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[โ€“] hglman@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In civil engineering public works are certified by an engineer; its literally them saying if this fails i am at fault. The public is trusting the engineer to say its safe.

[โ€“] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, people may not know that the subway is safe because of engineering practices, but if there was a major malfunction, potentially involving injuries or loss of life, every other day, they would know, and I'm sure they would think twice about using it.