On 08/05/2015 14:45, Tim Watts wrote:

It's funny how we managed all these decades without.

We had far fewer of these sorts of blinds IIRC a few decades ago. But
more recently we've been 'managing' with two funerals a year.

I am not wholly convinced - I recall plenty of roller blinds when I was
a kid.

The ones we had used a single fairly short cord in the middle. That is a
lot safer than the cords from a venetian blind or the type you are
talking about.



Whilst any death is sad, if you wanted to solve a problem, you'd start
with the roads as there are 1000s of deaths each year.

It is just about conceivable that somebody has done an analysis to see
which is more cost effective.


With blinds, I rather feel it would be more useful to put in a bit of
red printed paper and a self adhesive hook that reminds people that
blind chains can choke tiny kids and to either shorten the chain out of
reach or hang out of reach when not in use.

It's very hard to make a breakaway device that will give way when
perhaps 10lbs of kid is hanging off it and yet does not break when you
need to give it a stiff tug. I think it's a doomed exercise.

Yes, you really need to start with a blind mechanism that runs pretty
freely, yet stays put the rest of the time. Clearly, shortening the
chain is a good option for the time being, though.




Plastic bags kill - and they have warnings which reminds people who
don't think without causing problems for those who do.