Well, the wacky warning contest has been fought and won for another year. This years winner was a Coin-operated-laundry owner who submitted a warning from his front loader washing machines. The manufacturer placed warning reads “Do not put any person in this washer“.
Other winners of the contest were “Never use a lit match or open flame to check fuel level.”, “Don’t try to dry your phone in a microwave oven.” and “Please do not use this directory while operating a moving vehicle.”
Born out of a concern that there are too many people suing (and unfortunately winning) for their own stupidity the Wacky Warnings site holds a contest each year to find the most ridiculous warnings fitted to products, generally born out of the manufacturers concern over being sued.
With cases like Dederer v Roads and Traffic Authority in Australia where then 14 year old Phillip Dederer jumped off a bridge that had signs saying do not jump, and then succeeded in wining his litigation against the RTA as an example, it is no wonder that sites like Wacky Warnings are popping up.
The Trying to stop us going too far by Troy Kelly, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
