It is wintertime and with that comes a few personal injury concerns. Most people have seen Chevy Chase’s Christmas Vacation, where he makes a metal saucer shoot down a hill, nearly dying the whole way. Well a lot of people actually do not make it to the bottom of the hill intact. Just go to YouTube and search sledding accidents for hundreds of videos. The bottom line is, despite how fun it may be, sledding is one of the most dangerous winter past times anyone could come up with. Is the fun worth potentially breaking an arm and being unable to work for a few weeks, or cracking your pelvis and being in pain for months? If you are going to sled, at least take some time to do it safely, there are plenty of resources online to tell you how.

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Also, in the winter ice forms everywhere. When someone slips on ice, it is fun to watch, but painful to partake in. Slipping on ice is pretty easy to avoid if you simply pay attention to your environment, but it is hard, for instance, when you are on a cell phone or carrying groceries. Also, the ice causes havoc on roadways. Believe it or not big cars, no matter how big, cannot stop on ice. It is always a bad sign when you see a huge truck fly past you in the dead of night because they think they can stop on a dime and control there vehicle, but in reality they cannot.
 
Another winter time extracurricular is skiing or snowboarding. Every time you go skiing, you always see someone get hurt. No, these are not just unlucky or uncoordinated people, they simply are too arrogant to believe they might get hurt. Snow is soft, but trees are not. Be careful, enjoy going a little bit slower, and wear a helmet. All of these winter time activities and happenings are dangerous, but can easily be avoided if you spend some time preparing mentally and physically so that you will have both a safe and enjoyable time. If it seems like a bad idea it generally is, do not ignore that impulse, but still have fun.