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Yup. If it keeps happening, maybe there's a design flaw. Remember, nobody's perfect all of the time so we need to design things to accommodate the mistakes people inevitably make.
Indeed.
It is good to design to account for stupidity, or in these cases design around known limitations (eyesight in poor conditions, visibility from a driver’s seat).
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.
Correct answer.
Incidentally, but not at all coincidentally, this is precisely why Target stores always have those red concrete spheres in front of the doors. Which are typically nearly exactly the same height and thus have the same potential amount of visibility/invisibility below a driver's sightline as this rock. It's to prevent morons from crashing their vehicles through the doors.
The rock(s) pictured are not even in the parking lot like this Wal Mart pole. If you leave the road, it is reasonable to expect that you will encounter obstacles.
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.
Lol the guy that tripped over it
The 11'8" bridge taught me that it's always human stupidity. They have regular signs, flashing signs, sensors that automatically turn the light red if you're too tall, and other stuff. And yet we still have regular videos of trucks opening themselves like tin cans.
Ooh, the bridge got a moving truck last week, lol.
EDIT: and there was a perfect can opener last month. It's hilarious how, in spite of everything, that bridge is still fucking up trucks.
They actually raised that bridge -- or rather, lowered the underpass at what was surely great expense -- and even at its new taller height of 12'4" it's still not enough to help stupid people.