I'm thinking any child wanting to ride on a sled should be required to take a sledding safety course resulting in certification of his/her safe sledding; in addition, every child wishing to go sledding should only be allowed to access areas with less than a 3% grade, supervised by a certified adult every 22 feet, no less than 30 feet between sleds and helmets must be worn at all times.
Quote:A study published earlier this year showed that every kid's favorite snow day tradition could be more dangerous than parents in the past thought. In the study, published in the journal Pediatrics in September, researchers found that 230,000 sledding-related injuries were reported by emergency rooms from 1997-2007.
Analysis of the data showed that children 10 to 14 sustained 42.5% of injuries, and boys were almost 10% more likely to sustain injuries than girls.
The findings, which showed that the most frequent injuries were fractures and other injuries to the head, gave doctors more reason to push safer sledding practices.
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