While this isn't really a product development related example, I couldn't resist posting it. This sign is located at an exit door to a playground area used by a day care center in Seattle. This makes me think back to Anthony Giddens writings about "access points". I doubt this sign would be here is this was a space that the parents ever used. I hope I never board an aircraft to see a sign like this taped up in the cockpit reading "did you remember to put down the landing gear?". Aircraft have these reminders integrated (and formalized) in to the design of their control systems. This makes the same sort of failsafe reminder seem more professional and less like a reaction to a lesson learned the hard way.
While this isn't really a product development related example, I couldn't resist posting it. This sign is located at an exit door to a playground area used by a day care center in Seattle. This makes me think back to Anthony Giddens writings about "access points". I doubt this sign would be here is this was a space that the parents ever used. I hope I never board an aircraft to see a sign like this taped up in the cockpit reading "did you remember to put down the landing gear?". Aircraft have these reminders integrated (and formalized) in to the design of their control systems. This makes the same sort of failsafe reminder seem more professional and less like a reaction to a lesson learned the hard way.
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Laws concerning child safety seats to be strapped into the back seat instead of the front have had a terrible toll when parent/drivers leave babies strapped into their seats, forgetting they are there, where they die of heat. This is another "reminder" or "state" issue that I believe car manufacturers and baby safety seat manufacturers need to design in the safety tools so this does not happen in the future. Parents going to jail for child neglect, after loosing the love of their life is not an appropriate solution, because forgetfulness is not a crime, and jail is not a likely solution to encourage mindfulness. The recent spate of these mistakes is heart breaking and an unexpected consequence of safety needs. We can and should do better than no-solution but jailing the distraught parents, who likely would replace their life for their childs if they but could.
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