Incompetence Is Now Called "misunderstanding"

[Canary42]

A ploy no doubt to try to avoid punitive claims.

I don't fancy their chances.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34911943

[ludwig]

I'm actually quite surprised to learn that human error can cause something like this. I honestly thought these rides were all computer controlled with loads of failsafe mechanisms built in so there was zero chance of a problem occurring outside of mechanical failure.

Now I know that the operators can cause this by misundertstanding something, I'm amazed it doesn't happen more often.

[Peter Pedant]

I imagine that it would not stop claims against the insurer

and it read as tho young or untrained persons were expected to operate it with no senior on tap

[Peter Pedant]

No Ludo

If you can think of it - then it has probably been done

Life is full of instances where you think - Jeez how did they do that ? or even how did they think of doing that

[ludwig]

Common sense tells me that blaming the operators won't get the employers off the hook. The buck stops with the employer for failing to train the operator sufficiently or otherwise prevent this kind of thing happening.

Common sense never had much to do with legal proceedings though, so anything could happen.