Ten-to-one you can go back to when the regulation started and find there was rampant, blatant abuse going on. That’s the usual story behind these kinds of things.
There is a saying that regulations are written in blood.
They may not have been well designed, or they may not wear well. But most of the time they are put in place because somebody got badly hurt, one way or another.
Industry could usually design itself better regulation. But unless it finds a way to mutually enforce compliance, the task will fall to government.
