Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Helmets and The Law

> <snip> ... We've got a good law in this state (and it exists elsewhere, 
> but of course not in CA) that says basically if you voluntarily involve 
> yourself with horses, you take responsibility for what happens.  ...<snip>

That's kind of a good reason to have the wording in the preamble allowing 
the RMs to add any particularly context sensitive additional safety 
measures to their rides - taking into account the local situations. In NM, 
there isn't a great need to specifically require safety gear (from a legal 
perspective it would seem) whereas in CA there may be other things to think 
about.

The way the AERC rules are now, they don't specifically say you must...but 
they do say you may...and they don't say that you can't....does that cover 
the bases well enough??

johnt




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