Comments on: Safety vs. sensibility http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/ Welcome to RV Weekly where the editor of RV Trade Digest will be updating you on the latest news, trends, and products important to the RV industry. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Mike http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-186 Mike Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:03:45 +0000 http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-186 I don't agree with your position and especially don't agree with the negative attitude that it is written. How do you predict and measure what is unsafe? Is 2" of snow safe but 3" unsafe? Is a weather predication, and we all know how accurate those are, something to make a major decisions on? How many hours in advance of the weather does the decision need to be made to be able to get employees and product out...a lot and weather predictions are not that accurate. It is not RVIA responsibility to keep the manufacturers employees safe. If the roads were bad, the manufactures who are affected, should of delayed employees from traveling until they were clear, not RVIA. I don’t agree with your position and especially don’t agree with the negative attitude that it is written.

How do you predict and measure what is unsafe? Is 2″ of snow safe but 3″ unsafe? Is a weather predication, and we all know how accurate those are, something to make a major decisions on? How many hours in advance of the weather does the decision need to be made to be able to get employees and product out…a lot and weather predictions are not that accurate.

It is not RVIA responsibility to keep the manufacturers employees safe. If the roads were bad, the manufactures who are affected, should of delayed employees from traveling until they were clear, not RVIA.

]]> By: Mike Maloney http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-178 Mike Maloney Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:50:57 +0000 http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-178 Greg: I read your articles all the time. You seem to have such a negative take on everything. Obviously you are not from the retail sector. If your hours are 8-5 then you are expected to be there. As far as safety for the dealers and manufacturers most were leaving the following day anyway. Those who had people traveling north into the storm that day should have been excused and keep just a skeleton crew. If the show was nearly empty of attendee's then I agree the show should have closed down. Some dealers come for the last two days and spend a lot of money to bring their personnel to view and purchase product. Are they to be ignored. They should be cared for same as a retail customer. Greg:
I read your articles all the time. You seem to have such a negative take on everything. Obviously you are not from the retail sector. If your hours are 8-5 then you are expected to be there. As far as safety for the dealers and manufacturers most were leaving the following day anyway. Those who had people traveling north into the storm that day should have been excused and keep just a skeleton crew. If the show was nearly empty of attendee’s then I agree the show should have closed down. Some dealers come for the last two days and spend a lot of money to bring their personnel to view and purchase product. Are they to be ignored. They should be cared for same as a retail customer.

]]> By: Sean Woodruff http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-176 Sean Woodruff Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:32:15 +0000 http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-176 How can we expect anything more? There aren't even any safety standards for the products the entire industry is built on. Have you ever talked to a customer that has towed a travel trailer and rolled it on the interstate due to the product swaying out of control? I have that conversation daily. How can we expect anything more? There aren’t even any safety standards for the products the entire industry is built on. Have you ever talked to a customer that has towed a travel trailer and rolled it on the interstate due to the product swaying out of control? I have that conversation daily.

]]> By: Marty Hendrickx http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-174 Marty Hendrickx Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:31:56 +0000 http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-174 I was very happy to leave on Thursday. Fortunately, I had other folks who were flying out Friday to the east coast so they were not as concerned as I was. I was glad to wake up safe and sound on Friday in my home and look out my window and not even be able to see my neighbor 100' across the street. It was that bad in Nothern Illinois. I was very happy to leave on Thursday. Fortunately, I had other folks who were flying out Friday to the east coast so they were not as concerned as I was. I was glad to wake up safe and sound on Friday in my home and look out my window and not even be able to see my neighbor 100′ across the street. It was that bad in Nothern Illinois.

]]> By: Ron http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-172 Ron Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:03:49 +0000 http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-172 Greg: I wholeheartedly concur. RVIA should have done the logical, safe and sane thing and closed the show down Thursday after lunch at the latest. Our booth was located on the main floor and we talked to only two dealers on Thursday morning and then to each other for the balance of the day. We did, however, see three RVIA show booth police in the waning hours of the show. Greg:
I wholeheartedly concur. RVIA should have done the logical, safe and sane thing and closed the show down Thursday after lunch at the latest. Our booth was located on the main floor and we talked to only two dealers on Thursday morning and then to each other for the balance of the day. We did, however, see three RVIA show booth police in the waning hours of the show.

]]> By: Rich Shamory http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-171 Rich Shamory Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:59:45 +0000 http://www.rvtradedigest.com/interactive/2006/12/05/safety-vs-sensibility/#comment-171 Greg, the same thing holds true for RVIA as with the issues you have with the way the RV Industry as a whole is managed and run. What more can you expect? There are very few professionals in the crowd and those that are, are grossly out numbered. Greg, the same thing holds true for RVIA as with the issues you have with the way the RV Industry as a whole is managed and run. What more can you expect? There are very few professionals in the crowd and those that are, are grossly out numbered.

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