ScubaInChicago
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Diving becomes dangerous around the time you become complacent and start to let standard practices lack...This is true of many hobbies that can result in death; flying, skydiving, bungee jumping, ect....
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Diving becomes dangerous around the time you become complacent and start to let standard practices lack...This is true of many hobbies that can result in death; flying, skydiving, bungee jumping, ect....
Riding motorcycles is dangerous...people still ride them! In fact there are States where people have fought for he right to ride motorcycles w/o helmets!
I've always found this humorous....state's trying to pass a helmet law to protect heads that apparently are not all that worth protecting.
I've always found this humorous....state's trying to pass a helmet law to protect heads that apparently are not all that worth protecting.
While I certainly agree, I'd suggest that you don't need to compare scuba diving to "high risk" activities to make the point. I mean, hell...
Crossing the street becomes quite dangerous - and can easily be fatal - if you become complacent about looking both ways before doing it.
Yes the data is out there. It will not be easy to get and it will require quite a bit of your time. The graphs will give you your answers but you are not going to get your answers without the research.
Diving becomes dangerous around the time you become complacent and start to let standard practices lack...This is true of many hobbies that can result in death; flying, skydiving, bungee jumping, ect....