Excerpts from the Federal Register as originally presented in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Newsletter. 17 January 1992, Bureaucratic Grasp of the Situation Profound Statement #1 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a Federal Register notice denying a petition, stated "Detachment of any of the four wheels adversely affects vehicle stability..." 17 January 1992, Bureaucratic Grasp of the Situation Profound Statement #2 A National Transportation Safety Board official, investigating a lost engine incident involving a Boeing 737, which is designed to safely shed a mal- functioning engine, stated "But we do know that this engine was not designed to fall off under normal circumstances." Frank R. Borger - Physicist Internet: Frank@rover.uchicago.edu
(From the "Rest" of RHF)