More insanity, swimming pools

[vanman_75]

this little problem is a hard one to fix , but maybe compulsory movement sensors /alarm . fences stop squat and senseless inspections even more so

[GTP owner]

How about electric fences? Works for the cows

[troppo]

Has as much chance of working as lowering speed limits to reduce the road toll...none.
As for a solution, adult supervision around pools sounds to me crazy enough to work.

[rodderz]

Working at a job at the moment, the home owners got a pool installed and security fence, we laid turf under the fence now it's failed a council permit as the grass was 20mm too high- there needs to be 1200mm from ground to top of fence. They see this as a risk of a child being now able to climb over. I said to mow it next inspection and it will pass....lol

[JG66ME]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Im waiting for the "rain fall consumption" or water tank tax to come in... all those people who have installed tanks on their suburban properties to collect rain water off their roofs and claimed the govt rebate will be the first to cop this automatic tax, because by claiming the rebate you've admitted to the tank/usage....
Its only a mater of time....

100,000 liters here Norm and no rebate claimed. I can see it coming. I dont have any tanks

[MNM96]

Originally Posted by flappist

The same idiots who are lowering speed limits rather than fixing roads have come out with this little gem.

All pools in QLD (not just house pools) will need fences with random paid for inspections on a regular basis.
This is to save childrens' lives because if the pool is fenced no one can drown obviously.

Strangely, of the 23 children drowned only 23 of them drowned in pools with fences.

Even more strangely, none of them drowned while they were being closely supervised by adults.

But of course a $300 random inspection will raise money for the state government and make jobs for little hitlers who need bigger hitlers to manage them and then even BIGGER hitlers to supervise the managers.

Of course when kids keep drowning it will be because there are not enough inspectors and pools will need to be licensed to pay for these new inspectors but it will never be the parents' fault because that is discrimination.

The world is a dangerous place, accidents happen and people die, NOTHING will ever stop this but when are we going to accept that parents NOT the social engineers in the government are responsible for children and meddling political correctness is what has got us into this mess in the first place.

The death of a child for ANY reason is a tragedy but grandstanding knee-jerk reactions never have and never will solve anything other than to take the media pressure off the politicians until the next event.

/end rant

Accidents, Natures way of eradicating idiots! We need them, and heaps of them. So many idiots, so few accidents!