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Originally Posted by embee
Why are these imbeciles allowed to waste OUR resources in such a manner?
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Because some malicious and ill-informed member of the public with a single-issue axe to grind convinces an MP of the logic of doing so. Then some equally ill-informed member of the Civil service is charged with drafting equally illogical regulations with the aim of:
1. Getting them through the system unnoticed
2. Trying to upset the least number of vested interests and
3. without having to consult with those directly affected
I still maintain that its easier to enforce a specific measurement (e.g. does this petrol pump dispense in litres +/- a small but clearly defined tollerance factor) rather than a subjective one (e.g. does the petrol pump dispense what to the inspector looks approximately like a litre).
But thats semantics. The draft regs are ill advised, poorly worded and abiguous (even though they probably meant to try to be specific
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