Re:James Cameron slams OceanGate safety, regrets not speakin...
by twiss on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:13PM
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I agree that car safety and regulations (and probably even more importantly, replacing car trips with safer modes of transport wherever possible) are more pressing than submarine safety regulations, but why does one preclude the other? We should have both.
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Re:James Cameron slams OceanGate safety, regrets not speakin...
by RandomBK on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:19PM
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Instead of targeted regulation specific to submarines, I would look at the laws around legal liability and depth of disclosures. That would scale across many more types of activity rather than any single one.
1. Is what you're doing dangerous?
2. Did you tell your customers about the danger?
3. Do they really understand the danger, including past incidents?
4. Is anyone else being harmed or are you just gambling your own life?
Even then, I would posit that this case probably passes this bar - OceanGate was quite clear in their waiver and there's a level of due diligence that a reasonable person spending 250K should be expected to make.