kiddie proof pool type fencing for driveways

[GSfalcon500]

I was listening to ABC news today and heard this story about fencing of driveways so kiddies dont get hit by reversing cars.I cant belive this garbage they come up with.So what happens if you have a garage on the boundary ,do you have to install boom gates on the sidewalk .And it not that i support kids getting run over , its just i think this is an over the top measure like most of the so called safety rules getting relised lately.



Posted 10 hours 26 minutes ago
Updated 10 hours 38 minutes ago

The Queensland Government has agreed to consider whether driveways, carports and garages should be fenced off to protect young children from being run over.

The Government has released its response to recommendations by the Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee.

Committee chairman Jim Pearce has welcomed the Government's consideration and says more than 50 Australian children have been hit by cars at home in the past five years.

"We need to look at technology and we need to look at smart housing," he said.

"We need to looking at driveways and carports and make sure that they're separated from play areas with child resistant barriers.

"These barriers must be self closing and have self latching gates to reduce the risk of a child escaping and being injured by a motor vehicle."