Warning Responsibilities

One of the main objectives for any engineer is to keep the community safe. Safety is very important. So, when writing the technical manuals for such products that can be dangerous or harmful, the technical writers should include warnings. They have a responsibility to the public and to themselves as a professional engineer.
These responsibilities don't end once the job or writing is finished. The person or company should and does follow-ups on their product. They do these follow-ups to ensure that their products are being used correctly and to see how they can improve them.
The user has the responsibility to read the directions or the users manual. Most users do not do this making it very difficult for many manufacturers. This is where the responsibilities conflict. The users sometimes believe that the makers have made their products safe and fool-proof therefore leaving all responsibility to the makers. This takes us to the issue of the stupid warning signs. Writers, have to think of ways in which the users might harm themselves and write a warming about this because of the liability. As it so happens, many users believe that makers should be liable for everything including not making a fool-proof product. I believe that sometimes this is a very bad thing, but on the whole I would have it no other way. Can you imagine how many people would get injured without those silly "no smoking when pumping gas" signs.