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It’s like when motorcyclists say “safety first” about wearing a helmet and other protective gear. If they really put safety first, they’d choose a safer form of
by ytdytvhxgydvhh 6y ago
It’s like when motorcyclists say “safety first” about wearing a helmet and other protective gear. If they really put safety first, they’d choose a safer form of transportation. They mean “given that I’m going to engage in this risky activity, I’m going to try to make this activity as safe as possible”.
In this case “zero tolerance” is short for something like, “except for understandable slip-ups that aren’t fully your fault, we’re not going to tolerate any slip-ups”.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoI think you can honestly say you follow safety first in terms of what is available to safely ride your bike. Just like when I used to rock climb, I felt like we were basically following safe practices - but there was no one to adjudicate them, probably far less testing of various practices with stats than bikes. Also, where we climbed there wasn't expected rockfall. I had barely heard of that being an issue, and we never wore helmets. Later on I realized that was something I might have missed out on. And then the next step was "what other safety practices was I unaware of" ;-) And of course I get that rock climbing is much more dangerous than hiking.
- fulafel 6y agoIt's pretty meaningless on motorcycle too. Even aviation with their culture and checklists isn't that.