Why Do People Violate Safety Regulations

People who willingly put themselves in life-or-death situations should have to pay for their cost of rescue. When they violate safety regulations in an obvious way, people should be taught a lesson. While some people violate the safety regulations, others are too scared to call because they fear the bill. When they delay the call, they make their situation worse. Above all, the mission is to save everyone, and you can’t put a price on that. First of all, people who violate safety regulations in an obvious way should be taught a lesson. A Grouse spokesman, William Mbaho, carefully underscored one point: “We do not seek to punish people who unknowingly find themselves beyond the boundaries in a perilous situation,” he said. “But if people
want to violate safety regulations blatantly, those are the people that we feel should be taught a lesson (Sharples).” Violating safety regulations can be a huge problem that people walk into without knowing the dangerous things that could happen. “Some people wind up in trouble because of bad luck, but others make dangerous choices. We need to treat these 2 groups differently (Tucker 4).” People that make the choice to violate safety regulations, knowing the risk, should pay the bill. “If you knowingly, purposely, intentionally put yourself in harm’s way, you should be responsible for that, (Nate Carlisle)” said Wayne County Sheriff, Kurt Taylor. If you knowingly put yourself in harms way, you should be responsible for the aftermath. People make their problems worse by delaying a call because of their fear of the bill.
Howard Paul, a spokesman for the National Association for Search and Rescue, says “We know that when people believe that they are going to receive a large bill for a SAR mission, they delay a call for help or refuse to call for help (127).” There can be a list of many examples of people making their problems worse by not calling for help because they are worried about the cost. In a position statement on its website, the National Association For Search and Rescue opposes billing. “The organization provided a list of 14 examples where it was discovered later someone waited to call all or refused help because he or she was worried about fees (Carlisle).” People don’t call because they don’t want to pay the fees, and they should not have to be put in the position to decide whether they want survival or to pay an outrageous amount to something that could be a little or big
injury. The overall mission is to save everyone, you can’t put a price on life.
A second lieutenant in the CANG helped rescue a family at sea and put it this way: “We’re out there to save lives. You can’t put a price on that (127).” It’s simple, you can’t put a price on life. The mission of (search and rescue) organizations is to “save lives, not just the lives of those who can afford the bill (Carlisle),” the position statement says. The mission of the rescue is to save everyone, not just the people who can foot the bill. Everyone’s lives matter. Not everyone agrees that people should be held responsible for their cost of rescue. Howard Paul, former president of the Colorado Search and Rescue Board, worries that people will “hesitate to call for help if they know it will come with a price tag (127).” However, arguments against charging for the rescue miss an important point. “Many rescue workers have lost their own lives saving others (127).” In addition, “the idea of holding people responsible is not to stop rescuing them (127).” The fear of a bill, the price of life, and violation of safety rules contribute to the cost of rescue and survival. People fear the bill of survival, when in all reality, the mission is to save everyone. People who violate safety regulations in an obvious way should be taught a
lesson.