I think that this is a perfect illustration of software developers not being real engineers as they don't think as engineers. My first degree is in Mechanical E

I think that this is a perfect illustration of software developers not being real engineers as they don't think as engineers. My first degree is in Mechanical Engineering and I can assure you that proper engineer would never consider anything like that short of being an "absolutely critical flaw". Real-life machines such as elevators or various industrial equipments have all sorts of fail-safe mechanisms built in. These people aren't born with safety always being the first thing they consider, it's something they are taught at university. Simply telling people to "don't do that" is not an adequate approach because people make mistakes, it is part of human nature.