimmie Condon Arenas
Maple Ridge – dry pond 1127 Mapleglade Dr. S.E.
Marlborough Community Association 636 Marlborough Way N.E.
McKenzie Towne 160 McKenzie Towne Dr. S.E.
Monterey Park 2707 Catalina Blvd. N.E.
New Brighton 1750 New Brighton Dr. S.E.
Prairie Winds Park 223 Castleridge Blvd. N.E.
Richmond Green 2539 33 Ave. S.W.
Royal Oak 9100 Royal Birch Blvd. N.W.
Rundle – dry pond 4120 Rundlethorn Dr. N.E.
Sacramento – dry pond 10404 Sacramento Dr. S.W.
Scarboro 1737 14 Ave. S.W.
Signal Hill 2063 Sirocco Dr. S.W.
St. Andrew’s Heights 2504 13 Ave. N.W.
Stanley Park 330 42 Ave. S.W.
Thorncliffe/Greenview 5600 Centre St. N.E.