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My gripe is about the lack of concern for health and safety displayed by the governments. Every week we read of someone (usually a kid) in a fatal accident or being hurt. In the 1960s and 1970s we used to have all these short health and safety public information films on TV and personally I think that the BBC should re-introduce these.
Some of them need only last twenty seconds to make their point, the examples below account for hundreds of lives being cut short every year.
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- Swimming pools... surely the unemployed could be drafted in as extra life guards.
- Garden ponds... a toddler may easily fall in and drown in a neighbours pond.
- Rivers...loads of deaths here, usually by swimming or falling in.
- Ice on lakes or rivers... a common cause for concern in the winter, for example 16 men playing football drowned under the ice in Gainsborough a few centuries ago.
- The sea... getting cut off by the tide or drifting out to sea on inflatables, or even being washed into the sea by a freak large wave. Many people have perished in this way.
- House fires... still a major concern, perhaps more smoke alarms needed?
- Unsecured upstairs windows... a couple of kids a year fall out of these.
- Hotel balconies... most package holidaymakers know how to put on a life jacket on a plane, but every year theres a few that dont know to keep away from sky high balconies.
- Driveways... kids in car here please, also OAP's with automatics, put the wife in the car before manoeuvring!
- Garden walls... tell your kids not to climb on them, walls do sometimes fall down and crush limbs.
- Railways... don't go on the track at all!
- Choking... do you know what to do when someone is in this predicament?
- Lightening... five people in the UK each year are struck.
- Cycle helmets... you're mad not to wear one when cycling.
- Air rifles... a couple of boys a year end up in hospital or worse.
- Nasty dogs...don't leave your babies or kids alone with nasty dogs.
- Car ramps... don't go under a jacked up car, use ramps.
- Sledging... any obstacles on the slope? winter warnings should be issued here warning of the dangers.
- Handbrake failure... leave the car in gear as well, many fatalities have occurred because of this.
- Driving distraction... no mobile, texting, or changing CD etc. Should be obvious but isn't to a lot of people it would seem.
- Bonfires and BBQs... no petrol to be used, that's just plain stupid.
- Unsafe furniture... make sure wall units and shelves are secure.
I could go on and on because there are hundreds of dangerous or fatal incidents each year from the above examples, but the governments of the day are only concerned about free carrier bags, wheelie bin inspectors, litter wardens and banning fox hunting etc. They no longer seem to be interested in promoting basic health and safety in this country.
By: Gainsborough lad
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