There are several everyday appliances and gadgets that are deceptively dangerous despite how casually they’re used by others on a day by day basis.
- A good example of this is a car.
There are an endless number of ways you can hurt yourself and others when you’re behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Yet we get in them every single day and often forget how close to death we are throughout our day or day commutes. I’m absolutely aware of this fact, and it’s hard for me to forget it when I get into near misses with other cars who aren’t paying attention on the road. It’s scary, it’s a reality that comes with being another driver on the road with most people else. To be honest, our methods of indoor heat are equally ubiquitous and dangerous, up to the point of starting deadly fires inadvertently. Fireplaces are controlled fires, and it’s scary to think what would happen if one quickly got out of hand and passed the point of control. Space furnaces are terrible because they can cause the wall out to melt if you have other devices jammed in simultaneously. But beyond space furnaces and fireplaces, there are other heating methods that are dangerous for other reasons. For instance, fuel burning furnaces can produce carbon monoxide if they fail to combust all of the fuel running through them. You will not smell or see carbon monoxide, so you must have a carbon monoxide detector installed or you could accidentally kill yourself with your powerful gas powered furnace.