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  1. mangeoire plus rigoureux says:

    handrail – whats the problem?

  2. [dangeruss] says:

    SENSITIVITY FAIL

  3. ja fail says:

    Extra steps are baller!

  4. Steve says:

    While unusual, this is actually not as much of a fail as you might think. The stones act to lessen the depth of the step, allowing those who have mobility but difficulty with steeper steps to access the building. (A ramp would have been better and more versatile, but…)

    • Ana says:

      Line of thought fail!!!

      Observe the picture a little bit better and try to explain HOW does it make it easier for a person in a wheelchair to go up the stairs with the help of those stones on top of the steps… I don’t think so!

      • mangeoire plus rigoureux says:

        *makes model and pushes wheel up and down* Yep – definitely easier with the little stones. *draws diagram*

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        understood?

      • stabbim says:

        Read his comment a little better. He wasn’t talking about wheelchairs. He said:

        “those who have mobility but difficulty with steeper steps”

        This means someone who can use their legs, but not very well. Someone who might have trouble with regular-height steps.

        That said, there is still something wrong here – since the stones stretch all the way from the back of the step they’re on to the front, they don’t end up making half steps except at the top and bottom. If you look closely, the distance from the 1st stone to the 2nd, and from 2nd to 3rd, is exactly the same as the distance from one step to another. The right way to build this would have been to use stones that only cover up half of the front-to-back depth of the steps. Engineering FAIL?

        • tightmanger says:

          taking our fun away win. *cries*

        • baphemat says:

          the right way to build this would have been to make a freaking ramp rather than using loose cooble stones (compared to frigid cobblestones?) with wheelchairs on them as a foreshadowing what will happen to any who try walking on them.

        • mchappell says:

          Although it is not accepted design practice; the intention is for an elderly to use the cast concrete plates with one step and the stairs with the other, essentially decreasing the rise by half.

        • x says:

          Think about it this way: The right foot hits the step with the picture and the left fot hits the normal step. Make sense now?

    • Stuart van Onselen says:

      Yeah, sorta, it’s better than nothing. Unless your wheelchair has more than one main wheel, in which case this “solution” is nothing but a chocolate teapot.

      Even the first stone is marginal. but the next two are so small, that only one wheel will fit, leaving you canted to one side. Or just spilled on the ground at the bottom.

    • Gooper says:

      The height doesn’t change. at least between the steps that have stones one them. Still FAIL!

    • Mikey D says:

      Actually, they’re no use at all are they? As they come to the edge of the existing steps, they don’t lessen the depth. Only the first and last steps are shallower, the rest of them maintain the same relative height.

      • Mikey D says:

        Which I guess would leave you trapped halfway up, as you won’t have the room to turn around without tipping.
        I suspect this is a wheelchair-trap win!

      • Brandon says:

        Well, they are still useful since you can step to the SIDE of the riser before shuffling over to the riser. Or, put your left foot on the step before putting your right foot on the riser sort.

  5. Dr Hugh says:

    Perfect for one wheeled chairs. What’s the problem?

  6. A says:

    that’s a wheelchair accessible sign….i couldnt get my wheelchair up that therefore its not accessible

  7. benictionary says:

    Handicap ramp? More like make-you-handicapped ramp.

  8. Blue2thFairy says:

    Is this some kind of sick joke, what’s wrong with you peop…*falls down steps in wheelchair*

  9. Stuart van Onselen says:

    The genius who came up with this plan should show more sensitivity to disabled people. After all, his evident mental disability will catch up with him one day.

  10. Mikey D says:

    I see the fail. The top block appears to be rotated the wrong way.
    It’s aesthetically unappealing and implies it wasn’t worth making the effort to make it look nice.

  11. missionpants says:

    I shall dub thee Mother In Law ramp…

  12. SteelSkin says:

    This is… bizarre.

  13. izzyboy says:

    I’m not sure this is real. It looks as if somebody found some stones with handicapped symbols on them and placed them there for the picture.

  14. DocM says:

    Great…they get all the good parking spots and now we have to give em the stairs too?

  15. capt. awesome says:

    Three puzzles in one day? Let’s see. A handicap-accessible place that’s not handicap-accessible, yet it is, but it’s not. Hmmmm.

    Clearly it’s Anubis dressing up as a fox while listening to Led Zeppelin. That’s the answer to all of life’s questions. Will it be cold tomorrow. Will I need an umbrella. If a train leaves Detroit at 4:15 AM heading east at 120 mph on a Sunday and the government is covering up a conspiracy in Winsconsin on a rainy day, how long will it take the apple to fall to the ground after being knocked out of the tree with a 5 pound baseball bat travelling at 104 mph? It’s the only answer that even remotely makes sense.

    • AsTheCrowFlies says:

      If a train leaves Detroit at 4:15 am heading east at 120 mph, it doesn’t matter what day it is or the weather conditions, everyone will promptly drown in approx 4 mins due to the GIANT lake between Detroit and Canada

  16. talldude88 says:

    They`re not handicapped, they`re handicapable!

  17. dissimilitude says:

    Maybe it’s art, and we just don’t get it. :shrugs: Seen stranger things.

  18. who cares says:

    w/e walk it off you pussy.

  19. Jimmie says:

    I just sat a read all these comments and now i cant remember what the fail was

    :S

    something about a sideways man in a wheelchair and a hippopotamus?

  20. Maskdt says:

    Hey, this isn’t a fail!
    This is just a picture from before the wheelchair access ramp seeds sprouted and grew into a mature ramp.

  21. ichorwhip says:

    Oh great… another staged FAIL….

  22. Sven says:

    Hmm, just had to drop a note… I live up the street from this and walk by it every day. I’ve got to admit, I’ve wondered before…

  23. self says:

    That is definitely an accessibility fail. If they don’t move that backpack, someone might trip.

  24. WootMaster says:

    the dude in the wheelchair might trip? he’ll just get some hydraulics and hop the pack -_^

  25. Mandi says:

    Everyone knows that people in wheelchairs are really super heroes in disguise *rolls eyes*

  26. silvercrone says:

    Where is this? Folks who cannot do any steps won’t frequent this place so it is a moot attempt to poorly satisfy the ADA code.

    Accessible means a ramp of a specific steepness- for all you joksters- hope I am around when you need a ramp! I’ll be sure and youTube it! ha!


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