In the interests of safety : the absurd rules that blight our lives and how we can change them /
By: Brown, Tracey
Title By: Hanlon, Michael
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Sphere, c2014.Description: 278 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780751553499Subject(s): Safety regulations -- Great Britain | Safety education -- Great Britain | LibertyDDC classification: 362.1 BR IN Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 362.1 BR IN (Browse shelf) | Available | T0011005 |
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Does an airline pilot really need to surrender his tweezers at airport security when he's about to board an aircraft equipped with an axe on the back of the cockpit door? Can a mobile phone really cause a major explosion at a petrol station? And is there really a good reason why you should be prevented from swimming in a lake more than a foot deep? These rules exist, and they exist in the name of our own protection. But in this engrossing dissection of global health, safety and security regulations, authors Tracey Brown and Michael Hanlon dig a little deeper to discover the real reasons behind many of the instructions we obey without questioning their creators' motives. Their conclusions range from the startling to the staggering, and in presenting them the authors seek to empower readers to question the people and organisations who come up with them in the first place.