Originally Posted by
keyven
This is the divide that makes it exceedingly hard to implement safety measures......
It comes down to an 'acceptable risk', which means accidents are STILL going to happen. There's absolutely no limit to the amount of protection one could have in any given situation. You may think it's sufficient but others may disagree, and vice versa.
Our DOT seems to have gone on to being better at minimizing risks and inconveniences to the general public, than the DOT in question, eventually in their being able to listen to public comments, probably a product of being hit in the civil wallet enough times.