I believe England has long since exceeded the UAS as far as such lawsuits go. As a city councilor (and last year, mayor pro tem) we have discussed a human sundial for one of our local parks, albeit it in a casual manner. At no time has the police chief raised any objections. Nor has our town attorney.
The reality is that anyone can file a lawsuit, winning is another issue. And there are enough other such "dangers" in our parks that could equally well be a target. In fact, they have not. Over here in my state, USA, our town participates in the self insurers fund, and they dictate rules to us. As long as those rules are posted, we are covered. We are not expected to patrol the park more than "any other park". We have had incidents that could have generated law suits, they have not materialized. The threat is always there, teh rality may or may not be. Simon Wheaton-Smith www.illustratingshadows.com --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Linda Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Linda Reid <[email protected]> > Subject: Do the Police really object, to interactive 'Human Sundial' features? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 12:20 PM > > Dear Members of this 'Mailing List', > > I am a mosaic artist, based in the United Kingdom - and am > currently > working with a local Community Arts organisation on a > project, plus > one part of which is to be a proposed "Sunclock" ('Human' > Sundial). > > We were intending to obtain a customized set of layout > plans, from > "Modern Sunclocks" (in Scotland) - but it seems that they > require a > 'disclaimer' letter from us, acknowledging that we fully > understand > all the implications of creating this feature in a public > location. > > They directed us to a page on their website, which details > what can > happen - that specific page is: > www.sunclocks.com/pics/fs-015.htm > > > Those 'negative' aspects are outlined at the top of that > page, and > they also said that Planning Permission might not be > approved - due > to objections raised by local residents, plus 'Police' > authorities. > > I then had a brief discussion with a local Police Community > Liaison > Officer, who said that he fully appreciates why "Modern > Sunclocks" > were just being honest with us - plus that some interactive > public > features would be likely to attract 'undesirable' people, > who "take > it over" as theirs (so discouraging people who we want to > use it). > > > Is this really true, that what we think should be a very > colourful, > functional and interactive 'Human' Sundial - will > eventually become > a feature which actually the local population do NOT want > to have? > > "Modern Sunclocks" were very helpful - and said that they > could sell > three times as many sets of plans, if only they did not > have to warn > customers about the 'implications' (based on many years > experience). > > > Do the members of this 'List' have any comments (good or > bad), about > installing such interactive sundials - since we do not want > to go to > the time and expense of creating this, if local people do > not really > want it. Most people said they would be happy, > (although we did not > mention any of those negative factors, when conducting > short "market > research" - because we were totally unaware of them, at > that time). > > I shall very much look forward to receiving feedback, on > the above. > > > Sincerely, > > Linda Reid. > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
