Skiers and riders, do you use the safety bar on the chairlift?

Ski magazine says skiers and riders can be “weird” about chairlift safety bars. As in, they don’t want to use them.

In a piece published earlier this year , Ski argued that safety bar use should be mandatory. Currently, it is voluntary at most U.S. ski areas, according to a study that tracked safety bar use .

The study examined 16,286 passengers on 6,343 chairs across four regions of the country — the Northeast, Midwest, Rocky Mountain Region, and Pacific Southwest.

Overall, restraint bar use was at 41.6%, according to the study, with 9.4% use in the Midwest; 17.9% use in the Pacific Southwest; 39.2% use in the Rocky Mountain Region; and 80.4% use in the Northeast. Vermont is the only state that requires safety bar use, noted Ski magazine.

The publication noted that, for some