• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    It is good to design to account for stupidity

    Is the rock or sign putting people in danger? I’d argue they account for stupidity by stopping the people who aren’t paying attention and shouldn’t be driving right now.

    The dangerous driver is stopped on an inanimate object instead of causing an accident and no one is hurt.

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      3 months ago

      Not so much morons as targeted attacks. Same reason malls (remember malls?) have those great big planters placed randomly on the floors, to stop vehicles that made it past the bollards. Defensive architecture, its a fascinating and extremely depressing subdiscipline.