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Safety Watch is Safe, but the trail isn't!

So our chums at Safety Watch are keeping the world safe one respirator at a time. I wish we had a similar statement to make about the status of construction here in Northern Virginia or the status of the W&OD bike trail.

Why do people get speeding tickets or drunk drivers spend time in jail? Is it because speeders and drunks will get in accidents? No, it is not. These idiots get tickets and jail time because they are creating the conditions that allow accidents to happen; and when the accident actually happens, that's when the bad things start -- loss of money, loss of life, bad things.

So why doesn't the construction company that sends people into the field without helmets, hearing protection, gloves, boots or training get a ticket? A little financial pinch to get their attention? Well, I guess there the never-present OSHA inspector to slap a little fine on ne'er-do-well employers.

And what about the bike trail -- eek! Lots of safety issues. Look them up at Safety Insite.

posted by Run Fast @ 9:55 AM