You're displaying a profound ignorance of OSH law there kaz, they are right, it shouldn't have been there.The mere fact that it was located in a region where it was possible to hit it is reason in itself for it not to have been there.In a workplace situation anything that can be a potential hazard should be eliminated or if its impractical to eliminate the hazard to minimise the hazard.Was the object wearing a high viz jacket or else marked with appropriate approved signage!
gunhand,
Mar 10, 5:21pm
The trouble is these days the only thing/person who gets noticed is the person/thing NOT wearing the high vis. Who takes any notice of someone wearing one these days as everyone seems to be lol.
cocabowla,
Mar 10, 5:26pm
sadly i know of a young motorcyclist losing his life in that scenario.riding home from work and a car pulled out from the right and sent him colliding into a unused power pole in a paddock, the council came & removed the pole a few weeks later.
bigfatmat1,
Mar 10, 6:30pm
accident prevention.Maybe this is their line of thought.
neville48,
Mar 10, 6:38pm
the "accident", of which the experts will tell you there is no such thing just a series of incidents leading to an action, identified the hazard;ie the lampost, and the local council ,once having it identified had to take a share of the responsibility to minimise and/or eliminate the hazard, which they did. The system works Yeeeeeha.
matthew111,
Mar 11, 8:47am
cars at speed will hit objects that are looked at. Racing car drivers will tell you to look beyond the object you are trying to miss NOT at it that way drivers can negotiate a series of narrow road cones that may be placed in a curve or several bends whilestill travelling at speed.
socram,
Mar 11, 4:24pm
Onus is always on the driver to drive according to the road and conditions (visibility etc.)There are plenty of moving objects that people still manage to hit.
Using the same OSH logic, all you guys had better get off the road if I am on it otherwise we may hit each other!
stevo2,
Mar 11, 4:29pm
its a wonder I havent hit heaps of hot chicks on the footpath then. cheers stevo
while "the system" might be a big load of BS as to how to keep us safe, they are correct in the thing you are rubbishing
there is very few real "accidents". all a car crash is , is a series of events. usually made by a poor descision , or poor awearness
pollymay,
Mar 12, 2:41pm
indecision is worse than bad decision. Make a move and stick to it.
neville48,
Mar 12, 7:56pm
So what makes you think i am rubbishing "the system" that i have been part of for many many years. Great coming from a person that calls it a big load of BS.!
ema1,
Mar 13, 6:37pm
Not logic at all .just plain daft and trying to pass the blame elsewhere. The word PILLOCK comes to mind.
socram,
Mar 14, 8:07am
+1A great English word that sums it up perfectly!
muzzaandmich,
Mar 14, 9:04am
what is a prevential accident!or a non prevental accident .
pico42,
Mar 14, 10:23am
A part of good engineering practice for roading is to minimize the number of solid objects in the wider road corridor to reduce the severity of the consequences of someone hitting said object. This can include putting softer objects in place ( frangible is the term I think ) to help slow a vehicle down before reaching the immobile object - like big beds of bushes. But, someone who blames the object itself for the outcome of the incident has made an illogical step in reaching that conclusion - they have mixed up the lessening of consequences with the cause of the crash.
I can understand that thinking. My children have issues with door frames. real hard to turn around and THEN step forward lmao. and I have to admit to a rather unhealthy wing mirror from the gate post grrrrrr - now why would you put a post right there! When it could be 4 inches further over and so out the way!
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