The state of Texas has effectively banned diving boards at public swimming pools.

No one in Texas has ever been seriously injured on one. They’re just being extra, extra safe.

Cast in the role of natatorial killjoy in this sad story is Katie Moore, a registered sanitarian with the Texas Department of State Health Services, the agency responsible for the new rules.

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“I sympathize,” she says. “I know diving boards are a lot of fun. But why wait until someone is injured?”

The sad thing is, there are lots of people who read that quote, shook their heads, and said to themselves, “Yeah. That makes sense.”

Via Sploid.

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