On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:46 PM, RickG wrote: > Reminds me of when I worked at McDonald Douglas. The engineers there > told me they could save more lives by putting in more safety equipment > into the jets. The problem was airline travel would cost 1000 times > more. > Ever wonder why there are no seat belts on school buses? Money.
Though it is a "true" statement, it's misleading for school busses. Almost no one dies in a school bus (compared to auto accidents) in the first place. And seat belts wouldn't have much of any effect on the already exceedingly low death rates in a school bus. THAT'S why we don't spend money on it- it doesn't really make any difference. Yes, I know one could say "ah, but if you saved 1 life a year, you're making an economic argument that it isn't worth $500,000,000 to retrofit all busses to have seat belts". It's true, but kind of misleading because, if it would make much of a difference, we'd do it. Meanwhile, many many parents drive their kids to school despite the fact that the death rate due to driving kids to school is like 100 times higher. In both cases though, the rates are so low, it isn't really any issue. > The point is, we can save more lives in many ways but at what cost? <nod> Chuck > -RickG > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Lists<li...@stlbroadband.com> wrote: >> >> >> http://www.stltoday.com/pr/business/PR09030902052935 >> >> >> >> Victoria >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------- Chuck Bartosch Clarity Connect, Inc. 200 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-8268 "When the stars threw down their spears, and water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile, His work to see? Did He who made the Lamb make thee?" From William Blake's Tiger!, Tiger! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
