Should skydivers be made to wear helmets by law

[akarunway 1]

Spawned by the bike helmet thread. Once I had fifty jumps I never wore one. Fuck a nanny state.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Andrewwhyte 1]

Nothing is skydiving should be mandated in law; it's an adult sport.

[KelliJ 0]

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Nothing is skydiving should be mandated in law; it's an adult sport.

Except gravity.

[Para_Frog 1]

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Nothing is skydiving should be mandated in law; it's an adult sport.

Not really. It's gotten whiny and fun-sucking. Skygods, whatever...

That's why I BASE jump. Me and gravity. No rules. Libertarianism in its purest form.

- Harvey, BASE 1232
TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA

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[tazz 0]

yeah lets have a cop on every dropzone with handcuffs

[shropshire 0]

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yeah lets have a cop on every dropzone with handcuffs

ummmm Handcuffs

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[pirana 0]

And spankings!

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

[shropshire 0]

Oh yes

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[rehmwa 2]

Most skydivers should wear them at all times. Even while home sleeping and at the grocery store. For their own good and for the 'norms'

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[auburnguy 0]

Let natural selection work its magic.

"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way."
- Homer Simpson

[diablopilot 2]

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Nothing is skydiving should be mandated in law; it's an adult sport.

Not really. It's gotten whiny and fun-sucking. Skygods, whatever...

That's why I BASE jump. Me and gravity. No rules. Libertarianism in its purest form.

See, and I've been thinking BASE has become full of whiny bitches, who have no respect for anyone.

Note: Present company excluded!

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

I can't vote in your poll. I want to vote "No" but I can't vote "no - I don't want to wear a stinking helmet" because I pretty much always wear a helmet when I jump.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[tbrown 26]

I think it's just plain stupid to jump without a hard helmet, I've even been saved by a helmet that shattered right off my head. But I'm not going to make anyone wear one.

Besides, if we do that, next thing you know some power hungry state official will start telling me in five different languages that I have to wear a full face helmet because I do RW (I prefer open face, it's whhat I started with waaay back in the old days).

And finally, with the possible exception of the Protec, there's not a single skydiving helmet out there that's been tested or approved by any of the various and burdensome safety institutes. Nobody's going to tell me that I can't jump my Bonehead because it's not certified - I already know it isn't anyway.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

[kallend 2,150]

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Most skydivers should wear them at all times. Even while home sleeping and at the grocery store. For their own good and for the 'norms'

And the children - don't forget the children!

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Andrewwhyte 1]

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And finally, with the possible exception of the Protec, there's not a single skydiving helmet out there that's been tested or approved by any of the various and burdensome safety institutes.

Ding! Ding! ding!

[countzero 7]

NO!

jumper have already made the choice to assume the risk of jumping. it shouldn't be any different for choosing to wear a helmet or not.

diamonds are a dawgs best friend

[billvon 3,120]

By law? No.

By rule? Yes. Students should be made to wear helmets.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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By law? No.
By rule? Yes.

Some rules do require some skydivers to wear a helmet. Case in point: competitive swoopers must wear helmets (and shoes). Now if students should wear a helmet (I think they should), shouldn't AFF instructors also wear one?

As a former ski patroller I can tell you guys I have seen first hand the result of a head injury. It doesn't that much of a blow to the head to cause permanent damage.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[Andrewwhyte 1]

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Now if students should wear a helmet (I think they should), shouldn't AFF instructors also wear one?

In Canada they do-
From the BSRs:
2.4 Parachutists shall not jump unless wearing shock absorbing
protective headwear throughout the freefall and parachute
descent.
At the discretion of DZ Operators, ‘D’ CoP holders may
choose not to wear protective headwear, except while in the
role of Coach or Instructor (3.9).

[Lastchance 0]

We in the motorcycle community have been fighting these laws for years. If motorcyclists, skydivers or persons in any other sport are required to wear a brainbucket by law, then so should every skier, horserider, skateboarder, jaywalker and and every other person in the fucking world should also be reqired to wear one also including every person in every car. The powers that be are always spouting about death from head injuries. People die from head injuries everyday even when they are not involved in a high risk sport. That all having been said, I wear a helmet on every skydive and once in a blue moon on my motorcycle. It should be a choice not a law.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[dannydan 5]

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By law? No.

By rule? Yes. Students should be made to wear helmets.

agree!

I voted "depends on the jump" Esp in a group dive. I use to not wear one doing solo jumps until I had a downwinder and flipped over a few times.... I pretty much wear one on any jump now. I do like the "freedom" of not wearing one ie "wind/air through my hair and about my face, however since I have let my hair length kinda get out of hand, the helmet keeps my hair from infringing on my vision.

LAW? NO!!!
Students yes including AFF,
GROUP JUMP=leave it uP to the group!
SOLO= uP to the jumper
COMPETITION= rules are rules!!

peace and happy hard heads!
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[Andy9o8 2]

I say yes; otherwise every household's skydiving insurance premiums will go up.

[Para_Frog 1]

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See, and I've been thinking BASE has become full of whiny bitches, who have no respect for anyone.

Note: Present company excluded!

Oh, it totally has, but if they whine about something I do - I tell em to blow me...and there's nothing they can do.

S&TA my ass. STFU - and watch this...[/base rant]

I agree with Bill Von on this one (Probably the first time I have EVER said that.) - Helmets should be mandatory for anyone on student status.

- Harvey, BASE 1232
TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA

BLiNC Magazine Team Member