Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-k.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-k!brown From: brown@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Andy Brown) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Public Perceived as Stupid Message-ID: <496@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 14:31:59 EDT Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-k.496 Posted: Wed Aug 14 14:31:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:51:50 EDT Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 18 > The local power company has recently attached a bright red and white > sticker to EVERY POWER POLE IN THE CITY informing one and all the there > are hazardous voltages about 30 feet up and that climbing the pole is a > stupid thing to do. As silly as it sounds to put big signs on all the utility poles, there are a surprising number of people who would do something stupid like electrocute themselves by climbing a utility pole. These same people then have the nerve to sue some company for enormous sums of money, trying to pass off their stupidity as the negligence of someone else. I'm not saying that companies are never negligent, but many times they are held accountable for things which are beyond their control. If you're thinking about things in terms of money, maybe it's cheaper to spend a few thousand dollars putting signs on the poles than to spend a few hundred thousand defending against a million dollar or so suit. Andy Brown