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EngineersAnon t1_ixjxlbl wrote

Reply to comment by DifferenceMore5431 in Walmart Maine strikes again by Jadasmom

>there is a reason.

Yes, the reason is negligence by inadequately attentive drivers.

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DifferenceMore5431 t1_ixjzb6x wrote

There's a kernel of truth to that. But you are really missing the bigger picture. If the root cause was "inadequately attentive drivers" in general, you would expect to see this kind of thing all over the area in various parking lots. But you don't. It's just this one specific part of one specific parking lot that has been proven to be confusing many, many times. There is something different about this one.

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EngineersAnon t1_ixk170s wrote

There are, it seems, conditions in this specific lot which make the consequences of inattention greater, but the root cause of hitting a stationary object with a motor vehicle is driver inattention and negligence.

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DifferenceMore5431 t1_ixk4u36 wrote

I'm not sure I agree. It's easy to dunk on Walmart patrons but in my opinion the bizarre layout of the bollards and irregular angles of the lanes are the root cause here.

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eljefino t1_iy1m25z wrote

And if they aren't rubbernecking around their A-pillar blind spots to look for bollards they aren't doing it for pedestrians. Let them pay and maybe learn.

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EngineersAnon t1_iy1nuj0 wrote

Bollards are a fuck of a lot easier to repair than people, and repairs are cheaper, too.

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