[SATLUG] Laser printers can pollute more than tobacco smoke

[Don Wright]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:47:53 -0500, "Ernest de Leon" <dryicezero at gmail.com> wrote:

 <<snip>>
>   Now I see those sign all over the place in Cali and
>I think nothing of it.  That's almost as bad as having no signs because they
>have desensitized people to the risk.

No, it's worse. The excess signs have devalued _all_ warning signs, even those that call
attention to uncommon risks. The "Watch for Ice"[1] signs on the highway are the same
thing. They devalue all highway warnings, thus drivers are less safe than before they
were installed. (Why do you think people have recently begun moving high water
barricades to drive through?)  --Don


[1] The signs were originally designed to be normally closed, and opened manually when
icing conditions existed. As I recall, Governor Ann Richards decreed they always be left
open to save money and avoid giving the impression the bridge was safe because the sign
was still closed. Yet another case of lawsuit abuse making life worse for everyone.

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