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Unfortunately, the legal department of the heavy
equipment manufacturer I used to contract for INSISTED
on all of them. I too think that people evenually
either completely disregarded the warnings or the
instructions themselves.
However, this company was also so lawsuit prone that
the warnings were essential. I don't know what to do
about the problem--any ideas?
BTW, legal also insisted on retaining ALL of the
warnings in translated versions, which made the company
look mighty foolish in the eyes of a few German
customers I met. "So, do you think we are so foolish as
to forget the warning while turning the page?
Unglaublich!"
