(1).Proactive: Manhole cover missing. Concerned citizen sees it, gets someone to correct it; problem solved. (1a.)Reactive: Car falls into an open manhole. Somebody sees it and pits a metal plate over it. City has a number of council meetings to determine when and how much it will cost to fix this problem permanently. Unfortunately, during this time another car hits the metal plate, moving it off of the open manhole, and another car falls into it.
(2). Proactive: Airport decides to xray and scan all packages and luggage one mile from the airport before loading them into an airplane in case of terrorism. (2a.)Reactive: Packages and luggage keep coming into the airport where all of the people are and if something is wrong with them, it's too late.
(3). Proactive: Injuries caused in the workplace are investigated, corrected, and then "dummy-proofed" so that they can "never" happen again. (3a.) Reactive: Injuries keep happening in the workplace because management, employee comittees,costs, and attitudes get in the way of mandating that (3). Proactive be implemented.
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