Tokos wrote:Lunatic Goofballs wrote:In Connecticut, you have to be at least 16 to operate a motor vehicle(a multi-ton conglomeration of steel and glass) on public roads with thousands of other people in any weather at any time of day or night without restriction. However, you have to be 18 to operate a deli slicer because you might cut off your thumb.
It's probably not the same people making each law.
If it is, then they are retarded, though.
I'd imagine that the latter regulation is there for WCB and liability reasons. If you get in an automobile crash, you have your own insurance. If you cut your thumb off at work, then the state and/or the company have to pay for it. The burden is placed on them instead of on you and your family.
It's all about money.