I was told you need to do sufficient "hardening " of your attractive
nuisance such that you meet the test of due diligence. All the signs in
the world at the property line won't help you if the tower doesn't have
adequate anti-climb panels in place and some brat climbs up and falls
off. It shouldn't be that way but it is. Juries look at you as rich
given your investment in "toys" and they love to go after insurance
companies and rich folks as "deep pockets" to provide egregious awards
to the injured kid.
Patrick NJ5G
On 3/19/2016 3:20 PM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
I will need to cut a path open for this cable route through trees. By
the time a kid with a dirt bike makes it to these cables, he will
already be in need of medical attention! The only other kids around
here are deer. I think I will probably go up to 6ft above ground, but
4x4 pressure treated posts seem to turn into "bananas" after a while
from the sun, so I though keeping it short would help. Perhaps I
should use gum poles instead.
You mention liability, which makes we wonder if the same kid
trespasses and drive into one of my tower's guy wires..... I wasn’t
really planning on fencing the guy anchor posts either since.
There will be a gate access gate with warning signs at the entrance to
the property.
73
NJ0F
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 3:06 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax above ground
On 3/19/2016 1:42 PM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
After considering all the options of burying this, I came to the
conclusion that it will be easier running these cables above ground
on 4x4 support poles, about 4ft off the ground.
Unless the entire property is fenced and posted, I don't think I would
run *any* cables at four feet above ground. The chance of an accident
is simply too great - along with the nature of the injuries that could
result. I would not have anything below about 8 feet (other than guy
wires which are unavoidable) and the low ends of the guy wires would
have "high visibility" covers.
The US legal system is a farce when it comes to liability these days -
if a "rich kid" out running wild on a dirt bike or ATV were to hit the
cable runs, even though trespassing, you could be responsible for the
injuries due to creating unsafe conditions.
I am not an attorney. Contact yours to make sure your interests are
protected *before* constructing anything that could be considered
unsafe.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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