Gov. Brown vetoes ski helmet bill in CA
Sacramento — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday smacked down what he called overbearing and expensive proposals for state regulations by vetoing bills that would require that kids wear helmets when on ski slopes and increase fines for people who talk on cell phones or text while driving. The move came as lawmakers this week consider [...]
New Jersey leading the way with Ski Helmets!
I must admit that I did not expect New Jersey to become the leader in Ski Area safety, but as of last month, New Jersey is taking charge and will become the first state to require ski helmets for any riders or skiers under the age of 18. We would all like to send our [...]
Illinois will not be first state with Ski Helmet Law…
SPRINGFIELD — A bid to force Illinois skiers and snowboarders to wear safety helmets crashed in a Senate committee Tuesday. The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Ira Silverstein, acknowledged he’s never skied before. But the Chicago Democrat said making Illinois the first state in the nation to mandate helmet usage on the slopes for children [...]
No Ski Helmet? No Ski Insurance.
In a move likely to enrage many flocking to the slopes, a leading British insurer has signalled that it will become the first to insist skiers wear helmets if they are to be covered for head injuries. Stuart Bensusan, the co-founder of Essential Travel, told The Sunday Telegraph he was working to make his company the [...]
Helmets should be included with Ski Rentals
That’s the call from researchers writing for the British Medical Journal. They claim wearing a helmet reduces the risk of injury. Others are against the idea. Helmet use is on the increase. To wear or not to wear that is the question. It is certainly not a new debate and the argument about whether to [...]
Is it time for all skiers to wear helmets?
In a bid to decrease brain injuries from skiing and snowboarding accidents, experts in an editorial published in the British Medical Journal today are calling for more public awareness to promote ski helmets. Dr Gerhard Ruedl and colleagues from the Department of Sport Science at the University of Innsbruck in Austria say there is convincing [...]
IL Lawmakers Discuss Ski Helmet Law
A proposed law making its way through the Illinois legislature would require skiers to wear helmets. The law would make Illinois the only state in the nation with a ski helmet requirement. At Ski Snowstar, some people hitting the slopes have on helmets. “I think anyone that rides or skis that doesn’t wear a helmet [...]
Will Illinios be the first state with a Ski Helmet Law?
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois is not exactly a mountain paradise, but the Prairie State could become a one-of-a-kind place when it comes to skiing and snowboarding. Under a measure pending in the Illinois Senate, Illinois would become the first state in the nation to require anyone heading down a ski slope to wear a safety helmet. [...]
Helmet law for child skiers advances in N.J.
Sponsors of a bill that would require kids in New Jersey to wear helmets while skiing say the measure is the closest it has ever been to becoming law. A similar bill passed the Senate in 1991 but failed to move forward after facing opposition from the skiing industry. Versions have been bouncing around the [...]
OPINION: Ski helmet bill should become law
Given the fact most kids wear helmets while bike riding, it probably seems surprising to some that wearing a helmet while skiing is not required in New Jersey for teenages. A bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco, R-Boonton, is trying to change that. The bill, which was released from committee last week, would [...]
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