I am pretty sure the threat of unpleasant consequences does not work for everyone, but for those of us for whom it has an impact -- in case the awful result isn't enough, consider this -- you would almost certainly face both a manslaughter charge as well as a civil lawsuit if this incident occurred in the U.S. Don't even bother to start with the "that's why lawyers suck" nonsense, because bottom line is that our laws exist to protect us from people who demonstrate a "reckless indifference" to the lives of others. Is it reckless indifference if you fail to set your PCM failsafe to engine cut? I don't know, but I sure wouldn't want a jury to decide for me.

No one is trying to be a killjoy on anyone else's fun. We just want to make sure no one gets hurt as a result of that fun.

Antony