I'd be willing to bet he didn't have a safety vest on and thus isn't covered by insurance anyway.....not that anyone would be able to prove he didn't have a safety vest on.
Does any body know how it works
have a trainer/drive tipped out track work
needs shoulder rebuilt cost 10grand +
insurance says what medi care covers he
has to pay rest.Why should he pay any
as it cost us $650 for insurance with our
lience which makes us covered 24/7.
why do we have to pay insurance if we
have to pay what medi care does not.
I'd be willing to bet he didn't have a safety vest on and thus isn't covered by insurance anyway.....not that anyone would be able to prove he didn't have a safety vest on.
am willing to put month wages they did
A stupid vest isn't going to save a shoulder anyway. Don't get me started on vests. Next thing in the wind is knees pads, mouth guards, neck braces, cups, ankle and wrist straps......full body armour.
I withdraw my offer and retract my statement.
Yeh ok whatever but thems the rules.
What do you mean next things blah blah blah anyway; vests and helmets have been around a long time its not like they're new and authorities haven't suddenly taken up a driver safety campaign :s
I wear a helmet and vest all the time, even when jogging. A vest saved me from getting internal injuries (after I fell flat on my stomach on a jaggered tree stump when a 2yo filly decided to run through the track fence and down a 10ft drop on the other side!!)... I'm so glad I wore it that day, I was just jogging. She took fright at the tractor, had a blind bridle on and ploughed straight through the wooden fence... all over red rover!
My helmet also smacked the cross bar (I went head first through the dustsheet) and I was SO glad it was my helmet getting the smack and not my forehead! lol!! :
No worries for me about helmets, I been wearing them for years too. and I know vests have been in for a few years. (At this stage I should warn you that I did say.....don't get me started on this subject)
I did a paper on safety vests a few years ago when they were being introduced and I will add that I was completley open minded about them.
These statistics come from BEFORE vests were introuduced and they show that 46% of injuries sustained in harness racing are to arms, wrists or hands, 51% are to hips, legs, kness, ankles and feet. Which leaves 3% to the torso, neck and head.
Okay my wife just walked past and saw what I was writing and slapped me on the head and said...."Your'e not still on about that? Let it go and get over it!!"
I must add that when my wife hit me, it didn't hurt as I was wearing my helmet.......................
Hahahahaha!
lol I agree with you, a vest comparatively only covers a small percentage of your body. It did not stop a dinner-plate sized bruise on my left thigh (I'm not sure what I hit to get it, but it hurt) but everyone was amazed at the drop I took and sliding over this jaggered tree stump (and uprooting it) that both me and the horse (who just about somersaulted) ended up without any serious injuries.
I guess other than my leg, the only other impact I had was to my stomach and I'm glad that I had the vest there to protect it, otherwise my guts would have been all over that farm in NJ!! I was probably very lucky and bucked the odds (and only being in that 3% you said), but I will never not wear one again after that.
why should you have to pay insurance when you have to pay all
your medical bills your self