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Please no more of the personal responsibility bullcrap. “Don’t make a mistake and you won’t make a mistake” is a pretty useless statement. When designing mass
by pm90 5y ago
Please no more of the personal responsibility bullcrap. “Don’t make a mistake and you won’t make a mistake” is a pretty useless statement.
When designing mass manufactured items, it is a responsibility of manufacturers to ensure that their products are as safe as they can be.
- aeharding 5y agoIndeed. Even HN cannot see past the perverse dangers and flaws of modern auto design responsible for the current vulnerable road user epidemic in America. [1] When it comes to cars - it's "personal responsibility". When it comes to treadmills - it's a "manufacturing flaw" [2] [1] https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/06/28/suvs-killing-americas-pedestrians/646139002/ https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/06/28/suvs-killi... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26846641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26846641
- nradov 5y agoShould manufacturers also install governors that limit maximum speed to 55 mph? That would make them as safe as they can be, right?
- DHPersonal 5y agoYou're actually really on to something there.
- Tiktaalik 5y agoyes