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> Nobody cares and they're not enforced until Something Bad happens, That's not my experience. I'm not claiming that it is never true just that as far as I ca
by kwhitefoot 6y ago
> Nobody cares and they're not enforced until Something Bad happens,
That's not my experience. I'm not claiming that it is never true just that as far as I can tell, in the UK and Norway, it is mostly not.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoI would certainly believe that this is different outside of the US. The US is very litigious and as a result the rule book is often long and complicated enough that nobody really understands it because it's written by lawyers to avoid liability rather than as a set of practical measures designed to improve real outcomes. Also, whenever Something Bad happens they generally add new rules to address it, even if the existing rules would have prevented it had people been following them. So the complexity grows over time and makes it less likely that anybody even reads the rules, much less implements them. This also differs by industry or even by which rule book it is. If you have reasonable policies for handling hazardous materials, people follow them because if they don't then they get hurt. But even in the same company, the company policy on other things only gets followed if it gets enforced, and only gets enforced if not doing so caused trouble in practice.