P: Complying with the new safety regulations is useless  Even if the new regulations had been in effect before last year' s laboratory fire, they would not have prevented the fire or the injuries resulting from it because they do not address its underlying causes  Q: But any regulations that can potentially prevent money from being wasted are useful
If obeyed, the new safety regulations will prevent some accidents, and whenever there is an accident here at the laboratory, money is wasted even if no one is injured
accidents at the laboratory inevitably result in personal injuries