[TowerTalk] Tower accident,

[Roger (K8RI)]

> bill rubin wrote:
>> I know that ARRL has a tower safety book, but I would like to see them 
>> put
>> out a Video (DVD) that is professionally done.  I think it would help 
>> many
>> of us.
>>
>> Bill N1HWC
>
> Instead of a video that parrots that book, maybe they need
> a video showing pictures of dead climbers after they've
> been smashed on the ground, kind of like those drivers ed
> movies that scare you about drunk driving.  Or the climber who

I know of no modern school or corporation that still uses that approach.  It 
turned out to have an overall negative impact on safety rather than 
positive. Initially the shock worked, but then as the human inclination is 
to push the limits we did and nothing happened to most.  So...we just keep 
pushing.  It's much like a backlash or recoil. Nothing happens so we tend to 
push farther.

The multinational corporation I worked for gave up on that over 30 years 
ago.

73

Roger (K8RI)


> fell, but lived ... for the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
> I recently talked to a climber who teaches classes in tower
> safety, but doesn't apply any of those rules to himself
> when he climbs.
>
> Rick N6RK