Post by Soutpeel on Apr 15, 2017 13:40:38 GMT 7
Man sues museum after hitting a wall in race to beat virtual Cathy Freeman
He accuses Scienceworks of failing to prevent injury risk in challenge against simulation of the Olympic gold medallist
An Australian man has launched legal action after coming off second-best to a virtual Cathy Freeman in an interactive exhibit.
Visitors to Melbourne’s Scienceworks museum are invited to pit themselves against a simulation of the Olympic 400m gold medallist on a 10m dual-lane track.
When Dean Smith gave it a go in June last year, he ran into a wall, severely injuring himself.
Fairfax reported that Smith was now suing the Museums Board of Victoria, which operates the museum in Spotswood, for negligence for unspecified damages.
“All these little things made me think I could beat her, I got a bit competitive, thinking ‘I can take on Cathy Freeman’,” he told Fairfax.
“... Then when I was 30cm from the wall I saw what was going to stop me.”
In a writ lodged in the Victorian supreme court last week, he argued that the museum had failed to prevent the risk of injury, and that the track was poorly-lit and should not have led to a wall.
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/15/man-sues-museum-after-hitting-a-wall-in-race-to-beat-virtual-cathy-freeman
He accuses Scienceworks of failing to prevent injury risk in challenge against simulation of the Olympic gold medallist
An Australian man has launched legal action after coming off second-best to a virtual Cathy Freeman in an interactive exhibit.
Visitors to Melbourne’s Scienceworks museum are invited to pit themselves against a simulation of the Olympic 400m gold medallist on a 10m dual-lane track.
When Dean Smith gave it a go in June last year, he ran into a wall, severely injuring himself.
Fairfax reported that Smith was now suing the Museums Board of Victoria, which operates the museum in Spotswood, for negligence for unspecified damages.
“All these little things made me think I could beat her, I got a bit competitive, thinking ‘I can take on Cathy Freeman’,” he told Fairfax.
“... Then when I was 30cm from the wall I saw what was going to stop me.”
In a writ lodged in the Victorian supreme court last week, he argued that the museum had failed to prevent the risk of injury, and that the track was poorly-lit and should not have led to a wall.
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/15/man-sues-museum-after-hitting-a-wall-in-race-to-beat-virtual-cathy-freeman
