Magiver
August 17, 2012, 10:25pm
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ExcitedIdiot:
Are you saying it should be decided by politicians?
The FDA and NHTSA are 2 large government agencies concerned mostly with regulating for safety. It really would be impossible to create an agency for every product conceivable.
You might not agree with these lawsuits, but they have had an impact. Future gas cans with have additional safety features. Our representative democracy didn’t fix the problem, tort lawsuits did.
The lawsuit didn’t solve anything. You can’t pour gasoline on a fire without igniting the can. The flash arrestor is for a vapor flashback event, not fuel poured from the can.
Legislatures can be “influenced.” A jury is fearless and uncorruptible.
That’s really funny. Best laugh of my day.