May 6, 2019, Adam Sky, DJ in Australia, dies, rushing to help his injured friend who fell off a terrace in Bali.
Two preventable accidents:
she falls off a ledge,
he walks into glass.
In my opinion,
1 Balconies and terraces should have metal or glass barriers 5 foot high.
2 All glass barriers, doors and windows should have a build-in diagonal black line to prevent people bumping into them.
More ideas:
3 Safety nets. Or awnings which curve up to catch fallen objects of people.
Block of flats opposite Tesco, South Harrow, London, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
4 Stepped buildings (like Habitat in Canada and the building opposite Tesco in South Harrow).
5 Playgrounds (in Singapore) now have rubber floors to protect children falling off equipment. The same could be below any balcony or terrace.
Regarding glass sliding doors, a good friend of mine, in Spain, head-butted a glass door he tried to walk through. It happens all the time. Accidents waiting to happen.
Useful Websites
BBC Report on Adam's death in Australia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48170273
Travel to Australia
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
