Wacky Warning Labels

[JSharp]

Yet a Kawasaki ZX-12R one-liter crotch rocket that does 0-100 in four seconds and has a top speed close to 200mph doesn't even have any warning signs on it.

In fact, anyone 16 years old can walk in and drive off in one, in most states without a helmet?

You'd think the crotch rocket bikes would all be plastered with warning labels?

That's because CPSC isn't in charge of vehicle safety, NHTSA is. Our tractors aren't "vehicles."

Best warning label I ever saw was so simple and matter of fact. Seen on drums of 50% Toluene + 50% MEK we were buying to clean adhesive dispensing equipment. A simple yellow label with black block letters -

WARNING - BREATHING VAPORS MAY CAUSE DEATH.

I'd say that one was accurate and to the point...

 

[patrick_g]

WARNING - BREATHING VAPORS MAY CAUSE DEATH.

I'd say that one was accurate and to the point...

Well... it was kinda direct... They coulda said

WILL CAUSE DEATH

Pat

 

[SPYDERLK]

Some warnings are really good... Still like this sticker off of my Kubota FEL...
Effective, eh? Makes you think twice when you're thinking about lifting a heavy load up high.
I can just imagine the people in the Sticker Design Department (surely directly reporting to the Legal Department) trying to come up with these graphics. Think of the conversation:
"Hey George, what do you think of this large cannonball falling on the guy in the tractor?"
"Yeah, that's great, Gus, but you need to put his hands in the air trying to stop the cannonball to show the futility of it."
Gus: "Oooh, ooh, yeah and the cannonball needs little motion marks around it!"
George: "Ooh yes! And make the cannonball LARGER and BLACK!!"
Gus: "Oooh, yeah, and MORE MOTION MARKS!!! Legal will love this one!!"

That one should be on one of the loader arm cross braces so you see it every time it goes up. A further problem comes from a canopy blocking hi lift sight cues.
larry

 

[Richard]

"Yeah, that's great, Gus, but you need to put his hands in the air trying to stop the cannonball to show the futility of it."

Futility?

It CLEARLY looks to me like he's 100% ready and preapared to simply catch the ball the loader is tossing his way.

This is how I intend to practice prior to my major league debut....

 

[patrick_g]

Futility?

It CLEARLY looks to me like he's 100% ready and preapared to simply catch the ball the loader is tossing his way.

This is how I intend to practice prior to my major league debut....

I thought it was some sort of "how to" on using the tractor as an exercise machine with a medicine ball.

As regards "A further problem comes from a canopy blocking hi lift sight cues."

If I lean forward in my cab I can see the loader when it is all the way up. I use it to stack round bales 3 rows high. It is not quite as convenient a view as with an open station but not a problem. That could be a significant factor for some cab tractors and an issue to check on before buying.

Pat

 

[AlanB]

That's because CPSC isn't in charge of vehicle safety, NHTSA is. Our tractors aren't "vehicles."

Best warning label I ever saw was so simple and matter of fact. Seen on drums of 50% Toluene + 50% MEK we were buying to clean adhesive dispensing equipment. A simple yellow label with black block letters -

WARNING - BREATHING VAPORS MAY CAUSE DEATH.

I'd say that one was accurate and to the point...

When I do training, one of the prime examples we use is the product we call

Methyl ethyl death

Kinda covers a wide range, and most students get the point.

We also tend to send Hazwaste to the land of "Away". Good place not to live.

 

[brettliddicoat]

i saw one on a jlg lift i was using at the dealership today it said something to the effect of do not place hands here minor to moderate injury may occur. i thought it was kinda weird to see a label that didnt say may cause injury or death

brett

 

[tomd999]

Hi All,

I'll have to look but I think one on my lawnmower says:
"Caution blade turns when engine is running" with a picture of a blade chopping fingers off a hand with some drops of blood.

Mowers didn't have labels the first time I got to use one. My father said "if you stick your hand or foot under there it'll get cut off and there's nothing the doctor can do to fix it" That was enough for me.

Tom

 

[ToadHill]

Best of all " If erection lasts more than 4 hours consult your doctor".

 

[KICK]

how about this one from service manuals


THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK

 

[KICK]

I'm serious when I say this but I'm having a hard time understanding why so many peopple think this is a "Wacky Warning". Would anyone care to elaborate?

because people who cant understand why its "whacky" are too self absorbed to have a sense of humor?

 

[turbo36]

because people who cant understand why its "whacky" are too self absorbed to have a sense of humor?

Self absorbed? I asked a simple question without malice and you answer with a personal attack, I guess I could be "self absorbed" or maybe I'm just not so arrogant to expect everyone in the world to think like I do. I see you are an "instructor" doesn't that mean you teach people things they don't know? Seems like if everyone just had the "common sense" that's thrown around on this board so often we wouldn't need any "instructors".

 

[GinNB]

Even getting out of bed in the morning has an inherant danger. How long till our beds have that warning label on them?

Actually, I was thinking of something more along the lines of a warning sticker about getting INTO bed.

WARNING: May cause pregnancy in some women. And NOT just in the state of California.

 

[rtdiggr]

I forget the exact story but some guy sued a motor home company because he thought the cruise control meant auto pilot of course smack up the RV. I understand the RV companys now say in there manual the vehicle does not have auto pilot.

Shane

 

[Tig]

This tongue in cheek production includes warnings that many should heed. Tequila

 

[patrick_g]

How about a warning sign that says, "Caution, stopping to read all the excessive warning stickers can divert your attention from actual hazards with potentially lethal consequences."

Pat

 

[xlr82v2]

That's one of the most useful ones I've seen yet!

 

[KICK]

Self absorbed? I asked a simple question without malice and you answer with a personal attack, I guess I could be "self absorbed" or maybe I'm just not so arrogant to expect everyone in the world to think like I do. I see you are an "instructor" doesn't that mean you teach people things they don't know? Seems like if everyone just had the "common sense" that's thrown around on this board so often we wouldn't need any "instructors".[/QUOTE)

Apparently you are self absorbed enough to take it personal,and self absorbed enough investigate my profile before responding.

I musta been having a senior moment if I put my job description in my profile. I have no intention of Instructing anyone on this board nor offering anything but sarcasm and contradictory information.

In hindsight, I should have removed your name from the quote, as no MALICE was intended so please forgive me for not understanding how thin skinned some people are.



Kick.

 

[patrick_g]

I forget the exact story but some guy sued a motor home company because he thought the cruise control meant auto pilot of course smack up the RV. I understand the RV companys now say in there manual the vehicle does not have auto pilot.

Shane

If you want the (in the words of Paul Harvey) rest of the story then go here
--> Urban Legends Reference Pages: Cruise [Un]Control

Snopes is a great way to check stories before spreading them as true only to find they are oldy moldy stories out in many versions for years, sometimes interesting or funny, just not necessarily true.

Pat

 

[Mith]

Well... it was kinda direct... They coulda said

WILL CAUSE DEATH

Pat

I saw a risk assessment sheet for I think it was an acid for etching or something, anyway, the sheet said,
'do not swallow, fatal'.

It did say 'if swallowed consult a doctor', I guess saying 'if swallowed consult an undertaker' might be a little insensitive!