I have to agree with Trevor on this one, I think each person should be entitled to protect their property as they see fit and that there seems to be some emotional prejudice here against electric fencing and a toddler seems to be involved. What are the regulations around dogs and how far they are allowd to be from the outer fence of a property? It has just occured to me that a toddler sticking his hand through a fence with a vicious dog on the other side will come to a lot more harm than one touching an electrified fence. Also I think the toddler's parent/gaudian should be held responsible for such injuries to toddlers and not the object causing the injury. Negligence is a far greater problem than electric fencing!
On Jul 21, 2:33 pm, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Mitxcoac<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The maximum height of electric fence permitted is 450 mm > > > An electric fence must be at least 1.8m above the ground level at any > > point. > > That document is confusing to say the least. It also states that the > maximum height for a street facing boundary wall is 1.8 there fore any > electric element above 1,8 must be illegal as it rasie the height ot > the boundary wall over 1.8??????? > > Maybe OR maybe not. But if you read that regulation probably a large > percentage of existing fences in Obs and the city do not comply with > the draft. I don't think electric fencing should necessarily be > specifically picked out in this regard. Has anyone heard of any > verifiable stories of death or serious injury by electric fence. It > seems to be more an emotional issue attached to the use of > electricity. > > Trev --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
