Playing by the Rules: How Our Obsession with Safety is Putting Us All at Risk

by Tracey Brown and Michael Hanlon

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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. Their conclusions range from the startling to the staggering, and in presenting them the authors seek to empower readers to question the people and organisations who come up with them in the first place.
  • ISBN10 0751553514
  • ISBN13 9780751553512
  • Publish Date 3 July 2014
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 27 April 2016
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Sphere
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 288
  • Language English