On Fri, 21 May 2004 13:28:19 GMT, "BigWallop"
wrote:
We're not turning into an obsessed society, we are, and always have been, an obsessed
society. The new legislations are taking into account the increase in the DIY trade
across the country. These new legislations are being put in place to prevent the increase
that this market will surely cause.
The legislation is being brought about by a government intent on
unnecessary regulation and interfence in people's lives and in a
desire to attempt to end the black economy in the building trade by
putting tradespeople into registered orgnaisations.
The legislations are being pressured by the insurance
companies, mainly because it is them that have to deal with the consequences of the
outcome of the shoddy workmanship. It is the insurance companies that are assuring that
they have a comeback to some other entity for an installation not being to certain quality
standards.
That's why it is beginning with the services that could potentially be fatal if
incorrectly configured, for the want of better description. The dangers of gas and
electrical equipment are all to plain to see. Any leakage from any of them is
potentially, if not consequentially, fatal to the safety of persons and environments
around the leakage. All the equipment used on the installation is suitable for the job.
The person that is installing the equipment doesn't know that the equipment must be at a
certain temperature, or tightened to certain torque in the case of your vehicle, and a
leakage is caused by this lack of knowledge. What's the outcome ?
I personally think it comes down to the point that two heads are better than one, and if
you can have someone with a good knowledge of the trade to give it a check over after the
works done, and they don't see or detect any problems with it after they carry out their
tests. Then it is a good thing to have done.
The legislations are there to protect before the statistics increase, and not put in place
after the stat's show they are needed.
This is a totally bogus argument and a slippery slope to a
totalitarian state.
As evidenced by the growth in DIY stores it is a growing market, but
it is not reasonable to correlate that to increased accident risk.
If you go to one of the third world type A&E departments of an NHS
hospital on a Saturday afternoon (assuming you have the whole
afternoon to waste), then you find a significant number of people who
have cut themselves or got bits of something in their eye from DIY
work.
What's the next move? Legislate against that as well? Some of
those injuries are stupidity, while others are genuine.
The correct thing to do is to provide proper education, not to
mollycoddle people and control what they can and can't do.
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