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Children's Slide Under 24-Hour Guard

Posted by samzenpus on from the thinking-outside-the-sandbox dept.

A slide at a Melbourne housing estate playground is under 24-hour security after it was deemed too dangerous for small children. Three small children were seriously injured on the slide in October last year, a month after it was installed. Now a guard watches the slide from a car at night. I wonder if anyone has ever written a career paper on the life of the playground equipment security guard?

8 of 17 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Paedo staff for free! by confuto · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't work, they would be distracted by all the eye candy!

  2. Obligatory... by denzacar · · Score: 1

    http://xkcd.com/255/

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  3. Re:Ridiculous. by GWBasic · · Score: 1

    If they don't want children playing on the slide, they should tear it down. If they don't want children to get hurt playing on the slide... how will a single guard help? In that case, it would be better to install a sandpit or wood chips.

    If you dig in a bit and see pictures of the slide, it's a monster! The slide is probably 20-30 feet tall and 50+ feet long.

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  4. This is article is misleading by alienunknown · · Score: 3, Informative
    It is actually quite a huge slide and nothing like the slide pictured.

    Here is another article that shows a picture of the slide: http://hobsons-bay-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/security-guards-watch-over-point-cook-playground/

    The slide is actually more akin to a slide you would find in the childrens section of a theme-park rather then a local play-ground type of slide.

  5. Re:Truly "Nanny state" by Kokuyo · · Score: 1

    Notices? Whatever happened to good old common sense?

  6. Seriously this thing is a monster... by marxz · · Score: 1

    To call it a "slide" is to call a Argentinasaurus a dinosaur... yeh it is but far from your average. Think of one of those "Wet and Wild" water park slides that were all the rage in the 80's and early 90's, now take away the water.

  7. Easier solution by TimTucker · · Score: 1

    Why not just have access controlled by a lever that can't be reached unless you're at least the minimum height?

  8. Re:Ridiculous. by Skrapion · · Score: 1

    It's only small children that have been hurt. The guard is there to ensure that children under 1.28m tall don't use the slide. The guard is really just a glorified fairground operator.

    I don't understand why they guard it at night, though. It would be pretty easy to install a gate.

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