I was not arguing that regs and saftey requirements be left to market forces. And definately not that they should be done away with. I was looking at it from the stand-point (of actually observing and complying) that all saftey regs are not good, and many times seem arbitrary to the point of stupidity. My favorite: OSHA requires a clip on the hook for a rope and wheel. This clip makes it difficult to remove items, some, a bucket of hot asphalt for example, become dangerous.
(Note: there are actually rules that they won't enforce if they come out and observe you breaking them, because even the inspectors realize how foolish they are :D)
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Date: 20/2/11 23:48 (UTC)And definately not that they should be done away with. I was looking at it from the stand-point (of actually observing and complying) that all saftey regs are not good, and many times seem arbitrary to the point of stupidity.
My favorite: OSHA requires a clip on the hook for a rope and wheel. This clip makes it difficult to remove items, some, a bucket of hot asphalt for example, become dangerous.
(Note: there are actually rules that they won't enforce if they come out and observe you breaking them, because even the inspectors realize how foolish they are :D)