Seeing and reading about peoples actions during the flood events makes me wonder where we will finish up with personal responsibility V enforced regulation.
I know regulation will become more strict as society progress's and we have no choice now but to accept it because we have reduced personal responsibility to nothingness, at work, home and play.
Insurance companies are warning about possible loss of insurance if you drive even through standing water. This makes it tricky if we wanted to go into semi accessible areas to assist people clean up, this is what got me thinking about this subject.
Earlier this week I had to drive my wife to work several times as her car would not have made it through the water that was over the road. There were lots of idiots (unfortunately, some in 4 wheel drives) charging through the water and drowning the odd car coming the other way (personal responsibility).
On Tuesday she called, the water was coming up quickly behind her work, could I come and get her? Unfortunately all roads out were blocked and manned to protect people from themselves, one road I knew the water was only 300mm deep and not running, so I pulled up and spoke to the guy and told him the circumstances and that I knew the road well, he agreed to let me through but said if you get into trouble you are on your own (personal responsibilty) cool, I have no problem with that, I assured him I would be back in 15 minutes.
At the other end I had to pull up and explained to the next guy what had happened and that after I picked up my wife I would be straight back. It all worked out fine, as a matter of fact I was able to fill both of them them in on the conditions for others, never in any danger.
Just read about a guy who wanted to save a Joey that was washing past and drowning, I think it was somewhere near Ipswich, the police threatened to arrest him if he tried to help it, he took a calculated risk (personal responsibility mixed with a bit heroism) and pulled the joey out, apparently the police had a change of heart.
There would undoubtedly be many more deaths from this event if people had just played it safe and let the "experts" do it.
We have brought everything down to the lowest common denominator and use that principal to protect ourselves from ourselves, and we rely on those lowest common denominator rules to keep us safe, sad. :-(
As an example, over the years I have driven in many Asian countries, West Africa, Papua New Guinea and India and if you rely on the few road rules that are enforced in these places to keep you safe then your probably going to die, you drive expecting trucks, cars and pedestrians to came at you from all angles at any time, that's how you survive, it can be scary but I actually find it satisfying and enjoyable to live using your wits and common sense.
I'm probably on my own here with this train of thought, but that's life.
Damn, this is the longest post I've ever done.
I know regulation will become more strict as society progress's and we have no choice now but to accept it because we have reduced personal responsibility to nothingness, at work, home and play.
Insurance companies are warning about possible loss of insurance if you drive even through standing water. This makes it tricky if we wanted to go into semi accessible areas to assist people clean up, this is what got me thinking about this subject.
Earlier this week I had to drive my wife to work several times as her car would not have made it through the water that was over the road. There were lots of idiots (unfortunately, some in 4 wheel drives) charging through the water and drowning the odd car coming the other way (personal responsibility).
On Tuesday she called, the water was coming up quickly behind her work, could I come and get her? Unfortunately all roads out were blocked and manned to protect people from themselves, one road I knew the water was only 300mm deep and not running, so I pulled up and spoke to the guy and told him the circumstances and that I knew the road well, he agreed to let me through but said if you get into trouble you are on your own (personal responsibilty) cool, I have no problem with that, I assured him I would be back in 15 minutes.
At the other end I had to pull up and explained to the next guy what had happened and that after I picked up my wife I would be straight back. It all worked out fine, as a matter of fact I was able to fill both of them them in on the conditions for others, never in any danger.
Just read about a guy who wanted to save a Joey that was washing past and drowning, I think it was somewhere near Ipswich, the police threatened to arrest him if he tried to help it, he took a calculated risk (personal responsibility mixed with a bit heroism) and pulled the joey out, apparently the police had a change of heart.
There would undoubtedly be many more deaths from this event if people had just played it safe and let the "experts" do it.
We have brought everything down to the lowest common denominator and use that principal to protect ourselves from ourselves, and we rely on those lowest common denominator rules to keep us safe, sad. :-(
As an example, over the years I have driven in many Asian countries, West Africa, Papua New Guinea and India and if you rely on the few road rules that are enforced in these places to keep you safe then your probably going to die, you drive expecting trucks, cars and pedestrians to came at you from all angles at any time, that's how you survive, it can be scary but I actually find it satisfying and enjoyable to live using your wits and common sense.
I'm probably on my own here with this train of thought, but that's life.
Damn, this is the longest post I've ever done.