Comment Re:Bamboo Bicycle (Score 2) 198
Have you been to Hong Kong?
The accidents that occur on bamboo scaffold in HK are nothing to do with its inherent safety.
Almost all scaffold in HK is bamboo, even up to 40 storeys. And the HK scaffolders who put it up are, to put it mildly, quite reckless. In fact, recklessness (fearlessness) is almost seen as a positive attribute by HK scaffolders.
The steel scaffolds are usually put up by foreign building firms who use lanyards and other correct safety equipment and procedures.