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Old 30th Nov 2014, 04:22
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It's not about being deliberately dangerous, it's about the law of diminishing returns.

There are always those who say "you can't put a price on life" but thankfully they are rarely allowed to be in charge of anything.

Somebody has to make sensible decisions about risk.

For the NHS it is NICE.
They quite literally put a price on life. They decide whether a particular treatment is worth the price.

Aviation has a similar requirement.
Thankfully, they do not require the safest option, merely safe enough.
That is why all passengers do not have an ejection seat. It is technically possible, just as it is possible to ban all UAVs, it's just not sensible.

p.s. Birds might not seek proximity, but neither do they avoid! I know this from experience having hit somewhere over a hundred of the things! (Admittedly most were in one go!)
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