Playing by the rules : how our obsession with safety is putting us all at risk
Brown, Tracey, 1971-2016
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Does an airline pilot really need to surrender his tweezers at airport security when he's about to board an aircraft equipped with an axe on the back of the cockpit door? Can a mobile phone really cause a major explosion at a gas station? And is there really a good reason why you should be be prevented from swimming in a lake more than a foot deep? These rules exist, and they exist in the name of our own protection. But in this engrossing dissection of global health, safety, and security regulations, authors Tracey Brown and Michael Hanlon dig a little deeper to discover the real reasons behind many of the instructions we obey without questioning their creators' motives.
Main title:
Playing by the rules : how our obsession with safety is putting us all at risk / Tracey Brown & Michael Hanlon.
Author:
Brown, Tracey, 1971-, authorHanlon, Michael, 1964-2016, author
Edition:
Updated [edition].
Imprint:
London : Sphere, 2016.
Collation:
xiv, 321 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as In the interests of safety. 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780751564952 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1547937