 The slippery slope
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,680
Learned Hand
|
OP
Learned Hand
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,680 |
I guess I will be next since I ride between federal campuses... OSHA recommends banning motorcyle use by school administrators Oh... here is a thought, how about banning "illegal" U-Turns instead 
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13
Should be Riding
|
|
Should be Riding
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13 |
omg. Yeah slippery slope. This is a legitimate gripe tough. Should be in the legislation forum no?
Since you have a vested interest in this, why not do a bit of research re cage accidents in similar scenarios. Then propose legislation that would ban employees from using automobiles as transportation to work-related activities.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,680
Learned Hand
|
|
OP
Learned Hand
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,680 |
Yes, it should be in the other forum... oops. Can you use your magic M and move it over there for me?
Edited to say: Thanks!
Last edited by ThomWill; 10/30/2010 7:54 AM.
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13
Should be Riding
|
|
Should be Riding
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13 |
Thom, Tiffany O’Donnell should write a letter to OSHA. "O’Donnell is not only principal of the three schools, she started the campaign to get a place for Shady Cove-Trail youth to “hang out†after school and during the summer. Her efforts paid off this year with a youth center now run by the Boys & Girls Club. " 
Blowing gravel off rural roads
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1
Second Wind
|
|
Second Wind
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1 |
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13
Should be Riding
|
|
Should be Riding
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13 |
Just sent her an email wishing her well.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13
Should be Riding
|
|
Should be Riding
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,126 Likes: 13 |
Quote:
Of coarse OSHA is going to over step their bounds. They are a socialist government institution. Them a$$ holes can't manage to leave us alone.   
Being a refined congress, your word choices are bad, very bad. Although the sentiment they convey are spot on. Can we not discuss this without violating the AUP?
Blowing gravel off rural roads
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,680
Learned Hand
|
|
OP
Learned Hand
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,680 |
Also, let's be clear that this is (so far) the Oregon state OSHA and not the federal OSHA. Whilst I do understand the concern about the cost of work related accidents, a total ban of anything is almost always a knee-jerk reaction and does not really solve anything. Had this principal been in a small enclosed vehicle, her injuries might well have been as severe. It would be a bad precedent should this body pass this ban; in the near term mostly for those of us that commute on our bikes, but eventually for all of us.
This case seems to be getting pretty wide attention in the rider community, which is a good thing. On Monday, I am going to talk to the head of our CDC riders group to make sure that we are all aware of this.
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1
Second Wind
|
|
Second Wind
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1 |
Sorry, I didn't know I was in violation of the user policies. I am not an anarchist or anything, I do hate government intrusion into our private lives. Be it local, state, or federal. I try not to get political.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 12,164 Likes: 1
Should be Riding
|
|
Should be Riding
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 12,164 Likes: 1 |
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821
Bar Shake
|
|
Bar Shake
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821 |
Quote:
I try not to get political.
Try harder.
And Soren's not setting a good example for the noobs either 
Last edited by bigbill; 10/30/2010 12:19 PM.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 12,964
Stickman Yogi
|
|
Stickman Yogi
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 12,964 |
Quote:
Quote:
I try not to get political.
Try harder.
And Soren's not setting a good example for the noobs either
Speaking of 'slippery slope.'
Live to love, love to live.
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821
Bar Shake
|
|
Bar Shake
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821 |
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,580
Loquacious
|
|
Loquacious
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,580 |
Statistically, aeroplane is the safest form of transport, so I guess these OSHA people will eventually insist that runways are built at every school, and only employees with a pilots license and own plane will be able to do these jobs As long as they wear a Hi-Vis jacket
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,937
Loquacious
|
|
Loquacious
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,937 |
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
I try not to get political.
Try harder.
And Soren's not setting a good example for the noobs either
Speaking of 'slippery slope.'
As in Excessive political correctness? 
SHEEZ!!!
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821
Bar Shake
|
|
Bar Shake
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,821 |
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
|
|
|
Re: The slippery slope
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1
Second Wind
|
|
Second Wind
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,393 Likes: 1 |
The way you respond to an apology is some B.S.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
|
|
|
|
|
