Skate Boarding - Skate Boards and Protective Gear :: Argumentative Persuasive Essays

Skate Boards and Protective Gear     The notion that contraceptive appurtenance reduces the injuries suffered in accidents seems at first glance to be an obvious conclusion. After all, it is the intent of these products to either prevent accidents from occuring in the first send out or to reduce the injuries suffered by the take for granteder should an accident occur. However, the conclusion that habilitateing in high quality protective adapt greatly reduces the risk of universe severely injured in an accident may mask former(a) (and potentially more significant) causes of injuries and may inspire people to over invest financially and psychologically in protective tilt.     First of all, as mentioned in the argument, there are two distinct kinds of gear -- preventative gear (such as light reflecting material) and protective gear (such as helmets). Preventative gear is intend to warn others, presumably for the most part motorists, of the presence o f the axial motion skater. It works only if the other is a responsible and caring singular who will afford the skater the necessary space and attention. Protective gear is intended to reduce the effect of any accident, whether it is caused by an other, the skater or some thread of nature. Protective gear does little, if anything, to prevent accidents but is presumed to reduce the injuries that occur in an accident. The statistics on injuries suffered by skaters would be more interesting if the skaters were grouped into those wearying no gear at all, those wearing protective gear only, those wearing preventative gear only and those wearing both. These statistics could provide skaters with a clearer spirit of which kinds of gear are more beneficial.     The argument above is weakened by the fact that it does not take into account the inherent differences between skaters who wear gear and those who do not. If is at least potential that those who wear gear may be generally more responsible and/or natural rubber conscious individuals. The skaters who wear gear may be less likely to cause accidents through careless or dangerous behavior. It may, in fact, be their natural caution and responsibility that keeps them out of the emergency room kind of than the gear itself. Also, the statistic above is based entirely on those who are glide in streets and parking lots which are relatively dangerous places to