Safety at sea

[AlexL]

Re: \"If not duffer, won\'t drown\".

Of course, there is something to be said for the Darwinian approach! remove the stupid genes from the human gene pool.

(tongue firmly in cheek before everybody flames me!)

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[cameronke]

Re: \"If not duffer, won\'t drown\".

Good old Darwinism!

Regards
Cameron

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[BarryT]

Re: \"If not duffer, won\'t drown\".

Well said Andrew, my thoughts exactly. We must get away from the blame culture

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[alec]

Re: \"If not duffer, won\'t drown\".

As a society, we have probably caused more problems by making people aware of potential risks/problems. It stops us thinking.

In other words, unless you see lots of signs and disclaimers everywhere it must be safe to do anything without risk.


‘Freedom means responsibility – that’s why most dread it’


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[Mirelle]

Spot on

That is an interesting, and, to me, a novel and appealing, observation. Warning notices have proliferated mightily, as a sort of charm to warn off lawsuits, and perhaps they are doing less than no good!

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[snowleopard]

who gets the blame?

so the govt. wants to blame the MCA for boating accidents...

they blamed the police for the crushing deaths at the football stadium rather than the people who actually caused it - the idiots pushing at the back of the crowd.

in several recent drownings at well-signed beaches in the south-west, relatives of victims try to blame the local councils and even sue them. 'there was no notice to say what the red flags were for' being a typical example. lifeguards who try to warn irresponsible beach users get mouthfuls of abuse. after the latest event it was even suggested that every beach in the south west should have lifeguards 24 hours a day.

the press have a big part in this by portraying the victims as poor innocents rather than tell the real story of warnings ignored and rescuers lives put at risk.

here are a few things that could be done:

-post notices with a basic safety code at launching sites

-in press reports of accidents, show how the the code and/or warnings were ignored

-throw out of court all attempts to blame authorities for accidents caused by individual stupidity

-in cases where individuals are fined or sued for reckless behaviour, let the ignoring of the code be a major factor in the court's decision.

but again, i suppose we should learn from the lack of success of health warnings on cigarette packets - a high proportion of the population will never listen


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[MarkV]

Re: I’d appreciate any bright ideas.

I seem to remember Stirling Police used to (perhaps they still do) park a trailer in the service station every christmas. On the trailer would be a recent wreck compleete with cut off roof and posibly blood stains, surounded by "don't drink & drive" literature. You had to drive past the thing to park. Made me think every time I stopped there. Couldn't you arange somthing similar along the lines of accidents do happen and the RNLI can't save everyone.

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[StugeronSteve]

Re: I’d appreciate any bright ideas.

Drowned or prop mutilated bodies ( even if dummies) might put off the tourists a bit though.

<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.

 

[nicho]

Re: I’d appreciate any bright ideas.

Peter, We've just had our safety check, and can say it was truly excellant. By and large we came out OK, and will be complying with the suggestions made.

I would recommend those who have not been through this proceedure to do so - it was very enlightening.

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