Child-security devices likely to shatter any remaining peace at Italian resorts
Anyone heading for the famed beaches of Rimini this summer will have to put up with the constant bleeping of safety bracelets designed to stop children wandering off from their parents.
Bimbo Securo, a bracelet and receiver system, works by emitting a high-pitched squeal when children go further away than their parents want them to; the crucial distance can be programmed from 15 to 50 metres.
According to a report in The Times, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera claims: “We now have a new summer sound to be added to the cacophony of background beach noise – the little aeroplanes pulling publicity banners, the skippers of pleasure boats calling out their destinations over megaphones and the beach salesmen carrying trays of coconut slices and ice creams.”
Every base unit plays a slightly different tune, and the bleeping becomes louder and louder as the parent gets closer to the child. The kits will soon be on sale in Italian electrical stores and chemists for around a hundred euros.
