Wacky Warning Labels

[dirtworksequip]

In another 15 or 20 years machines will be totally covered with warning stickers and you won't be able to identify them by their brand name colors.

Sincerely, Dirt

 

[patrick_g]

I've always liked this one myself. Its absurd but it points out a serious problem with all these signs. When we try to warn everyone about everything the few really important messages "bridge out" get lost with all the other crap.

I just loved the bridge out sign. One of the best laughs!

Pat

 

[patrick_g]

The other one I can't understand is what this 710 cap is for on my tractor???

That opens up an entirely new discussion about what intervals to change your 710 and whether it is worth it to use synthetic 710 or just the old fashion stuff. If it is a new tractor you need to consider break-in 710...maybe. What change intervals? How do you dispose of 710 as undoubtedly it will cause cancer in California.

Pat

 

[SkyPup]

Yet a Kawasaki ZX-12R one-liter crotch rocket that does 0-100 in four seconds and has a top speed close to 200mph doesn't even have any warning signs on it.

In fact, anyone 16 years old can walk in and drive off in one, in most states without a helmet?

You'd think the crotch rocket bikes would all be plastered with warning labels?

 

[patrick_g]

During the little fracas we called the Viet Nam war during the height of the air campaign the warning tones in the cockpit of an F4 were so numerous and distracting all vying for your attention to let you know who had search RADAR sweeping you, who detected and locked on, who had fire control RADAR locked on you (SAMS batteries all over the place) that it got to be common place to turn the warnings off and just try to do your job, which was nearly impossible with all the cacophony of various warnings. Some of the Navy pilots flying under these conditions just turned the warnings off when going feet dry due to their contribution toward sensory overload for the pilot.

I think we have reached that point with all the liability motivated warnings and placards we are inundated with regularly. It is an out of control situation that does not improve safety for most of us as we get so tired of the junk we tend to ignore it.

Pat

 

[jimg]

No, rather to keep attorney's from taking them to court.

Exactly...safety is a secondary concern. I think 99.9% of the population has a clue. Its the other .1% that keeps 90% of the lawyers in business.

BTW some of the replies to this thread are hilarious esp the 710 cap. I would have never thought to read it that way. Dont think I can look at a 710 cap again w/o laughing.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...I felt like my user manual got so bogged down in absolute legaleez warning minutia...

I am now looking for the next opportunity to use the phrase "absolute legaleez warning minutia" in a real conversation. I can't wait!

I don't have any specifics to add to the forum, but I've seen my share of rediculous signs and warnings. I'm right there beside the rest of you who lament our future of safety paralysis. My only consolation is that each generation seems to be in large part a reaction to generations past. I think a lot of the legal precedent against which most of this "absolute legaleez warning minutia" is aimed is an overreaction to some true negligence back in the beginning of industrialization.

I am eager to see how my children's world is shaped by the reaction to our current situation of being held hostage by fear of blatant stupidity and those who refuse to take responsibility for their own actions.

 

[thatguy]

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That said, I can't STILL help but to smile every time I see this sign (which is on the road I live on so I pass it daily)

I wish they would put one of those signs up where we deer hunt on national forest lands.. For the past 3 to 4 years on on opening day (a saturday) and the next saturday (doe day) there are tons of ppl (including a boy scout group) hiking and not a one is wearing blaze orange..

brian

 

[ASGAR]

Some warnings are really good... Still like this sticker off of my Kubota FEL...
Effective, eh? Makes you think twice when you're thinking about lifting a heavy load up high.
I can just imagine the people in the Sticker Design Department (surely directly reporting to the Legal Department) trying to come up with these graphics. Think of the conversation:
"Hey George, what do you think of this large cannonball falling on the guy in the tractor?"
"Yeah, that's great, Gus, but you need to put his hands in the air trying to stop the cannonball to show the futility of it."
Gus: "Oooh, ooh, yeah and the cannonball needs little motion marks around it!"
George: "Ooh yes! And make the cannonball LARGER and BLACK!!"
Gus: "Oooh, yeah, and MORE MOTION MARKS!!! Legal will love this one!!"

 

[Soundguy]

Yep!

soundguy

Exactly...safety is a secondary concern. I think 99.9% of the population has a clue. Its the other .1% that keeps 90% of the lawyers in business.

BTW some of the replies to this thread are hilarious esp the 710 cap. I would have never thought to read it that way. Dont think I can look at a 710 cap again w/o laughing.