Gate Safety Legislation///// boy killed by falling gate

[desifemlove]

ban retarded trinis........would leave a population of 5,000, but so what? more land to build large house.....

[john005]

a safer gate would have the guide on a post on the inner side(non-road) of the gate
this way the gate is sandwiched between the wall post and guide support post.

Not quite true...
90 % of gates in Trinidad are designed this way. Problem is many of them have an open top where water collects and erodes the post at the base but on the inside where it cannot be seen. It's too late to notice until the gate comes crashing down, usually while in motion. This has happened to my brother gate. He was lucky. A better design is to have the gate secured at 2 points. One at the top and second at the mid-way point but on the inside like suggested. This way if one point fails the other acts as a back-up... My 2 cents...

[UML]

Really fed up hearing of children being killed by gates.

What I have to ask is, why d fcuk wud a person build or want a gate that was heavy enough to kill or break bones?!!!

What u have to guard so that ur gate must be big and heavy?

God forbid that my gate should fall on anyone but I doubt it cud kill anyone.

[Redman]

From the story...something was wrong with the gate and the father was pulling on it.

Last night I blamed the father ..based on TV news..after reading the above story..now I'm not so sure.

Accidents happen and some are unavoidable or Unforeseeable.

With the chit load of unenforced law just in home construction etc..it's pointless creating new code..

People need to know how fragile life is..especially your child's.

Can't be too Paranoid with them.

[pugboy]

A good welder will use material insuch a way to minimize water collection/rust as well as type of material
Many never clean steel properly so even primed and painted it still rusts later

Local welders are the worst of any tradesmen

[b14inb12]

don`t blame the welders. it have no legislation so they go with what they know .

[j.o.e]

don`t blame the welders. it have no legislation so they go with what they know .

Allyuh really want gate legislation? lol

[TurboSingh12]

Like alyuh never watch final destination?

[Slartibartfast]

I say bring in the legislation so that people who are affected have a means to seek some form of redress in cases like this.

If the gate was built properly this would not have happened. Unprofessional should not be allowed to fabricate things that could potentially harm someone like the gate has. Therefore once you pay someone to build a gate they basically stating that they are a professional by accepting your money to do so and will be held liable (i.e. get sued) if anything goes wrong with the gate.

And it's not just gates, it's everything in the construction industry. I guarantee you nothing will be enforced but hopefully people start to do the right thing when they start getting charged and sued left right and centre.

[desifemlove]

Really fed up hearing of children being killed by gates.

What I have to ask is, why d fcuk wud a person build or want a gate that was heavy enough to kill or break bones?!!!

What u have to guard so that ur gate must be big and heavy?

God forbid that my gate should fall on anyone but I doubt it cud kill anyone.

Most gates like dat must weigh bout half a tonne........a grown person would get injured at the least, a chile...well...we know what happened....

[DVSTT]

Existing building codes can't be enforced but you all want to implement more?

[Slartibartfast]

Not about enforcing it. It's about making it easier for the client to seek redress for non-performance. But then again, that's assuming the legal system works.

[Team Loco]

build swing gates. talk done

[b14inb12]

I say bring in the legislation so that people who are affected have a means to seek some form of redress in cases like this.

If the gate was built properly this would not have happened. Unprofessional should not be allowed to fabricate things that could potentially harm someone like the gate has. Therefore once you pay someone to build a gate they basically stating that they are a professional by accepting your money to do so and will be held liable (i.e. get sued) if anything goes wrong with the gate.

And it's not just gates, it's everything in the construction industry. I guarantee you nothing will be enforced but hopefully people start to do the right thing when they start getting charged and sued left right and centre.

have to agree with you

[INHUMAN]

Sigh gates? Really? There are more concerning matters than that...

anyhow, glad this 16yr old younging was found safe! reasons for going missing remains unknown

[redmanjp]

govt go remove GATE now good ting i finish my degree

oh wait...

[redmanjp]

build swing gates. talk done

but errbody want fancy automatic ting now

[Redman]

Sigh gates? Really? There are more concerning matters than that...

but we can deal with more than one issue at a time..I think.


Its part of a much larger issue of setting standards for generally better quality of life.
Establishing,Monitoring and enforcing them.

[supercharged turbo]

build swing gates. talk done

but errbody want fancy automatic ting now

It have automatic swing gate

[SugarFree]

ban retarded trinis........would leave a population of 5,000, but so what? more land to build large house.....

And who building the house.??

[nervewrecker]

ban retarded trinis........would leave a population of 5,000, but so what? more land to build large house.....

And who building the house.??

guyanese....

[zoom rader]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

[supercharged turbo]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

I won't even bother.You just hopeless

[zoom rader]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

I won't even bother.You just hopeless

Think about it. How come we don't hear about gates falling on ppl in Westmorings. Is it that they pay for quality. The rest of Trinis quick to low ball on prices.

[Slartibartfast]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

I won't even bother.You just hopeless

Think about it. How come we don't hear about gates falling on ppl in Westmorings. Is it that they pay for quality. The rest of Trinis quick to low ball on prices.

Just this once ZR... just this once be an Elsa and let it go.

[desifemlove]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

cos PNM does mess up QC on purpose to fall on lil indo chirren....

[desifemlove]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

I won't even bother.You just hopeless

Think about it. How come we don't hear about gates falling on ppl in Westmorings. Is it that they pay for quality. The rest of Trinis quick to low ball on prices.

So fault is on manufacturers alone?

erm....which parent leaves dey lil chile near a large object like dat? why not have continuous watch over a toddler?

[zoom rader]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

I won't even bother.You just hopeless

Think about it. How come we don't hear about gates falling on ppl in Westmorings. Is it that they pay for quality. The rest of Trinis quick to low ball on prices.

So fault is on manufacturers alone?

erm....which parent leaves dey lil chile near a large object like dat? why not have continuous watch over a toddler?

Like I said how come you don't hear about gates falling on Westmorings ppl.
Is it because they have better parenting skills.

[Redman]

How come sliding gates does only falk on injun and creole.

I won't even bother.You just hopeless

Think about it. How come we don't hear about gates falling on ppl in Westmorings. Is it that they pay for quality. The rest of Trinis quick to low ball on prices.

So fault is on manufacturers alone?

erm....which parent leaves dey lil chile near a large object like dat? why not have continuous watch over a toddler?

Like I said how come you don't hear about gates falling on Westmorings ppl.
Is it because they have better parenting skills.

Cuz when yuh moving a chit load of coke you can afford to call the gate man and to have yuh chirren outside the country?

Dais meh answer since we generalizing and broadbrushing.

[MG Man]

unfortunate, but to say 'bad parenting / is de mudda fault' etc is rather harsh and judgmental
Clearly some pl in here never tried their hand and managing dem lil critters called kids
I agree they could have had a better designed gate, and we take things like th is waaay too lightly, but to say is de chile mudda fault....harsh