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Danger as beach safety signs are ignored or not understood

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A sign at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach Source: SBS News / SBS

There are calls for a review into beach safety signage, with a new study revealing a large proportion of beach-goers either ignore or don’t understand safety messages. Among the findings, is surprising evidence that about a third of people don’t fully understand one of our most important messages - swim between the flags


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By Kath Landers

Presented by Allan Lee

Source: SBS News



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There are calls for a review into beach safety signage, with a new study revealing a large proportion of beach-goers either ignore or don’t understand safety messages. Among the findings, is surprising evidence that about a third of people don’t fully understand one of our most important messages - swim between the flags



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