Risks, safety measures and law regulations in the field of uphill transportation of children and adults in the Republic of Serbia

Abstract

Skiing is the sporting activity with an increased risk due to speed and conditions of movement but also because of usage of different modes of uphill transportation. Greater number of injuries and fatalities indicate that mechanisms of uphill transportation are potential risk points. Every individual and the society in general have interest to: (i) eliminate or diminish risks, (ii) establish and apply measures of protection from risks that cannot be eliminated by the application of measures and (iii) determine and indicate the precautions to be taken in order to avoid the risks which cannot be eliminated by the previous two ways. The subject of this paper are the risks in the skiers' transportation and the current legislation effective in this field in the Republic of Serbia. By analysing the normative acts, we established the lack of legal regulations which would clearly define the obligations of the owners and operators of rope tows, obligations of users, especially parents as well as the conditions of uphill transportation of children during training in ski schools. The paper offers real proposals for particular solutions.

Keywords

• skiing
• uphill transportation
• lift
• risks
• rules