Following the imposition of handrails on footbridges after a young hothead fell in whilst cycling over it in a no cycling area, and the erection of fences in Manchester to protect drunks falling into the locks, can we now expect posts with three ropes across them around locks to protect drunken drugged-up shadow boxers?

Don't get me wrong, any death by accident is tragic, but the Health & Safety knee-jerk reactions put the blame anywhere but where it ought to be.

CaRT is a captive ‘culprit' when it comes to implementing Coroner's verdicts, and are unfairly charged with having to attempt to control the actions of others who cannot, or choose not to take their own safety into their own hands.

Martin Howes