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A simple reasonable mitigation could be keep child away. When you go to a hotel, typically all the exercise equipment is locked in a separate room. Exercise equipment are not toys. They are potentially very dangerous tools.

I never said that these kids deserved the consequences. It's a damn shame that they got hurt. The blame should go to the parents.

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The blame should be shared amongst the parents, who did not remove the safety key, and Peloton, who did not put proper guards on the treadmill.

I would expect the people to make an evaluation on which treadmill would be most appropriate for their household. I blame the parents twice.

I wouldn't expect parents to be experts in mechanical safety. I would trust that the company, who should be hiring experts in mechanical safety, have done everything in their power to make sure their device is safe.

The parent failure here was letting the kids around it unsupervised with the key in. But I don't expect parents to be able to evaluate the mechanical safety of every device. They should be able to trust that every reasonable precaution has been taken by the company.

Do you work for Peloton, or do you defend child slaughter for fun?

Posting like this will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. No more of this, please.

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