Originally Posted by Geof  That reminds me about an article I read on automobile safety and how anti-lock brakes and some other 'safety' features did not have any significant impact on accidents and deaths because people rely on them and drive more aggressively than they did without them; then when something did go wrong it went wrong faster.
I predict if this device went into common use the impact would be similar. |
I can't agree with you at all. Using this logical concept of yours people, should not be wearing helmets when they ride their bike because they use less caution. See the thing is accidents happen they are not always your fault and it's best to have preventative messures to stop these accidents, and increase awareness of safety around sharp tools.
What if somebody behind you slips and pushes you forward while you are using your saw? I bet you will have wished you had this type of prevention to save your fingers, hand and maybe entire arm from being severed. I know I would.
Even if my saw had this mechanism installed I would NEVER want to find out if it works or not. Neither would anyone else here, so that means everybody would still take extreme caution because think about your reaction to watching this movie:
"Oh jesus I would never try that". Well in reality I don't know any sane person that would want to risk finding out unless it was a complete accident.