Things that make you go "WTF?"

[unixronin]

Something I've thought about before, and which Pirate asked about on the way to the school bus stop this morning.  Most states these days have mandatory seat-belt laws for everyone.  Here in New Hampshire, seat belt use is recommended for everyone, but still mandatory for children (up to age 18, actually).  You can be cited and fined for not having a seat belt on your child.

So how come school buses don't have seat belts?

On a slightly different subject, NPR reported on the way back from the bus stop that medical insurers in New Hampshire are considering not paying hospitals to treat conditions caused by medical errors.

Sure makes sense to me... if I'm a mechanic, and I'm working on your car, and I fuck something up that was fine when you brought the car in, you should expect it to get fixed on my dime, not yours.  Why should a hospital be any different?

Comments

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

Of course, the other side of the coin is that if a bully on the bus can get away with strangling another kid with a seatbelt, he can do it with a belt, or a shoelace, or a backpack strap, or a piece of string.

Perhaps. However, those are items that must leave the bus with the bully, lest someone start asking awkward questions. And, neither of those examples would be as convenient for a bully to use as a seat belt would be.