Have we really become this stupid???

[steveharriss]

BBC NEWS | Wales | Sand dune signs after boy's death

... that we need signs to tell us the blindingly obvious? What next?

[Gary K]

It was later discovered Craig had passed 10 GCSEs with five A-stars and five As.

sad case but unfortunately he had no common sense

[sch]

BBC NEWS | Wales | Sand dune signs after boy's death

... that we need signs to tell us the blindingly obvious? What next?

No, but thanks to no-win, no-fee ambulance chasers, we've become sue-happy and this is the end result - along with 'this pack of peanuts may contain nuts' ,'remove clothes before ironing' and so on

[divechuck04]

FFS!

It's bad enough having stupid warnings on food wrappers:

On a pack of cheese - "contains milk" (no sh!t, Sherlock)
On a pack of mixed fruit and nuts - "may contain other nuts"

(Have seen both of these this week BTW)


Before long, the warning signs will obscure the things we go so see.

FFS again!

DC

[Dave Crampton]

I fear that this is not to protect the public but the local council or body in charge of the Dunes who could be sued or prosecuted, if nothing was done to make the dunes and beach safer after this sad death, and any futher incidents like this happened again.

Dave C

[dry suit diver]

No, but thanks to no-win, no-fee ambulance chasers, we've become sue-happy and this is the end result - along with 'this pack of peanuts may contain nuts' ,'remove clothes before ironing' and so on

I fear that this is not to protect the public but the local council or body in charge of the Dunes who could be sued or prosecuted, if nothing was done to make the dunes and beach safer after this sad death, and any futher incidents like this happened again.

Dave C

yup thats exactly why the signs have gone up. Risk Mnagaement.

another fine example of having to legislate for stupidity.

[Hamster]

Another contender for the Darwin Awards me thinks.

[chrisMc]

If you have to ask that question, then you know the answer.

A lot of it is future liability, if the council does nothing and it happens again this case would be brought up and the council could be shown as liable.

[dry suit diver]

If you have to ask that question, then you know the answer.

A lot of it is future liability, if the council does nothing and it happens again this case would be brought up and the council could be shown as liable.

yup thats it exactly. I will remember the correct term for it , but my face hurts from laughing at all the Jacko jokes that keep ariving on my phone.

[Pasty Man Stan]

Risk Assessment is taking away common sense and removing the apparent need to assess a situation yourself. Won't be long before all cliff edges are fenced, just in case, ladders will be banned from sale and you'll have to take tests to buy DIY tools

If it's not risky on the bit of paper, it must be ok. Fcuking HSE.

Nobody is that bothered about H&S - they're more worried about the law suit after somebody cuts finger and wrecks their alleged potential concert pianist dreams.

My mate rolled into the back of a builders van the other day at about 2mph. He jumped out, no damage - except a broken (probably before the "crash") number plate. He agreed to contact the guy to get a tenner, or whatever, to him. Tried to ring, no reply. Eventually, he received a letter from a solicitor telling him not to try to contact the bloke as he had been hospitalised, traumatised blah blah blah. Game over, handed over his insurance and took one up the arse. The same is now happening for workplace accidents.

Probably the worst effect of H&S, risk assessment and all that stuff, is the reduction of "removals" by natural selection. The world will eventually be full of stupid people who actually need the instruction book with their chainsaw detailing how they shouldn't really be using it for manicures.

Rant over, sorry.

Stan.