A Welsh seaside town plans to install public toilets with measures to prevent people having sex inside, including a squealing alarm, the doors shooting open, and a chilly spray of water
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Porthcawl, on Wales' southern coast, plans to replace its Griffin Park public toilets with models that deter"inappropriate sexual activity and vandalism," as the Press Association reports. According to WalesOnline, the toilets will cost Porthcawl Town Council £170,000 , while users will pay an as yet undetermined fee to access them.
— Leah August 16, 2019 Another wrote,"This is absolutely terrifying. I'm a disabled person who falls a lot and occasionally needs assistance. Am I going to have to need to start looking up whether I'll be able to use public conveniences without violent and humiliating consequence, because of moral panic?" This is absolutely terrifying. I'm a disabled person who falls a lot and occasionally needs assistance.
— GNU/sophia August 16, 2019 "If someone's homeless and desperate enough to sleep in public toilets, they need help, not technology to shoo them away," a third tweeted.Anti-shagging measures that will be triggered by innocent users is one thing, but measures against rough sleeping? If someone's homeless and desperate enough to sleep in public toilets, they need help, not technology to shoo them away.
— David Robb August 17, 2019 The existing toilets will close for demolition in October, after which the new, high-tech facilities will be constructed.
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