Fencing a canal after 2yr old dies

[Martay]

Hi,

Just heard on the news a town in northhampton is planning to fence off a canal after a 2 year old child fell in and died.
I dont want to sound harsh, but surely the problem lies with the mother/father/carer rather than a lack of fence?

BBC news:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-19048362

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[WannaBeDude]

Woodford Lock Northampton - grand union canal = couldnt find on map - did not look hard
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[Chalky.]

Agreed.

Next we'll be lining pavements with bubblewrap and turning gravity off incase a child falls over

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[WannaBeDude]

Jehovah Pembele, also known as Giovani, was recovered from the Grand Union Canal -

Was trying to quicky find it, to see houses nearby, and make more of a judgement based on that ..

WANT LINK
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[Marmalade]

Got to agree with martay.

They are turning the public into unthinking mongs that just stumble through life without having to think or do anything for themselves.

If a major disaster happened to this country at least half the population would be in the shit without the slightest clue in how to o anything to save themselves.
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[WannaBeDude]

Lot of houses lol ...

Tbf @ 2 years old, you don't leave them alone when theres a 3 inch fish pond in the garden !!!
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[Skudd]

Ban football, that would have stopped the child wondering off and drowning.
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[angryjonny]

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[Rogerborg]

[Hetzer]

Personally I think they should ban canals.
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[Hetzer]

And water too, just to be on the safe side.
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[Andy_Pagin]

If the council does fence off the canal I'll bet the kids' parents try and sue them as fencing it off could be interpreted as an admission of responsibility.
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[cornish]

I'm amazed the child made it to 2 years old. What kind of brain-dead 'tard takes their eyes off a 2-year old for 5 minutes. 5 seconds is too long, 5 minutes is a fecking eternity.

Poor little fella
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[Aperf]

When a toddler drowns there is no noise, splashing or fuss. They just slip under the water and sink.

I read of an incident where a mother was sat in a chair by a swimming pool. She wasn't paying attention for a short while, turned round and couldn't see her child. She stood up and he was in the pool under the water just a few feet from her. Luckily she got to him in time. No noise, no fuss.

Really scary stuff.
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[Ichy]

[Aperf]

[Aperf]

Do a search for child drowning on Google. The two words that are repeated over and over are "quiet"and "quick".

"Children drown without a sound. Drowning is a quiet event. There is no splashing, no screaming, and no noise at all."

From here but the warning is the same where ever you look:

https://www.rvcfire.org/opencms/YourSafety/Drowning_is_preventable.html
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[doggone]

I doubt they will fence it off, there will be a legal requirement to allow access so a horse can tow a barge or something.
Also the long term maintenance would be ridiculous.

This version of the story only mentions the father suggesting it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-19055979