Is Skiing Dangerous?
February 28, 2007 by Lisa
Over the last twenty years, skiing accidents have been associated with the risk factor inherent with the sport itself. But there are some interesting studies that reveal a particular propensity of skiers to sustain an accident not so much because of the nature of the sport, but on how the player perceives certain dangers.
This is not to say however that skiing accidents are simply based on perceptions — they are real. The problem lies on the person’s inconsistencies with regard to skiing safety measures. One of these numerous studies concludes that a large percentage of skiing accidents occur during the most unexpected moments: during broad daylight and in uncomplicated slopes.
A correlative study was also conducted with an equally surprising results: during cloudy days, the statistics on accidents related with skiing is almost nil. Though there is a limited study on the risk and accidents factors of other sports related to this perception, it is nevertheless interesting and would greatly help in improving this particular study.
Why this so? Because the person involved in the skiing sport tends to believe that since the light is enough, he would see better the dangerous slopes and in advance will be able to avoid it. This is true in a way, but since the person is too emboldened, he will relax too much and, naturally, he suddenly feels invincible. Until the accident happens.
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