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[quote=Anonymous]I work in the aviation safety world and we have a model we refer to as the "Swiss Cheese Model".

The Swiss cheese model of accident causation is a model used in risk analysis and risk management. It likens human systems to multiple slices of swiss cheese, stacked side by side, in which the risk of a threat becoming a reality is mitigated by the differing layers and types of defenses which are "layered" behind each other. Therefore, in theory, lapses and weaknesses in one defense do not allow a risk to materialize, since other defenses also exist, to prevent a single point of failure.

In order for a catastrophic failure you would have to get all of the holes in ones defense to line up for the perfect 'trajectory' shot to cause an accident.

Illustrated like this we impress upon pilots that they can only impact and make the holes smaller of the variables they can impact. The safety techniques they can ensure are used.

In this case all of the holes could have lined up resulting in the drivers death, however, the largest safety feature that may have prevented that death was SOLEY in the drivers control. The helmet.

Driver could have driven over ten people on the sidewalk and into a stop sign and would have survived with a helmet.

Were the police wrong? Yes!
Is that a contributing factor the the driver's death? Maybe.
Is that the causal factor of the driver's death? No
If the driver was wearing a helmet would he be alive today? Yes.
Blame for accident? Not determined yet, maybe the police.
Blame for death? Driver.
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