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Post by sloopjohnb on Nov 28, 2024 8:27:04 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Nov 28, 2024 20:48:19 GMT 12
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Post by ComfortZone on Nov 30, 2024 14:46:55 GMT 12
from the sublime to the ridiculous Seatbelts for a 5 km/hr Santa parade NewstalkZB reports Santa and his elves must wear seatbelts for Christchurch’s Christmas parade following new health and safety advice – a move labelled by some city councillors as “woke nonsense” and “over the top”.
Christchurch’s Christmas Show Parade director Jason Reekers said an audit of the parade’s floats recommended installing seatbelts on some of them.
This included Santa in his sleigh and the elves, Reekers confirmed. Other floats have also had safety bars installed.
Reekers said there was an “extremely low” safety risk but said no one had fallen off a float in the 75 years the parade has been running.
“With today’s health and safety rules and with WorkSafe the way they are, once we’ve had something brought to our attention, if we don’t show that we’ve done mitigation, then we’ll be held liable.
“So, we kind of get put between a rock and a hard place.” This is the consequence of a safety at all costs mantra.
It is inane that a flat which moves at 5 km/hr needs seatbelts. Are they worried one of the fake reindeer will panic and storm off?
It so happened we attended Tractorama, tractorama.nz/ ,at Snells Beach this morning, display of boat tractors of varying vintages along with a few Sea Legs, sausage sizzles, Coastguard, Volunteer Firies (who had to dispappear on a call during proceedings) etc. The highlight was Santa's arrival on a small work barge with a little hut mounted on it being towed across the mud flats by a big hooah of 4WD Massey Fergusson tractor powered by a V8 3160 Caterpillar. Santa was hanging onto the roof column of the hut for dear life   . |
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