No, they didn’t “make a mistake;” they made a calculated financial decision. And it should never have been only a “recommendation” to begin with. The safety agency should have been empowered from the beginning to shut it down until corrections were made. nytimes.com/2021/05/05/busin…

Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Injuries and a Child’s Death (Published 2021)

The chief executive of Peloton said the company “made a mistake” by initially resisting a U.S. safety agency’s warning about the devices last month.

nytimes.com

May 5, 2021 · 3:44 PM UTC

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This is what is meant by “agency capture.”Safety agencies overseeing products, food etc. have been consistently disempowered over last few decades. They can only make polite “recommendations,” w/ less power now to actually take things off the shelves - & people die because of it.
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Kids die falling down stairs, should we recall all stairs?
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You better believe there are safety codes in buildings to guarantee that stairs are safe. Why are you arguing against safety rules? Do you think we should remove all traffic lights?
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Wrong. This is excessive & overkill on a basic piece of exercise equipment
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Crapitalism strikes again.
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What the hell are children going anyway near these unsafe exercise thingies. Where is health and safety in your country? Ok you don't have any!!
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Another example of Greed ... before people's safety!
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Hey it's just like the Pinto! Remember that?
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My old pal @BartCop called it #BartsLawNo2 "ANY time a person or entity makes a 'mistake' that puts money or power into their pocket, expect them to make that 'mistake' again and again and again." (Bart wasn't really my pal. He was a WAY better man than me. But he was RIGHT.)
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Yes, lets go after the treadmill and not the incompetent parents who let their kids play on exercise equipment with the safety off.
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