11-04-2008, 10:49 PM | #41 |
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We had a tramp for years in Texas. It was pretty old though so we didn't bring it with us. No injuries on ours.
Interestingly, our pediatrician there was in support of it (which is going against what he is supposed to say I think). His view is that childhood obesity is THE biggest issue facing kids today, and anything that gets them active is a good thing Something is wrong with the picture when we think like this: XBox = safe = good Trampoline = dangerous = bad
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11-06-2008, 05:40 PM | #42 | |
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A neighbor kid broke his arm on ours, but it was because he and his brother got in a fight while on the edge of the trampoline, outside the netting. His brother pushed him off the edge. Another issue to worry about... I got a call from my wife just a couple of hours ago. I try to keep a watch on the weather forecast, and if high winds are anticipated, we generally drop the netting to reduce the force of the wind on the tramp. Well this morning, strong winds unexpectedly accompanied a storm, and our tramp ended up in the neighbor's yard two houses down. Minor damage to one bush in our yard, but the yard next door had a bit more damage. A couple of good gouges in their grass, some minor damage to one tree, but it pretty much destroyed two bushes. I went home and dragged the pieces back to our yard - the tramp might be salvageable. The neighbors weren't home, but I'm anticipating putting out a couple of hundred dollars to cover the damage. |
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11-06-2008, 05:57 PM | #43 |
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When we were considering getting one, I did a fair bit of investigation on the injury rates for tramps. Unfortunately, I didn't keep the information, but the basic conclusion I came to was that they weren't as dangerous as they are often made out to be.
The figures I found indicated something like 100,000 tramp-related injuries in the US per year, which seemed pretty high at first glance. But when I compared these numbers to those related to automobiles, and normalized both numbers based on the number of tramps/cars in the United States, the rates were pretty comparable. Basically, I concluded that if you have both a tramp and a car, the likelihood of ending up in the hospital in a given year due to tramp injuries was about the same as being hospitalized due to a car accident. |
11-06-2008, 06:45 PM | #44 |
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I'm sorry I didn't see this thread/post earlier or I would have given it the approbation it so richly deserves.
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