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Mountain rescue safety tips
winchman:
Why haven't we got a state ran Mountain Rescue teams???
After all we do pay plenty of tax?
I dont feel enough is done to educate people in common sense
vtrdaz:
I think we do have state run teams - i believe the RAF have some dotted around the country
TDi90:
its not RTA anymore =; [-X
its and RTC - road traffic collision
correct me if im wrong :kiss:
Range Rover Blues:
I've been sent, not a bill exactly, but a letter chasing up details for a car accident I was involved in. The NHS wanted insurance details so they could recoupt he cost of my treatment.
Now it's not compulsory but if they are chasing me for details of where to send the bill then why shouldn't other people if they have brought it on themselves.
I understand the arguament about mountain rescue being volunteers, but not everything involved is for free. i have mates who climb and I asked them why they offer to join mountain rescue. The answer is simple, "becasue if it were me i'd want someone to come get me".
That's all well and good, but a lot of the people now calling on their services are in no position to reciprocate, even if it ever occured to them.
The resources are becoming overstretched. If there were motor vehicles involved you can bet your shirt that charging would be the answer to everything.
Wolfie:
Still don't like the idea.
Plus there is the question of whether the idiots who go out completely unprepared already would bother to get insurance before they went, or would those of us who have a clue find that our premiums contain a loading to cover the uninsured, just the same as our car insurance does.
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