Hmmmm....must have been Hudson Elementary? That's a decent hill!
Codes nailed it, Hudson was the best hill on the Westside unless you wanted to venture up towards Crystal Mountain. There were great hills hidden just off the road on your way up there. Hudson was our go-to spot for night time tobogganing.
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I remember hearing about this a year (maybe two) ago. In my opinion, it is a bogus by-law. When it comes to sledding I will personally take my kids anywhere that I deem is safe and open to the public. I'll take responsibility if we end up getting injured or die because of our actions.
Maybe you'd take responsibility but there are many whose eyes would light up at the chance at a million-dollar insurance settlement. That's why the bylaw exists.
You just know those little criminals are smiling in the act to. Little sociopaths! Today it's illegal tobogganing and next thing going you know they're loitering or maybe even going 103km/hr on Deerfoot. Thank God Harper is building more prisons!
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When I was a kid we'd gather ten GT racers and go to the biggest hill. Each GT had a driver and an assault unit. The assault units job was to attack the other GTs, jumping onto other GTs was not only allowed but encouraged.
The drivers job was to reach the bottom of the hill. That rarely happened. Ready, set, carnage. Good times.
You haven't tobogganed enough if you didn't have a friend who broke a limb with a GT Sno-Racer.
Good job by the City to cover themselves. There are countless other places sled; only when you get half way down one of those hills and there is a huge hidden bump which throws you or your friends unexpectedly off a sled and someone lands awkwardly or gets a concussion, do you realize that it's probably not the safest location.
For most normal people they realize they've assumed the risk. For an increasing number of others, and the ambulance chasing lawyers, its a potential and eagerly awaiting lawsuit, or at very least some pathetic social media campaign.
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I heard the radio interview with the bylaw, he said they would only consider ticketing in the event of a complaint, and there is no history of complaints ever.
Really this is a federal government issue, there needs to be strong legislation in place to protect, individuals, companies, municipalities, and especially non-profits from the costs of fighting nuisance lawsuits.
This started when the Radio interviewed Hamilton about their outright ban on tobogganing, and the guy out right said we can't afford the liability of sanctioning it.
Really this is a federal government issue, there needs to be strong legislation in place to protect, individuals, companies, municipalities, and especially non-profits from the costs of fighting nuisance lawsuits.
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Nope not a Federal government issue at all.
There is legislation in place to address these types of things:
The Municipal Government Act, IIRC all provinces have one.
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There is legislation in place to address these types of things:
The Municipal Government Act, IIRC all provinces have one.
I wasn't talking about what municipal governments can do. I was talking about people making up rules everyone knows is stupid, because of abuse of liability laws.
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Growing up the Maple Ridge golf course was our destination for tobogganing. We'd take 3 tractor tubes and tie them together in a triangle shape. 6-8 kids would all pile on these tubes and see if we could survive the jumps we made at the bottom of the hill.
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As a kid our spots were within the Bowmont Natural Environment Park. They ranged from bumpy but gentle slope to basically cliffs. Looking back, I'm surprised no one I knew was seriously injured.
