Riding a horse is more dangerous than riding a motorcycle — via drivingdotca
Despite having absolutely no data from Angus Reid or Ipsos, I’m going to take a stab at this one and guess that the former, despite its consecration in movie lore and fodder for much stand-up comedy banter, was pretty rare. The truth of the matter is that few of us, at least of my generation, were given any instruction on when, where and, most certainly, how to wield our “shame branch” — Robin Williams’ description of, well, you know — in anger.
Most surprising, I suspect to many, are the unheralded dangers of riding a horse. Nonetheless, according to the U.S. National Trauma Data Bank, horseback riding is three-and-a-half times more likely to result in injury than motorcycling. Now, no one’s arguing that more people die from riding motorcycles than from equestrian incidents, but, according to another study, this one from British Columbia, on a per-hour basis, motorcycling is safer. Far safer. According to the data, there are roughly 0.
research, skiing may be even worse on a participation-versus-trauma basis, skiers suffering 0.6 injuries per 1,000 hours of moguling.Article contentMaking this horse-versus-horsepower comparison even more interesting are the similarities of the injuries incurred, and even the way they occur. For one thing, like motorcycling, a preponderance of horseback riding’s serious injuries are to the thoracic region and, unsurprisingly, participants in both sports are prone to head injuries.
And yet, mom would probably have spent fewer a sleepless night if I had chosen to jump horses rather than the Honda CT70 she finally acquiesced to buy. I also suspect no one has been told they will have to leave home, as my ex-brother-in-law was, if they dared buy that infernal motorcycle. Not to mention being accosted by drunken louts — that should be read “bosses” — at New Year’s Eve parties about risking my offspring’s future, or being castigated by family doctor.
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