[Psycho_Bunny]

"Would it have been easier, more PC or less heartbreaking if she'd been killed in a car wreck on the way home? No."

I'm confused about how jumping on 1200 pounds of fury equates to having a car accident.

[from occupied ga]

I'm confused about how jumping on 1200 pounds of fury equates to having a car accident.

Me too. I looked up the incidence of bull riding injuries on a sports medicine website and found that

In bull riding, the incidence of injury is reported at 32.2 injuries per 1000 competitor-exposures.

Now considering that all a bull rider has to stay on is 8 seconds, and probably 60% of them stay on less than this that's an injury every 4.1 minutes on average IF every rider managed to stay on the full 8 seconds. Probably closer to an injury every 2 minutes on average. I've been in cars countless hours and have yet to be injured.

[org.whodat]

I'm confused that you are confused, people get killed everyday, whether doing something stupid, texting while driving, are something they love, bull riding was what this girl loved, she dreamed of being a world champion. Now how is that different than a ski jump where you can break your neck.

[kcvl]

I'm confused about how jumping on 1200 pounds of fury equates to having a car accident.

You are driving several thousand pounds of fury with millions of other people. More dangerous than bull-riding.