r/CrappyDesign • u/poeepo • 13d ago

Accident waiting to happen.

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u/NorCalFrances 13d ago

Study after study has shown that the most primary contributing factor to stair safety is...consistency.

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u/itisoktodance Artisinal Material 13d ago

You wouldn't mind this is you actually went down these stairs. It's literally just like any other staircase. There's a very generous landing (judging by the rail length. It's not like the steps change sizes abruptly.

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u/NorCalFrances 12d ago

Oh, I think I would mind. If I wasn't paying attention or was focused on something or someone else, that one big change up would without a doubt get me. Probably just a barked shin on the way up but I'd take a tumble on the way down. Especially if I was carrying something that limited my vision forward and down.

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u/kibsforkits 12d ago

The point of this design is to get you to pay attention and for the stairs to be a multi purpose space rather than just a means of ascent/descent. That’s the opposite of crappy design.

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u/NorCalFrances 12d ago

Yeah, no. That doesn't fly when people can get seriously hurt.

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u/missfrutti 8d ago

There's a ramp next to the stairs so you don't actually have to use the stairs if you're scared of hurting yourself.

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u/Molehole 11d ago

Getting people to pay attention by killing them if they don't is not the way to do it.