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Re: Suggestions...MSC story...[correction]



I thought risk = probability X consequences.  I like the concept of
accepting the risk without accepting the consequences.  I would like to risk
betting $100 on a horse without accepting the consequences of losing the
bet. :-)

Thanks,
Don Kosloff mailto:dkosloff@ncweb.com
Perry, OH

----- Original Message -----
From: <GlennACarlson@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: Suggestions...MSC story...[correction]


> Assumption of risk is NOT the same thing as assumption of consequences.
Car
> drivers voluntarily assume the risk of an accident; they do not
voluntarily
> assume the consequences of an accident.
>
> Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
> GlennACarlson@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 1/18/2000 9:07:36 AM Central Standard Time,
> tom.mohaupt@wright.edu writes:
>
> << No one volunteers to have their car hit by an inattentive driver going
20
> miles over the speed limit, have a gas leak turn their home into a raging
> inferno, or slip off the roof repairing the TV antenna.  >>
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