It's no different this side of the Pond. ---------- >From: John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2002, 3:19 PM >
> > I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor <ken.ja...@emccompliance.com> wrote > (in <20020102192217.PBJZ20715.femail25.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.11.150.27] >>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: > >> What I have read on a paragraph by paragraph basis is fine, but I >> find the overall philosophy deeply troubling. The tone of the >> document is that the manufacturer is responsible for all uses or >> misuse of the equipment he sells in concert with every other type >> of equipment made or that might be made at some time in the future. >> > This reflects a prevalent attitude in the UK Health and Safety > regulatory field. Like the Italian criminal code, it presupposes that > there is no such thing as an accident for which no-one can be blamed, > and the victim(s) is/are NEVER to blame. The result is that after every > accident a hunt begins for a scape-goat, and, willy-nilly, one is found, > unless all bodies concerned have costly lawyers to pass the buck around > interminably or have other ways of exerting political influence. > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk > After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
