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In my mind, it is in the same category as a power tool. A parent would be an idiot to use a circular saw near a young child. Using a treadmill near children is
by loonster 6y ago
In my mind, it is in the same category as a power tool. A parent would be an idiot to use a circular saw near a young child. Using a treadmill near children is stupid. Bad things happen when people do stupid stuff.
- wpietri 6y agoNah. The key difference is that power tools are supposed to reshape matter. Like knives, circular saws are inherently dangerous. This is more like a fan: some designs are very dangerous, but it's possible to design versions that are both effective and reasonably safe.
- loonster 6y agoIts essentially a giant belt sander. Some belt Sanders are more dangerous than others. I have a toddler in my household. Even thinking of them playing around any treadmill gives me an anxiety attack. If you want a household item, it's like a stand mixer. Something that could break bones if not worse.
- x0x0 6y agoI can't imagine what a treadmill design that is safe for children the age of the those in the video -- my guess 3 for the boy and 5 for the girl? -- to play on would be. If for no other reason than they can turn it on to a speed which will chuck them off. Or stick their fingers in the belt, etc.
- wpietri 6y agoIf you're saying kids shouldn't play on them unsupervised, I agree. But for those ages, the same thing is true of a bicycle. I'm just objecting to the notion that there's no difference between a bicycle or a treadmill and a circular saw as far as using them around children goes.
- jacquesm 6y agoPeople will routinely set these up in their living rooms.
- alisonkisk 6y agoWhy would someone dare use a product exactly as demonstrated in the advertising material?
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- happytoexplain 6y agoOthers have pointed out the fundamental and pragmatic differences between treadmills and power tools. E.g. it's unrealistic (excluding the long term) to keep people from putting a treadmill in their living space. Of course we could debate each difference, but then we're just discussing the differences between treadmills and power tools. Analogies are usually a lazy tool in the field of debate - you can state them easily, but they provide nothing of substance to anybody who doesn't already agree with you, unless you're using them for a much more specific point than "X is like Y, therefore they should be treated the same". Make your argument about treadmills, not about power tools. Also note that power tools are highly regulated and have many safety features.
- loonster 6y agoShould households with children have treadmills if they cannot put them in a seperate exercise room? All treadmills are dangerous. I do not own one at all. I'm not going to tell someone that they are wrong because their level of acceptable risk is different than mine. I only ask that they accept the consequences of their decision.
- MattRix 6y agoBased on your comments here, you seem to have not read the actual article, which specifically states that this treadmill is much more dangerous than a regular treadmill.
- michaelmrose 6y agoBlame is infinitely divisible the fact that parents share some blame doesn't reduce the companies fault one iota. Effectively both share the full sum of blame and we ought to both educate parents and force companies to make safer goods.
- loonster 6y agoMaybe it should be treated like a swimming pool and require a locked room to keep children away.
- lolinder 6y agoOr maybe companies shouldn't be allowed to release designs that don't include industry-standard safety features? A pool is a giant body of water, it can't help but be dangerous. Missing that safety guard causes this treadmill to unnecessarily pose a huge risk that most other treadmills have mitigated by fairly simple means.