Are you insulted that some manufacturers feel they have to make the product (s) they sell, "idiot proof"?

[Bricealan]

Example: Lawn mowers with a notice in the cowling of the mower: "DO NOT PUT HANDS OR FEET UNDER MOWER WHILE MOTOR IS RUNNING" ?

My Tesla is silent, and I know it is silent, by design... so I know that pedestrians will not hear the car behind them in a parking lot or other pedestrian walk ways, so, when I'm in that circumstance, I drive slow enough to stop in 1/10th of a millisecond or I stop immediately until the pedestrian realizes there is a vehicle behind him/her/them. I thought most Tesla owners would know that immediately?

Now the FED has mandated that Tesla put a device on the car the emits a low frequency hum when the car is below a certain speed i. e. parking lots etc.

That hum is really irritating to hear, and how can a driver not know the ped cannot hear his car and drive accordingly?

Do you know of similar instances of 'idiot proofing"

Lets hear them.

[DryGermanGuy]

That's an American ting - in Europe we use common sense. I have heard that the American instruction manuals of Stihl saws have twice the pages of ours, offering pictures of how not to saw off the branch you are sitting on. What can you say to that.

[Lliam]

Yeah, that stuff gets ridiculous.
"Do not put hand in toaster." "Do not use hair drier in bathtub."

https://www.rd.com/list/funny-warning-labels/

[Hawkes_Lady]

Insulated coffee cups ~ "Caution-Contents Hot"
Silica Packets ~ "Do Not Ingest

[exitseven]

Yes, they make gas cans that only let the fuel dribble out and it takes forever to fill up lawnmower. There are companies that make conversion kits for gas cans with a vent plug and a straight through filler spout. I just ordered one of these.

[msc545]

Not insulted at all. They do this to avoid legal liabilty.

[Bricealan]

We know WHY they do it. The question is really directed at the American public. Are we so stupid as to put our hand under the cowling of a running lawn mower... Yes, I guess they are?

[Anonymous]

Because unfortunately in the hyper-litigious American legal system, you can be sued for virtually anything.

And you WILL be.