Here’s a question that came up during a recent
discussion about some of Washington’s traffic laws: Is obeying the law enough
to make me a safe driver? If not, what is the standard?
A while back I had a conversation with my
brother-in-law, a skilled carpenter. We were discussing building codes, and he
said that if you build your house to code, you have a substandard house. His
point was that code compliance is the bare minimum you can do in construction.
There are building techniques that exceed code requirements that make your home
stronger, more weather-tight, and capable of lasting many more years.