Government wants to recall Peloton Tread+ for safety issues

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

What if she wakes up and comes to find you working with power tool? Recall all chain saws too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Yes it’s negligent to continue your workout when your 2-year wakes up and crawls behind the treadmill. Good luck suing Peloton in that case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

The best way to keep your kid from getting near it is for the thing not to be in the house. Never create a system that requires human perfection when you could have one that defaults to the safer circumstance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

The best way to keep your kid from getting near it is for the thing not to be in the house. Never create a system that requires human perfection when you could have one that defaults to the safer circumstance.

Anything can cause anyone to be injured. Should you not keep plastic bags in the house because a kid might put it on his head? Or forks, because a kid will stick one in the electric socket?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

The best way to keep your kid from getting near it is for the thing not to be in the house. Never create a system that requires human perfection when you could have one that defaults to the safer circumstance.

Anything can cause anyone to be injured. Should you not keep plastic bags in the house because a kid might put it on his head? Or forks, because a kid will stick one in the electric socket?

There is no good substitute for forks. The substitute for a particularly dangerous kind of treadmill is a less dangerous kind of treadmill.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone said what makes the Peloton treadmill more dangerous than a regular one? Fwiw, ours (not Peloton) has an on/off switch in a non obvious place so we just keep ours “off” until in use (plus the “key” is out).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

The best way to keep your kid from getting near it is for the thing not to be in the house. Never create a system that requires human perfection when you could have one that defaults to the safer circumstance.

Anything can cause anyone to be injured. Should you not keep plastic bags in the house because a kid might put it on his head? Or forks, because a kid will stick one in the electric socket?

There is no good substitute for forks. The substitute for a particularly dangerous kind of treadmill is a less dangerous kind of treadmill.

There is no substitute for good parenting. How about a monitor to watch your napping children to a baby gate to make that room off-limits. You can unplug the machine, put the safety key away from their reach so they can’t turn it on. With any equipment accidents will happen but a lot of it is negligent parenting, lack of common sense parenting.

I did watch the video where the exercise ball got sucked in under and the woman had to hop off the machine. So nothing is accident proof but a lot of it is personal responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone said what makes the Peloton treadmill more dangerous than a regular one? Fwiw, ours (not Peloton) has an on/off switch in a non obvious place so we just keep ours “off” until in use (plus the “key” is out).

I think it’s a combination of the slat design in the running belt and how high off the ground the back is with no guard behind the belt.

[Anonymous]

Also, that room is littered with toys and set up like a playroom/workout room. I mean, I used baby gates when my toddler was the age of the boy in the video for my kitchen to avoid stove/fridge accidents. Yes, DC could paly in the Tupperware cabinet while I was watching. Gate was closed when I couldn't supervise. If you are worried about your toddler waking and coming to find you, face the treadmill towards the entrance? I think if you can afford a $4K treadmill, you can afford to make it safe.

[Anonymous]

What is the power source?
Can't you just unplug the peloton when not in use? Common sense and all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The video of the boy getting trapped is scary. Unless you live in a big house where you can lock the kids out of the room it's in, I wouldn't get one. Definitely not for us.

The scariest part of that video is that parents would let two young children play near a treadmill. Treadmills have always been dangerous. Agree with you on only get one if you have room to keep it away from the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/16/peloton-treadmill-injuries-death-cpsc/

An important warning for anyone who has a Tread+ and also has small children or pets.

Thank the lord. End this terrible fad once and for all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

The best way to keep your kid from getting near it is for the thing not to be in the house. Never create a system that requires human perfection when you could have one that defaults to the safer circumstance.

Anything can cause anyone to be injured. Should you not keep plastic bags in the house because a kid might put it on his head? Or forks, because a kid will stick one in the electric socket?

There is no good substitute for forks. The substitute for a particularly dangerous kind of treadmill is a less dangerous kind of treadmill.

There is no substitute for good parenting. How about a monitor to watch your napping children to a baby gate to make that room off-limits. You can unplug the machine, put the safety key away from their reach so they can’t turn it on. With any equipment accidents will happen but a lot of it is negligent parenting, lack of common sense parenting.

I did watch the video where the exercise ball got sucked in under and the woman had to hop off the machine. So nothing is accident proof but a lot of it is personal responsibility.

The appropriate number of dead kids because of a more dangerous treadmill model when there is a less-dangerous treadmill model available is zero. Yes, there are things parents can and should do in order to eliminate the danger. But the standard for banning products does not involve the government saying "well, kids with bad parents, guess you're just out of luck on this."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can they just recall the negligent parents?

So now it’s negligent to work out while a two year old naps? She wakes up, comes to find you on the treadmill, and gets life-changing injuries. No one but Peloton to blame there.

Your kid shouldn’t be able to get near the tread. Especially if it’s moving. Ever. This is on you as a parent.

The best way to keep your kid from getting near it is for the thing not to be in the house. Never create a system that requires human perfection when you could have one that defaults to the safer circumstance.

Anything can cause anyone to be injured. Should you not keep plastic bags in the house because a kid might put it on his head? Or forks, because a kid will stick one in the electric socket?

Or stoves?