Should everybody be allowed to answer safety- related mechanical questions?

Reading some answers in this forum, I need a double vodka first, before proposing to find a good life insurance. It is obvious some people have not the slightest idea of the consequences of their technical proposals. Many answers make evident their "mental fathers" have never worked as a mechanic, seen a technical university even from outside or still consider "screwdriver" a nice longdrink.





Some suggestions have a certain fun- factor, at least, others are simply a suicide manual.





Should there, therefore, be a previous online questionnaire regarding the person's technical/ mechanical knowledge, before being allowed to give advice, at least, in safety- related questions?

Should everybody be allowed to answer safety- related mechanical questions?
Don't be so ANAL. Maybe get a girlfriend.
Reply:Nowhere does it require you to be adult, serious, OR intelligent.





If you had a brain, you WOULDN'T be so dangerous, as opposed to "if you had a brain, you would be dangerous" Report Abuse

Reply:In all areas of our life we bump into people who shouldn't be doing what they're doing, whether it's driving, recreating, working, or even policing.





You can't educate the entire world. Report Abuse

Reply:Hear, hear I like this man Paul Report Abuse

Reply:I AGREE 100%


I NEED A DRINK TOO


UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE MANY MORE BAD ANSWERS FROM THE IGNORANT AND UNINFORMED THAN FROM THOSE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW


POURING WATER INTO ENGINES, DRIVING ON TIRES WITH CORD SHOWING


AND DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT READING ANSWERS ABOUT BRAKES


YOU WILL NEVER WANT TO BE ON THE ROAD WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE


THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT LIKE TO TELL OTHERS HOW TO REPLACE SUSPENSION PARTS OR TAKE APART SPLIT RIMS


YIKES


WE NEED A CATEGORY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DECEASED OR HOSPITALIZED READERS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED AND CAN ASK "WHAT HAPPENED"


YEA.... A WHAT HAPPENED CATEGORY


WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
Reply:Perhaps even better, there should be some sort of psychological examination for anyone asking questions on here that have to do with health (like 'my baby's not breathing what do I do???') emergencies, legal/medical advice, safety advice (such as what you are saying)...things of that nature.
Reply:no, that's what makes life interesting
Reply:It's "Buyer Beware". I certainly wouldn't take advice on line in a Life or Death situation. However, advice on how to save a few bucks on auto repairs comes in handy. Common sense prevails....If you ask why your car's headlights won't come on, and some moron suggest you change the starter, and if you consider that a plausible answer, I would suggest that you put your tools in a glass case, under lock and key, and take your car to a proffesional.
Reply:Some of these dim bulbs are going to be indirectly responsible for some motorcycle deaths, like this prick, (Waggy). He needs an as/s kickin'.
Reply:Quite impossible to check people's credentials on line. There is an old saying let the buyer beware and part of the charm of YA is the way people try to guess at answers. Everybody knows that it is part of life to get bad or even dangerous advice and it is sensible to check out what one is told. However to try and restrict people to some sort of official 'safe' line is to put everyone in the hands of the safety fascists. It is a balance and if people didn't take risks our society would soon lose its competitiveness amongst other things.