People mean well but usually those attempts at fixing infrastructure are really, really unsafe.
An example is that incident from, what, 10 years ago? Person put wooden stairs up an embankment, city tore it down after two days/weeks and public outcry was "what the heck he made it accessible! You monsters!", and concrete stairs were later put in.
Professionals pointed out all the OSHA violations the "helpful" stairs had, such as no rails, the wood wasn't weather treated iirc.
People always talk about red tape and regulation making it impossible to get things done.
No, red tape and regulation make sure things get done right. I love red tape and regulation. Corruption and negligence make it impossible to get things done or even break the rules of regulation to get them done wrong.
Red tape and regulations are only here because someone paid in blood. People always forget this. The reason every single OSHA rule exists is because someone out there got injured or worse without them in place. I would rather things take a year to be done if it means that it'll be done right and make sure no one's hurt because of a rush job
Or some company paid in gold to prevent small businesses being able to compete with them. Sadly these regulations aren't the kind that get removed when governments talk about cutting red tape.
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u/alexlongfur 11h ago
People mean well but usually those attempts at fixing infrastructure are really, really unsafe.
An example is that incident from, what, 10 years ago? Person put wooden stairs up an embankment, city tore it down after two days/weeks and public outcry was "what the heck he made it accessible! You monsters!", and concrete stairs were later put in.
Professionals pointed out all the OSHA violations the "helpful" stairs had, such as no rails, the wood wasn't weather treated iirc.