The point is the legislations are written by people who are often technologically inept and from a political culture of placing their own opinions above the adv

The point is the legislations are written by people who are often technologically inept and from a political culture of placing their own opinions above the advice of the experts. You also see the same nonsensical policies on other topics like global warming, gun control (in the US), the war on drugs, and weird alternative treatments available on the NHS.