Phone scan hopes to stop drownings Christine Nelson with a photograph of her son, Kane. THE family of a 22-year-old man who drowned while trying to rescue a friend says better safety signs are needed or more people will die at our beaches. The warning came as Surf Life Saving WA revealed it would trial new signs later this year with codes that could be scanned with a smartphone to translate the message into multiple languages. SLSWA was also looking at advertising and pamphlets at Perth airport to warn tourists of beach dangers. Kane Nelson died in December last year at Redgate Beach, near Margaret River, while attempting to save his friend Ian Vincent from a rip. His body was never recovered and a coronial inquest will be held next year. In their first interview since the tragedy, Mr Nelson's mother, Christine, and brother Simon, 19, said they hoped additional signage would encourage beachgoers to think twice before getting into the water. Ms Nelson said the only warning sign at Redgate Beach was vandalised and unreadable on the day of her son's death. "Kane was a young man and he was strong and healthy," she said. I don't know if it would have made a difference, but I would like to think with proper signage people will take some time and have a second look and be aware. Signs with quick response codes, which can be scanned with a smartphone and translated into many languages, will be trialled in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River and City of Rockingham this year. SLSWA chief executive Paul Andrew said they would be erected at all major beaches in these areas. "We're trying to provide for people who come to Australia, who have English as a second language, and in their primary language to provide them with that information," he said. Margaret River will have it in seven languages and Rockingham five. He said people coming to Australia were now the biggest area of concern for the not-for-profit agency.