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Originally Posted by Ducay
I think the point being made is of course it is going to be safer wearing a helmet tobogganing, but how much no one knows. It is also safer to wear a helmet in generally any situation, but we have drawn artificial lines in society to indicate where that line has been drawn.
Heck, just getting into a car has got to be 100 times more risky than tobogganing with no helmet. And yet no one chastises people on facebook for posting pictures of a kid in a car.
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Well you would be chastised if you had your kid in the car without a seatbelt. Or an infant not in a car seat. A car has crumple zones, airbags, side impact beams, and seat belts. If you aren't using all of the safety features a car has to offer, you're being super stupid.
Wearing a helmet while tobogganing is safer than tobogganing without a helmet. That's basic. I'd feel like a total idiot if my helmetless kid was concussed while tobogganing when there are perfectly good helmets hanging off hooks in my garage right beside where we grabbed the sleds. Don't put your kid in a helmet while he flies down a hill, idgaf, but hopefully you can at least accept that kids are better off in helmets than they are without.