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How is it negligence? Are the parents not negligent for letting their kids play with dangerous equipment? I thought young child and big machine was a no braine

• 7952 5y ago
  Well some parents make mistakes or unpredictable situations happen. That is hardly unusual in a house with pets or kids. It is expected. Of course you should design with that in mind. A bunch of warnings that no one reads is no excuse.
• throwaway316943 5y ago
  The large gap with an exposed high speed belt is an obvious hazard and is completely unnecessary. There’s an argument for not letting your children play with treadmills unsupervised but there’s no defence for a design that would allow a child to be sucked into the machine while it’s in use if they happen to wander in to the room and fall behind it. It’s an easy to imagine scenario since they might try to approach their parent from behind and be struck down by the moving edge of the belt and then pulled under.
• knolax 5y ago
  How is not having railings negligent? Isn't it negligent to stand so close to the edge?