I agree wholeheartedly. Society, in our attempt to make idiot proof, is making our lives so full of rules and regulations that we hardly know what to do unless we are told. I read a short article in Discover magazine a while back - it talked about a small town in northern Europe (Sweden?) that decided to install their first traffic light. A year later they had experienced a significant increase in the number of accidents at the intersection. In the resulting study they learned that with a light telling them what to do, people didn't put any thought into the process. If the light was green they just drove through the intersection -- if someone coming the other way accidentally entered the intersection then there was an accident. Take away the light and people would approach the intersection looking for any possible trouble - eyes open and brain engaged. They took out the traffic light and the number of accidents reverted back to normal levels. I feel we suffer the same problem in so many areas. I counted 13 street signs in the 500m leading up to my kids school a few months back --- I'm supposed to read all those and obey -- but at the same time I really should be watching the road looking for kids possibly crossing!!!! On some levels driver distraction has become the biggest cause of accidents because we have made roads so smooth and consistent that people don't need to pay much attention - until something unexpected happens. Yes there are risks taking kids on that type of trip. I've never been offshore so I won't try to comment on the relative risks - but I do think that taking kids on such a trip is reasonably appropriate given some thought has gone into the planning etc. To quote a comedian - "You can't fix stupid" --- unfortunately our governments are trying to write laws for just that purpose. Laws that end up entangling people who are making reasonable decisions. Mark --------------------- Dr. Mark Bodnar B.Sc., D.C., FCCOPR(C) Bedford Chiropractic --------------------- There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. - George SantayanaOn 09/04/2014 1:50 PM, Stevan Plavsa wrote:
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