Danger as beach safety signs are ignored or not understood

There are calls to review beach safety signage, with a new study revealing a large proportion of beach-goers either ignore or don’t fully understand safety messages. Among the findings, is surprising evidence that about a third of people don’t know what one of our most important messages means - always swim between the flags. That story by Kath Landers for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

Danger as beach safety signs are ignored or not understood

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