On 1/5/2018 6:36 AM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 09:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/4/2018 3:29 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 05:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I saw a new version of the safety sticker on a kid's bike:

====================
WARNING!
Do not ride bikes
at night! Do not ride
bikes when it's wet
outside! Always ride
with an ANSI, Snell,
or ASTM approved
helmet! do not stunt
or jump with this
bicycle. Read and
obey your Owner's
Manual!
=====================

"Do not ride when it's wet outside" is new to me.
Apparently puddles are now deadly.

I'm curious: Does this sort of nonsense get stuck on
bikes in Europe?

Not ime. Are pedestrians and bath users also warned
about the dangers of their activities?

No, they get no warnings - or at least, very few. But this
is a country where inane warning labels are everywhere.
It's easy to find examples:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photo...warning-labels


Bicycles get special treatment, though. 30 years of
propaganda have been used to portray bicycles as insanely
dangerous.

After one particular incident in our control room, I
invested in a dozen of these;

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....8L._SX355_.jpg


Manglement were not impressed, despite my protestations as
to the efficacy and cost advantages.

The world is full of dangerous things so we need the advice
and wisdom of our civil service overlords to get through the
day, especially vulnerable populations and those of
diminished capacity such as citizens of Oregon:

http://ktla.com/2018/01/03/internet-...-takes-effect/

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971