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- From: randy.scott@filebank.cts.com (Randy Scott)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Pull time safety
- Message-ID: <64.361.uupcb@filebank.cts.com>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 22:31:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The File Bank BBS - Fallbrook, CA 619-728-4318
- Reply-To: randy.scott@filebank.cts.com (Randy Scott)
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- I was talking to a guy at the DZ last week about who's at fault in an
- canopy/jumper collision at pull time. His position was, "the low man
- has the right of way, so it's the high guy's fault". I say, "O.K.,
- but why did the low guy pull into the high guy's face?"
-
- Actually it's not so simple. I think it's _very_ difficult to see
- directly above your back at pull time. About the only people you may
- see aren't a danger to you 'cause they're off to the side.
-
- My experience show's me that who's at fault in a collision depends a
- great deal on who was more experienced, and who lived. The survivor
- and the more experienced jumper usually end up being judged as
- "in the right". If the skygod was low man in a collision, the other
- jumper, "tracked through his canopy". If he was the high man the other
- jumper, "dumped in his face".
-
- Any comments? How can we define the responsibilities more clearly and
- improve safety during openings?
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