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#14167
Diving Accidents
GenoMc - 8/17/2008 6:55 PM
Category: Survey
Replies: 54

Why do you think we have some dive accidents?
#15534
Brian_V - 9/12/2013 5:52 AM
[Choose #4] Bad things happen even when you’re well trained & well prepared! That’s life!
#3936
seawolfdiving - 9/13/2008 6:54 PM
[Choose #4] diving beyond our own abilities & conditioning. Panic...!
#190
Diver123 - 9/10/2008 7:08 PM
[Choose #1] not trained for the dive.
#3942
aircarl - 9/10/2008 9:09 AM
[Choose #4] not careful
#825
GB - 9/09/2008 4:30 PM
[Choose #4] it’s usually a set of mistakes occuring one after another. some are lack of experience, some are ego
#2513
lreese2 - 9/06/2008 1:24 AM
[Choose #3] over confidence and being lax on your training. Not enough experience in some instances
#2271
Kevin_in_nj - 9/04/2008 11:00 AM
[Choose #4] Ship Happens
#1326
stitches - 8/30/2008 10:19 PM
[Choose #4] divers doing what they shouldn’t
#2157
MouthBreather - 8/30/2008 1:31 PM
[Choose #4] Most accidents with a bad outcome can be prevented w/risk management. See the "Dangerous" survey.
#5687
tshark - 8/29/2008 9:51 PM
[Choose #4] its an accident thats why we train so we will be prepared
#2259
ELLOCODIABLO - 8/28/2008 10:07 PM
[Choose #4] bad choices or bad luck
#855
ScubaGal - 8/28/2008 9:41 AM
[Choose #4] shit does happen, even if we’re careful
#50
Donny - 8/27/2008 10:35 AM
[Choose #4] lack of training
#2364
ScubaDubaDo - 8/26/2008 8:05 AM
[Choose #4] Too many differnt variables that come in to account to put it in to 3 things...
#13
javierdiver1973 - 8/23/2008 11:39 PM
[Choose #4] All of the above...
#3062
Indiana - 8/22/2008 7:29 PM
[Choose #4] people make misstakes everyday.When you dive you might die from them
#2955
OcalaJim - 8/22/2008 4:44 PM
[Choose #4] Accidents happen, that’s why they’re called accidents. In some cases, all of the options in this lis
#5919
SCUBASMITTY - 8/22/2008 11:47 AM
[Choose #4] UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCE’S-OVER CONFIDENCE-COMPLACENT MAINTENANCE
#361
LVDiver - 8/21/2008 7:27 PM
[Choose #4] All three reasons
#3673
Bigdogdown - 8/20/2008 9:43 PM
[Choose #4] over confidence!!
#1917
DiveGirl55 - 8/20/2008 1:15 PM
[Choose #4] comfort level gets higher and people feel they don’t need to check equipment etc. or are in a rush
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divershaun - 8/19/2008 1:55 AM
[Choose #3] people think it wont happen, so they dont care to remember their training
#3066
mukashi - 8/18/2008 9:33 PM
[Choose #3] Short cuts and lack of attention to details are 2 dangerous factors.
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MonkeyDiver - 8/18/2008 12:47 AM
[Choose #4] No activity will be accident free
#622
Matt65 - 8/17/2008 11:48 PM
[Choose #4] Over confidence and / or lack of experience.
#497
ann150 - 8/17/2008 7:09 PM
[Choose #4] May be do to not enough practice using one’s on dive gear.

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