Ref” Post 1...a picture of the USA just before Obama’s inauguration.
Then, as now, no regulator lost their job. The responsible government bodies updated their procedures and blamed the operator.
http://strangeandcreepy.com/alternative-theories-sinking-titanic/ Real reason is it wasn’t the Titanic.
The real reason for the Titanic tragedy was not enough rudder for that size ship. I don’t believe any regulations addressed that issue.
What a BS article. Ismay and White Star could of on their volition added the lifeboats beyond the obsolete regulations. They did not want the lifeboats for aesthetic reasons and used the excuse that regulations at that time did not require them. I thought according to the WSJ the market could take care of safety but in this case White Star was so safe with its water tight compartments they would not the lifeboats to take everyone off at the same time.
The reason for the lack of lifeboats has been known for decades.
The sad part was that there were empty seats that went unused in the lifeboats.
I always thought running in to the iceberg played a big part in the sinking.
Seriously, wasn’t the steel very poor quality as well? Very low carbon IIRC..??..
Thank God it was unsinkable.
You seem to get history written and rewritten concerning this event (more theories than you can shake a stick at). The bizarre one I know of is that the boat that sank really was not the “Titanic”, but the “Olympic” that was damaged in the maiden voyage and sunk to claim the insurance.
Can’t blame it on the government. They did not need to be told that there should be enough lifeboats for everyone on board.
Regulations and codes tend to be minimum standards (or, in some cases, nothing more than make-work for unions). What prevented the White Star Line from making a few calculations of their own, and adding more lifeboats above and beyond what was regulated?
I can guarantee you that somewhere in the British government there was a conversation like this......
Clerk: “Sir, I don’t think there are enough lifeboats on this drawing to handle all of the passengers on this ship.”
Bureaucrat: “Let’s let someone else worry about that, eh, laddy.”
Interestingly, regulations resulting from the “lifeboats for all” movement after Titanic resulted in roughly 850 more deaths when the shallow draft Eastland, a Great Lakes liner burdened with far more lifeboats than she was ever designed for, turned turtle at the dock.
Legislators were even warned beforehand about adding extra weight up high to ships like these.
ping for later
The free market w/o regulation would help as the manufacturer generally builds based on regulations - the auto industry is the perfect example. The regulations often make little sense - it's a shame.
Chris Berg? Iceberg? There's an old joke about that which would probably be considered anti-Semitic.
Of course the theory is nonsense.
But okay, blame an insufficiently demanding regulator for not making greater demands on the company.
WSJ has just made the case for much more and stricter regulation, since companies are too lazy and stupid to do anything on their own initiative.