Much of what we see in all areas of safety is a reaction to incidents. Until we can get over that mindset we are never going to make any real progress.
I do not wish to disparage any organization but do question many initiatives.
A few weeks ago, quoting the Missouri incident where a young man was texting when he caused a crash with two fatalities, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) created publicity asking that all states ban not just texting but all cell phone use with the exception of the embedded system in General Motors vehicles. The last I heard the same government that owns NTSB owns at least a big chunk of General Motors. But let's go beyond that disconnect. Missouri already has a law that prohibits what that young man was doing. So how will new laws around the country solve the problem? The answer is they won't. There are simple engineering solutions that may never be implemented because of the adverse effect on business and consumer preference.
In Cheyenne Wyoming there is today a proposed ordinance that would include prohibition of parking trailers on the street. There are 15,736 registered trailers in the county. According to the news story trailers that are not attached to a vehicle could roll and cause some damage. This proposed ordinance is not reactive because there are no known incidents. It has a number of exceptions all of which could result, and may be more likely to result, in the imagined hazards. A requirement to use wheel blocks would certainly suffice.
And then we go up to Dodd-Frank. Nothing but more expense.
Individuals and small business needs to function in a progressive way. That means not reacting to incidents. Instead look to potential hazards involving all resources of all types and make plans to deal with all of them in a methodical way. Creating form is one way of describing what must be done. Creating form can reduce expense and simplify processes. Residential fires started by candles are quite common. Instead of a compromise with the candle dealers that government and safety councils tend to do just don't have candles in your house.
Chew on that for a while as you are working on your New Years' resolutions.
David Sneed
I do not wish to disparage any organization but do question many initiatives.
A few weeks ago, quoting the Missouri incident where a young man was texting when he caused a crash with two fatalities, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) created publicity asking that all states ban not just texting but all cell phone use with the exception of the embedded system in General Motors vehicles. The last I heard the same government that owns NTSB owns at least a big chunk of General Motors. But let's go beyond that disconnect. Missouri already has a law that prohibits what that young man was doing. So how will new laws around the country solve the problem? The answer is they won't. There are simple engineering solutions that may never be implemented because of the adverse effect on business and consumer preference.
In Cheyenne Wyoming there is today a proposed ordinance that would include prohibition of parking trailers on the street. There are 15,736 registered trailers in the county. According to the news story trailers that are not attached to a vehicle could roll and cause some damage. This proposed ordinance is not reactive because there are no known incidents. It has a number of exceptions all of which could result, and may be more likely to result, in the imagined hazards. A requirement to use wheel blocks would certainly suffice.
And then we go up to Dodd-Frank. Nothing but more expense.
Individuals and small business needs to function in a progressive way. That means not reacting to incidents. Instead look to potential hazards involving all resources of all types and make plans to deal with all of them in a methodical way. Creating form is one way of describing what must be done. Creating form can reduce expense and simplify processes. Residential fires started by candles are quite common. Instead of a compromise with the candle dealers that government and safety councils tend to do just don't have candles in your house.
Chew on that for a while as you are working on your New Years' resolutions.
David Sneed
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