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They might also work better if they say “you can't do it that way, which is known to be unsafe,” as opposed to “you must do it this way, which is the only safe thing.”
Note also that regulatory standards are not the only mechanism in the law to create safety. Liability law can be very effective at creating safety, by giving the right incentives to the right parties, but liability law doesn't tell anyone what to do—only what will happen to you if you cause harm.
Not true. Ancient/medieval kings still got smallpox, peed in chamber pots, and shivered in the winter cold. They couldn't hear the music of great performers who had died, or travel to another continent for a weekend trip. Etc.
