[TowerTalk] Attractive nuisance

[Patrick Greenlee]

To be truly effective the covers would have to be higher than a good 
grapnel toss.


On 2/7/2017 1:27 PM, Guy Olinger wrote:
> The best that I have seen is flat sheets of galvanized steel cut to 
> fit across the rungs between the vertical metal and permanently 
> attached up to a point requiring a ladder to get to a climbing point. 
> On some "erector set" towers, this may require some bracing be done 
> inside the lower tower otherwise done on the outside. Also that all 
> cables be run inside the tower, and you have to haul a ladder out to 
> the tower to climb it.
>
> Seem to recall that some tower mfrs have these panels ready made.
>
> 73, Guy K2AV
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Patrick Greenlee 
> <patrick_g at windstream.net <mailto:patrick_g at windstream.net>> wrote:
>
>     The*attractive nuisance*doctrine applies to the law of torts, in
>     the United States. It states that a landowner may be held liable
>     for injuries to children trespassing on the land if the injury is
>     caused by an object on the land that is likely to attract children.
>
>     So kid climbs on tower, kid is injured or killed, jury awards  E N
>     O R M O U S quantities of money to the kid/parents exceeding your
>     insurance and bankrupting you.
>
>     Juries are not always rational.  They see you and your insurance
>     policy as a source of free money to gift the injured irrespective
>     of merit or lack thereof.
>
>     I have been thinking of deterrents to climbing besides a high
>     fence topped with razor wire. and 10KV fence charger. Tanglefoot
>     is a good product that would deter climbers or birds perching. OK
>     maybe on a crankup. It is a bird repelling measure with no poisons
>     just is uncomfortable for the bird and a gooey mess to climb on.
>     Maybe IR motion detectors and spray nozzles with concentrated dye,
>     inert and non poisonous but hard to remove.  Water spray with IR
>     motion detection might become a fun attraction in summer, hence
>     the dye.
>
>     A loud siren was briefly considered but then hearing loss would be
>     an issue and besides the younger crowd are all getting deaf due to
>     earphones and loud rock.
>
>     Any ideas from the brain trust?
>
>     Please no alligators, piranhas, or other wild animals, claymores,
>     punji sticks, tiger pits etc.
>
>     Patrick NJ5G
>
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