BTW, the PM wants states to allow children (under 18s) to drive forklifts to ease staff shortages.
This is undoubtedly what will happen.
I mean, teens are capable of doing a lot of things, but operating heavy machinery shouldn't be on the list, seeing as how someone got killed in a forklift accident just this Tuesday.
@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @vozoto
They want to let them drive tractor trailers here now...
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@InvaderGzim @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @vozoto
We give 16yr olds drivers licenses and put 18yrs olds in charge of 65 ton Main Battle Tanks.
@Render @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @vozoto
Sure. But those 16s normally only drive cars.
And those 18s aren’t normally on public streets.
@InvaderGzim @Render @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine yes, I was going to add teens on farms regularly drive tractors, but that's in a field, on private land, far from anyone else.
@vozoto @InvaderGzim @Render @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine In our rural town farm kids drive their tractors to school.
@vozoto And more importantly supervised by their parents who own the equipment and insure it and theoretically at least have a good idea of their kids abilities have trained them and will insure they get their homework done etc. Totally different. @InvaderGzim @Render
@vozoto @InvaderGzim @Render but no corporation would ever take advantage of workers. . .... Stares hard in Amazon warehouse.
@vozoto
When I was in HS in the late 70s, students drove school buses.
@vozoto bingo. It's not that I don't believe teens under 18 are not capable of doing the job, I know they are, I've just seen some terrible things between working ER, agricultural accidents in my own family and working contract for years for OSHA. There is a huge possibility that they would be taken advantage of.
What's funny is that everyone else over 18 in the warehouse/factory will then have to apply for a Working With Children Check if they'll be supervising.