When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made
safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the
sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids
safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in
extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)
Once you know that the cost is your number one concern, you will avoid buying a flashy
sports car and instead focus on cars that insurers would «like,» such as
extremely safe vehicles, vehicles with antilock brakes and daytime running lights, and vehicles that have airbags.
Once you know that the cost is your number one concern, you will avoid buying a flashy
sports car and instead focus on cars that insurers would «like,» such as
extremely safe vehicles, vehicles with antilock brakes and daytime running lights, and vehicles that have airbags.