Insurers can and do sue to recover for accidents, he says, but given the expense of litigation they tend to focus more on safety campaigns, like the signs at most ski resorts urging helmets.

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If you look around, you see the cameras are ubiquitous, dangling from the mouths of surfers, held up by spectators and strapped to the helmets of Jet Ski-zipping water rescuers.

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