and that they now look like this:
It's not surprising that they're more likely to fall on children than they were decades ago.
Will say the same thing I said when last posted (about 12:30):
If you happen to be using the older TVs, just keep your kinds away from them ... like on the sofa, not down in front of the set. (and not everyone can afford nor want the newer “light as a feather” TVs). Just a common sense response to the obvious.
If these were the kind of TV’s that were around when I was oh, say, 8 or 9 (I’m fifty-seven) you wouldn’t be reading about kids being ‘’hurt’’. You’d read about ‘em being ‘’dead’’. ‘ Course, it’d take a lot to tip over one them big ass RCA’s or ‘’Admiral’’ Console TV’s. Them things weighed about a ton, in those big boxy cabinets they were built into. Weighed so much they’d leave permanent ruts in the carpet. No sir. If one of those things landed on you were a bug on the windshield at 90 mph.
TV’s falling on kids. Guess that’s one way to put it.
I wonder how many of those children are in “poverty.” Also how many of those tv’s can be classified as flat screen.
and that they now look like this:
It's not surprising that they're more likely to fall on children than they were decades ago.
Never place anything tempting or attractive to small children on furniture with drawers. They will quickly figure out how to use drawers as steps and if they weigh enough, tip the furniture over on themselves.
Not all toddlers are climbers, but those that do are no end of trouble and catastrophe. If you have a climber, anchor all the furniture to the walls, especially bookcases and hutches.
These didn't tip over quite as easily, no matter how hard a kid may try.
Off course, if you raise a pack of house apes, rather than a family of young humans, it will make a large difference in injury rates, no matter what kind of funishings and appliances one has.
"Back in the day", designers and engineers knew enough to keep the center of gravity low, and the base wide/deep compared to height.
I believe it was 37" Sony Trinitron. That thing weighed a ton!
How many other “surveillance Systems” are in place to track our movements and injuries? What started out as a way to track infectious diseases has exploded.
What happens when all of this surveillance suddenly becomes accessible by anyone due to a presidential directive?
Of course, we have promises from politicians that this could never happen!
And we all know that if you can't trust a politicians' promise during an election year ... why how could you trust anything?
Call your congressmen and congresswomen, this is a crisis. Only government intervention will save the chilrun. But wait, we abort chilrun.... problem solved in due time.
The 50” flat panel I bought 4-5 years ago came with an earthquake cable. A cable with two loops, one screw towards the top of the TV, the other goes to the wall.
This isn’t hard to ameliorate. It doesn’t take a Federal program.
Two Children and three grand children. Never even suspected this happening - it also never did. I’m wondering who paid for this study.
The little children - under age 5 - have televisions in their bedrooms, sitting on the dresser. They’ve misplaced the remote and are climbing up to mess with the settings.
Our one television set is in the living room, in a cabinet with doors that lock.
Do flat screen TVs have spying equipment on them?
If this isn’t people getting so disgusted with what is on TV that they are throwing them out the windon (see the old intro to SCTV), then its a plantiffs’ attorney-sponsored survey that is simply laying the groundwork for lawsuits against TV manufacturers.