Some U.S. cities have banned a favorite winter pastime -- snow sledding

upi ^ | 12/25/2020 | Lauren Fox

[mylife]

As snow piles up in yards and parks across the United States this winter, many children will be hitting their neighborhood hills to sled on their days away from school.

Common injuries centered around the time-honored winter activity, however, have led some cities in the Midwest to put the brakes on sledding.

[mylife]

Great, we have about 7" of powder here today and its still coming.

[EvilCapitalist]

The rain from last night took care of the snow here in PA. I thought we were going to have a white Christmas. So much for that.

[MarMema]

Glad I don’t live in those cities.

[cork]

Our Flexible Flyers were fun but that old car hood would really go fast!!

[mylife]

Ohio is open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIrlYTyj3Zw

[dragnet2]

Force people to wear elbow pads, shoulder pads and helmets while snow sledding. In fact, they need to be licensed or have a permit for their safety, and the sleds should be registered and inspected.

[Reno89519]

Okay, ban it when less than 6 inches of snow.

[V_TWIN]

Amen....how’d we ever survive dodgeball, the monkey bars and lawn darts.

[jigsaw]

Biden decides to ban military’s use of ammunition. World is safer! Antifart hardest hit.

[mylife]

Flexible Flyers are the way to go!

We tried a 65 Malibu hood once

[SteelPSUGOP]

SPeak for yourself. ; ) Those of us on the backass side of your storm are seeing plenty of snow. 10 inches with another 10 on the way. The steaks could barely cook on the grill at 21 degrees.....

Wonderful Northwest PA.

[mylife]

Montana is open!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYwfWjMZwhA

[dynachrome]

Sledding. The reason why I broke a front tooth and drove teeth thru my lower lip. Good times. Toboggan jumps = blood on the snow. Also good times.

[setter]

“Amen....how’d we ever survive dodgeball, the monkey bars and lawn darts.”

We stopped allowing the neighbor kids to use our back field to sledride. Not worth the lawsuit if they get hurt.

[mylife]

Sounds like hockey :)

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Wonder what these namby pamby SOBS would have said about me and my brothers rolling down the hill inside a 50 gallon drum?

[ZOOKER]

I actually read the story, or at least scanned it, and the reason is not surprising.

Lawsuits.

What part of "At Your Own Risk" does the Judge not understand?

[Autonomous User]

I died once sledding. My mom told me to walk it off and rub some dirt on the open wound. I tell yeah we have raised a couple of generations of pu$$ies!

[wastedyears]

It builds character.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

When most of the ruling class are lawyers you have unrestricted lawsuits.