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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: Re: The medical industry is not regulated?
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 15:18:41 EST
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> Think about all the activities that you take part in each and every day
> that, were someone important to have made foolish decisions, could leave
> you dead.  Ever drive a car above 30 miles per hour?  Were the designers
> of the car government certified?  Do you know how many people could die
> if electricity were to be cut off to large sections of a city because a
> computer program failed?  Should all those programmers be government
> certified?
> 
> 	--Cliff

It just so happens that, yes indeed, there is a certification process known
as a driver's license required to operate a motor vehicle.  Whether that
certification process is very rigorous or not, it *is* a requirement before
driving a potentially lethal automobile 55 miles per hour. And if a person
*should* be proven to have killed somebody by negligence in driving, they
are not allowed to drive for a certain period.
 
There are also regulations to insure that electrical wiring is safe.

I am glad of it.            tim sevener  whuxl!orb