Trampoline, who's got one. How not to get sued?

Anybody can act stupid on anything. I just don't get how a trampoline is a public menace but a fenced swimming pool is not.

 

swimming pools can be as bad or worse. I'll never have a house with one because of the insurance hassles involved with having one.

John Edwards mad millions suing a pool drain company.

 

Trampoline open and visible = attractive nuisance.

And they are dangerous as hell. I dealt with a number of broken juvenile femurs in a previous life...

 

Everything is dangerous with unsupervised kids.

 

probably not.


more because we don't have dirt here in NYC.

 

All this whining about how dangerous a trampoline is on a motorcycle road racing forum. On a per capita basis, I am sure there are just as many or more kids with broken bones from riding dirt bikes or getting or a roadrace bike as there is with trampolines.

Anyone else see the irony here??

 

when you say it like that.....nope

 

I was just about to post.

Amazing how people can compartmentalize things in their mind.

 

It's because trampolines are more accessible. Most people don't have the land for their kids to enjoy dirtbikes, and most kids would rather have an ATV than a dirtbike, even if they aren't old enough to legally ride the ATV they want.

 

Trampoline will mess you up under supervision!

 

I didn't have any problems with the trampoline growing up, but I never jumped off the house onto the trampoline, either.

 

I just looked at the stats. 390 kids drown per year. As far as trampolines about 6 kids died between 1990 and 1999 due to injuries. This is about the only thing I could find quickly.

390 a year vs. 6 per ten years.

 

what about broken limbs, paralysis, concussions? are all of the drownings in a swimming pool, or are oceans, bathtubs, rivers, lakes, streams included?

grey, not always black and white.

 

The major risk with trampolines isn't death, though.

(And as a general rule, you have to compare usage when you compare numbers.)

 

You ride a 500HP street bike but you're scared of trampolines. Think about that one for a minute.

 

They're my statistics and I'll manipulate them as I see fit.

 

I've seen the YouTube vids....lots of places to ride in the NYshitty and even better, the cops don't bother you!

 

I am also not bouncing uncontrollably on my busa.
a trampoline does not come with a throttle
ever see kids on trampolines with helmets, gloves, neck protectors?

 

The key word being, "uncontrollably."

 

dude!

you can control gravity now?