> What I discovered after writing that post is that railway station operators in the UK have been saving money by laying off the people who used to be paid to keep the stations clean, and replacing these waged humans by putting down “self-cleaning” paving slabs.<p>> And, it turns out, “self-cleaning” paving slabs are unbelievably slippery when they get wet. Like, way more than normal paving slabs, unexpectedly so. And now they’re in the exact locations where people will be rushing so they don’t miss their train!<p>> So the operators have saved money for themselves by pushing the cost onto the public in the form of injury risk.<p>> They absolutely deserve to be liable for that negligent externality! An automated tannoy announcement should absolutely not be a legal shield! It layers insult on injury!<p>Horrible