Like i said, RESPONSIBLE trucking companies are never willing to sacrifice
safety for profit.  No further comment needed on your rant.
Claudio Cella

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Alden Pegden" <wes@cs.uchicago.edu>
To: "Claudio Cella" <claudiocella@shaw.ca>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:49 PM
Subject: safety vs. profit. WAS: Re: Ideal Vanagon

> surely you're joking?  Yeah, they'll be as concerned about safety as they
> need to be to avoid any big financial worries, but in the world we live
> in, "responsible", before "company", means as profitable as possible.  In
> some cases this means they'll want to avoid some big lawsuits and will
> implement some safety features.  In others (the majority, I might add),
> the profit calculation might not come out in safety's favor.  Hell, just
> at the end of the summer, another worker was killed at the Ford auto plant
> in Detroit by a falling piece of steel, as wokeres are made to work on the
> ground under the pieces being moved by heavy equipment.  I don't have the
> exact numbers in front of me, but it was something like the 30th
> on-site "accident" related death there in 3 years, at a plant where the
> life expectancy is 60 or 65.  Do you think that "responsible" truck
> building companies never are willing to sacrifice safety for profit?
> Maybe you're right, and responsible companies are just nowhere in sight.
>
> Sorry for this rant---I'll take any further discussion off list.
>
> later,
> wes
>
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Claudio Cella wrote:
>
> > Responsible trucking companies are NEVER willing to sacrifice safety for
> > higher profits.
> >
> > Claudio Cella
> > 87  Vanagon 7 pass.
> > 90   Jetta  TD
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: Ideal Vanagon
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Pensioner wrote:
> > >
> > > > Merling Sauce won GP races without ABS.  ABS is for folks who want
the
> > state
> > > > to raise their kids. Upgrade the brakes and learn how best to use
em.
> > NB:
> > > > commercial trucks don't have abs.
> > >
> > > Most don't have ABS because the trucking companies have managed to
fight
> > > off the requirement.  Trucking companies are always willing to
sacrifice
> > > safety for higher profits, as is shown by the large number of trucks
that
> > > fail the inspections they haven't managed to get eliminated yet.
There
> > > are *some* semis with ABS, however.
> > >
> > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> > > '82 Diesel Westfalia
> > > '94 Honda Civic Si
> > >
> >
>