-- 作者： rainbow -- 發表時間： 2005/01/07 09:30pm Toilet Brush Warning Wins Consumer Award Thu Jan 6, 7:31 AM ET The Associated Press By DAVID N. GOODMAN, Associated Press Writer DETROIT - The sign on the toilet brush says it best: "Do not use for personal hygiene."  廁所刷上的警告標籤——「不要用作個人衛生清潔] That admonition was the winner of an anti-lawsuit group's contest for the wackiest consumer warning label of the year. The sponsor, Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, says the goal is "to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products." The $500 first prize went to Ed Gyetvai, of Oldcastle, Ontario, who submitted the toilet-brush label. A $250 second prize went to Matt Johnson, of Naperville, Ill., for a label on a children's scooter that said, "This product moves when used." 兒童小型摩托車上的警告標籤 ---- [這產品在使用時會移動] A $100 third prize went to Ann Marie Taylor, of Camden, S.C., who submitted a warning from a digital thermometer that said, "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally." 電子溫度計上的警告標籤 -----   [當你把溫度計放置在直腸後, 不要再把溫度計放置在口腔內] This year's contest coincides with a drive by President Bush and congressional Republicans to put caps and other limits on jury awards in liability cases. "Warning labels are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times," said group President Robert Dorigo Jones. "From the moment we raise our head in the morning off pillows that bear those famous Do Not Remove warnings, to when we drop back in bed at night, we are overwhelmed with warnings." The leader of a group that opposes the campaign to limit lawsuits admits that while some warning labels may seem stupid, even dumb warnings can do good. "There are many cases of warning labels saving lives," said Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy in New York. "It's much better to be very cautious ... than to be afraid of being made fun of by a tort reform group." The Wacky Warning Label Contest is in its eighth year. 廁所刷「勿用作個人清潔」 (2005-01-08 03:35:00) 明報專訊】美國一個反訴訟組織，舉行第 8屆「最瘋癲警告標籤比賽」，結果由一款廁所刷上的警告標籤——「不要用作個人衛生清潔」獲冠。 密西根州反對濫用法律訴訟的監察組織 M-LAW，為一個非政黨、非牟利的機構，每年都會舉行同類比賽，旨在反映生產商由於害怕捲入訴訟，以致因過分緊張而在產品貼上一些古怪瘋癲的警告標籤。 主辦組織促停止「無聊訴訟」 M-LAW會長瓊斯表示﹕「警告標籤是我們繁瑣訴訟時代的標記，提出訴訟的律師聲稱是希望消費者安全，但卻衍生了這些長而複雜的警告，只有少數人會仔細閱讀，令我們錯過了應要閱讀的部分。」 M-LAW希望是次比賽能提醒大眾小心閱讀產品標籤，並促使法官停止一些「無聊的訴訟」。 由美國人杰特沃伊提名的廁所刷警告標籤，榮獲本屆「最瘋癲警告標籤」冠軍，提名人可獲 500美元（約 3900港元）獎金﹔亞軍為約翰森提名的踏板車標籤──「這產品在使用時會移動」，他亦獲得 250美元（約 2000港元）獎金。