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Those signs are not primarily there to prevent death, they exist to prevent lawsuits, or at least mitigate their impact.

Glawen 9y ago
I know, but i still find them stupid and i will always joke about them preventing death. It is just such a contrast with continental Europe which do not have them.
- gambiting 9y ago
  Yep. I lived in UK for 8 years now and I still find them jarring. Warning signs on literally everything. Damn automatic doors have to have no fewer than 3(!!!) warning signs(automatic door, sliding direction and watch out glass) - it's insane. It's like living in a society of toddlers where everything has to be safety labeled.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
    I like how in Star Trek TNG the lift in Engineering is an exposed platform with handrails. Deep Space 9 has some of these as well. Only the Turbolift is fully enclosed because it travels fast. In the future there are no safety signs.
    - icebraining 9y ago
      The USS Enterprise was a military ship, though, not exactly open to the general public.
- DanBC 9y ago
  It's interesting that the UK's "Health and Safety Executive" spend so much of their time saying "please stop eliminating risk" and "please stop saying you can't do something because of health and safety, it's not true". http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/childrens-play-july-2012.pdf http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/childrens-play-july-2012... > 1. Health and safety laws and regulations are sometimes presented as a reason why certain play and leisure activities undertaken by children and young people should be discouraged. The reasons for this misunderstanding are many and varied. They include fears of litigation or criminal prosecution because even the most trivial risk has not been removed. There can be frustration with the amounts of paperwork involved, and misunderstanding about what needs to be done to control significant risks. > 2. The purpose of this statement is to give clear messages which tackle these misunderstandings. In this statement, HSE makes clear that, as a regulator, it recognises the benefits of allowing children and young people of all ages and abilities to have challenging play opportunities. > 3. HSE fully supports the provision of play for all children in a variety of environments. HSE understands and accepts that this means children will often be exposed to play environments which, whilst well-managed, carry a degree of risk and sometimes potential danger. >4. HSE wants to make sure that mistaken health and safety concerns do not create sterile play environments that lack challenge and so prevent children from expanding their learning and stretching their abilities. They say something similar in many of their documents. I work a bit in safety, and I get frustrated with too many signs. Putting up a sign doesn't change dangerous behaviour; and it causes fatigue so people start ignoring signs.

Glawen 9y ago

I know, but i still find them stupid and i will always joke about them preventing death. It is just such a contrast with continental Europe which do not have them.

gambiting 9y ago
Yep. I lived in UK for 8 years now and I still find them jarring. Warning signs on literally everything. Damn automatic doors have to have no fewer than 3(!!!) warning signs(automatic door, sliding direction and watch out glass) - it's insane. It's like living in a society of toddlers where everything has to be safety labeled.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
  I like how in Star Trek TNG the lift in Engineering is an exposed platform with handrails. Deep Space 9 has some of these as well. Only the Turbolift is fully enclosed because it travels fast. In the future there are no safety signs.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    The USS Enterprise was a military ship, though, not exactly open to the general public.
DanBC 9y ago
It's interesting that the UK's "Health and Safety Executive" spend so much of their time saying "please stop eliminating risk" and "please stop saying you can't do something because of health and safety, it's not true". http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/childrens-play-july-2012.pdf http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/childrens-play-july-2012... > 1. Health and safety laws and regulations are sometimes presented as a reason why certain play and leisure activities undertaken by children and young people should be discouraged. The reasons for this misunderstanding are many and varied. They include fears of litigation or criminal prosecution because even the most trivial risk has not been removed. There can be frustration with the amounts of paperwork involved, and misunderstanding about what needs to be done to control significant risks. > 2. The purpose of this statement is to give clear messages which tackle these misunderstandings. In this statement, HSE makes clear that, as a regulator, it recognises the benefits of allowing children and young people of all ages and abilities to have challenging play opportunities. > 3. HSE fully supports the provision of play for all children in a variety of environments. HSE understands and accepts that this means children will often be exposed to play environments which, whilst well-managed, carry a degree of risk and sometimes potential danger. >4. HSE wants to make sure that mistaken health and safety concerns do not create sterile play environments that lack challenge and so prevent children from expanding their learning and stretching their abilities. They say something similar in many of their documents. I work a bit in safety, and I get frustrated with too many signs. Putting up a sign doesn't change dangerous behaviour; and it causes fatigue so people start ignoring signs.