Two interesting items that I spotted, one on forced “charity,” the other on seat belts in public school buses.
Adam Smith stated it so well, I just thought I’d post the link to his words on benificence.
The article appearing in the N&O failed to note a significant cost of installing school bus seat belts, namely the liability issues involved.
Added to installation and refitting costs, and current liability costs, will be the burden of lawsuits when drivers fail to maintain seat belt use while they are concentrating on the road. If an unbelted student is injured, litigation costs will quickly swamp installation and other up-front outlays.
Strict enforcement could mitigate that, but it will mean more supervision on every bus, or a driver whose attention is diverted even further from the task of driving. All in all, the visible and potential costs of ths plan look to be a bad idea.
