Springs are some of the most dangerous things in engineering, especially strong ones. There is a reason why you don't fuck with the garage door. Anything happens - the person falls over, a bicycle hits them, etc - and it's a tragedy waiting to happen

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is how engineers die:

In 1940, at the age of 51, Midgley contracted polio and was left severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to lift himself out of bed. On November 2, 1944, at the age of 55, he was found dead at his home in Worthington, Ohio. He had been killed by his own device after he became entangled in it and died of strangulation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

Safety? What's that?

[–] JacobCoffinWrites 3 points 9 months ago

Considering that he also invented leaded gas and freon it's almost more like his bad inventions finally caught him personally