text: I'd have a different tone too if it were my kid.  I'd be hysterical for her trauma injuries!  Aside from that, the debate here is focused on decisions - or non-decisions - made about safety in bear country.  Like should I buckle my seat belt to go the mile to the store. Most people are mindful when we get behind the wheel.  When I was a kid, the school would tow a battered vehicle from the latest car accident and have kids inspect it.  It hit you in the gut. That kind of decision- consequence learning is mostly ignored by people who conclude that bears are evil, killers, blood thirsty.  They just be-bop into bear country on foot like it's the Sound of Music.