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it's probably because the sleds are made in china, so they cant sue the manufacturers.
so they go after city funds.
THIS is the reason so much industry left north america. for instance there are NO LADDERS produced in north america now. they are ALL made overseas. the reason was because of so many lawsuits by people who fell.
try suing a chinese company. they will laff at you.
it's no wonder industries go overseas. our judges here in the good old USA have lost their balls.
I was rear ended real bad many years back (by over 90 mph on the highway). I had to see a chiropractor for a while to get twisted back into shape again. This guy specialized in football and sports injuries and had 3 patents. (not patients - LOL)
One was for the "cleats". His design replaced the old metal "spikes" from the 60's and 70's. He said that the spikes plant the feet too well and cause the leg and ankles to get twisted and injured because the feet are planted too solidly. It would be better to let their feet come out from under them to save twisting pressure on the ankles and knees.
His new design had seven cleats, some longwise some sideways and he said that only 4 engaged at a time, so that the feet can come up if they need to when they get a low hit. He sold that patent to a sports shoe manufacturer and it was produced.
He also had a patent for a helmet design to reduce neck injuries. It was basically using gel sacks to absorb the impact in the helmet instead of styro-foam type products of the day. Like those Dr. Shcholl's shoe inserts placed between the inner and outer shell to absorb some of the impact like a folding bumper on a car. He said that there were 7 companies making helmets when he got the patent and tried to sell it to them to produce. None of the companies could/would buy it as if they did, it would open them up to lawsuits implying that the older designs were too dangerous and they could get sued.
But the point is that his design could prevent injury, and they can't make it due to "legal issues".... WTF???
The laws that allow this to happen are hurting us, not helping us....
Why can't we say that it was the best that we could do at the time and we need to move forward without the companies getting sued for making progress???
What if this is the difference where someone could walk again, instead of get paralyzed??? We are sacrificing them now, for something that already happened in the past and we CAN'T CHANGE.... We can't undo the injuries that already happened, but why can't we go forward to try to prevent some of those injuries in the future???
High school, college, and young adults being able to walk again.... With their whole lives ahead of them....
