At get-togethers at Dawson's house, someone is always the "pool CEO," he says. CEO stands for "constant eyes on," he explains. One of the parents is given a kitchen egg-timer set for 15 minutes and instructed to keep his or her eyes on the pool at all times. After 15 minutes, the duty rotates to another parent.
This is about the only thing I agree with in the article. The most important thing is supervision. All of the other measures can be disabled or by-passed. Some are actually by-passed by the parents.
Ross and other pool-safety experts, including Geoff Dawson, president of The Pool Safety Resource in Longwood, advocate what they call "layers of safety," including barriers, latches and alarms. In other words, you can't depend on just one thing to keep kids safe.
While you at it, tie a rope around your kid and tie the other end to a nearby pole. Maybe an electrified fence as well.
It irritates me when others rely solely on these safety measures to do the job the parents are supposed to do.