It said stop
Instructions unclear, go?
Consent is important
What else are you going to do in Topeka?
Well, obviously you can get drunk… Though I think that exhausts the list.
Understandable, I think being drunk is the only way to deal with Walmart.
This pole takes drunk drivers off the road. A local hero.
Farmington Maine Walmart pole is also a menace!
*Auburn Maine
Those photos are all taken on rainy foggy days and that is one shiny, uniformly reflective parking lot surface. I wonder if the yellow pole on those horizontal lines forms enough of an optical illusion that leads somewhat distracted drivers to wildly misjudge the distance their vehicle is from the pole.
Especially with another similarly sited pole someone else posted, in similar weather conditions. and it looks like the pole is REALLY close in width to the lines on the ground. Could be a cool phenomenon to look into.
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.
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).
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.
It’s a yellow pole placed among yellow lines painted on the ground. It’s a terrible layout and design. There needs to be more contrast between the pole and the lines on the ground.
I wonder if the yellow pole on those horizontal lines forms enough of an optical…
No, it’s Walmart.
I have lived close to several Walmarts, and each and every single one has smashed signs in the parking lot because the people who frequent Walmart are exactly the kinds of people who drive straight into solid objects.
So this wouldn’t be a problem for me around a normal pole, but now that I have seen this famous one… do NOT let me drive here. I fear my intrusive thoughts.
It has roots in hell
Is it just me or are the first and third pictures of the same incident?
They look like the same incident to me too, just taken from different angles and different times.
I thought this was tornado results pics. Wow.
We’ve got our “horror poller” Horror poller news
I ride by this thing on my way too and from work, it was hilarious seeing the fucking thing destroyed AGAIN.
And the ammount of people who ignore all the signs and drove up to it only to awkwardly turn around was way too high lol
The sign takes its job very seriously.
It’s hot in Topeka
