1/1 MORE than 470 people have signed an online petition calling for action to prevent people jumping off the Itchen Bridge in Southampton. Campaigners say suicide prevention measures should be taken on the bridge, which is reported to have seen more than 200 deaths since it opened in 1977. Three years ago 2,500 people signed a petition calling for barriers to be installed to prevent people from taking their own lives. As reported in the Daily Echo, another petition has been launched in a bid to persuade the city council to take action. Petition organiser Graham Flooks said: Southampton City Council happily takes tolls from vehicles crossing the bridge but is doing nothing to prevent the suicides that are happening all too frequently.