Comment

Abstract

A personal opinion of the writer is that we are living in an era where we are becoming over‐legislated in regard to what we may or may not do if there is the slightest risk to health and safety. Where driving is concerned, as accidents are more often than not likely to involve other people, most of us accept the legislation tanging from the breathalyser to crash helmets that has come into force during the past decade, although some of us, including those who habitually wear seat belts out of choice, object to the proposals that these should be made compulsory. Our objections, perhaps irrational to some, stem from a growing irritation at the rise of the ‘Nanny State’ where, no doubt, in the near future small boys will be fined for climbing trees because of their predilection for falling out of them.

Citation

(1977), "Comment", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp. 3-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb041279