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Bigger Than Average: Check Out This Owner's Manual

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, May 2, 2013.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    I once did a search for "death or serious injury" in a pdf version of an owners manual to see how many times that phrase was used. If they left out all the absurd warnings ( "Cars are heavy! Don't run over your foot!" ) and similar, that would save a significant percentage of the weight of the manual.

    I wonder how many gallons of gasoline are used annually by US passenger vehicles just carting that phrase around the country.

    Richard
     
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    ^^^
    I'm sure the above is because of the litigious nature of American society :( and not helped by the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit. Hence we have lots of disclaimers, warnings, etc. and drool-proof paper.
     
    #3 cwerdna, May 2, 2013
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    Yeah. My Sonic manual has a section about not leaving little kids alone in the car with or without the keys in the ignition.
     
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