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makesawdust wrote:

Improvements in safety technology are generally a good thing, until the
goverment starts mandating their use.


How many cars would have air bags or seat belts today, if the government
hadn't made them mandatory? In fact, the air bag technology languished
for several years, essentially unused until they were made mandatory?

It's a nice thought that the market will support safety devices on their
own merits, but history has shown that not to be the case. If not for
the government regulations, how much safety would there be in the
average commercial wood shop?

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Hank Gillette