I’m not your friend, buddy.

At least the pole is safe now

No it’s not. It’s a pole for the stop sign. Many other big parking lots do not have those in the disabled area.

I’ve said multiple times that human error is mostly to blame. You’re the one steadfastly denying that the poor design has anything to do with why so many people happen to crash into this one pole. No, it has to just be extremely coincidental that all these bad drivers happen to hit the same pole. The design is perfect.

Good luck on your crusade to make everyone a perfectly attentive driver. Meanwhile I’ll continue to operate in the real world.

It’s no parking because of the layout and angle of the parking spots, and handicap zone, it’s purpose is not a pedestrian safe zone. You’re pulling that claim out of your ass, you don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s only purpose is a stop sign. I go to that Walmart a few times a week, I live five minutes from there, I’m very familiar with it.

You obviously don’t know anything about site plans and what is required. It’s a very obvious design problem. People get in accidents, some responsibility definitely lies with property owners to design their spaces to prevent accidents, not cause them. You sound like a ranting middle schooler acting like they have the whole world figured out.

It’s purpose is not to protect pedestrians, it’s purpose is a stop sign rugged enough to survive bumps. The striped area indicates no parking, it does not designate a pedestrian zone. It is not a bollard designed to protect pedestrians from vehicles, it would suck at that job because it keeps getting plowed over. If you cared to notice before talking out your ass, all the yellow poles at Walmart are for signs, they are not bollards.

Walmart does have a responsibility to design and maintain their parking lot in a way to prevent excessive accidents. People get sued for icy driveways for example.

How many commercial site plans have you reviewed or been involved with? You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about.

It’s a stop sign at the end of a parking row, that’s the poles purpose. It does not protect pedestrians. Walmart could put a curb or raised median around the striped area, like many parking lots have, that people would feel before hitting the pole. I don’t dispute that human error is mostly to blame, but it’s hard to argue that it’s not hazard given so many people have hit it. A pole shouldn’t be this infamous.

There are definitely things Walmart can do to prevent more accidents from happening. The planning board has the right to require those. If Walmart didn’t comply they would be negligent. One of the biggest purposes of design standards is to prevent, protect, and mitigate human error.

It legally does though. They would share responsibility because Walmart created the hazard.

It’s obviously bad design if this many people have hit it.

I’m of the opinion the Auburn Planning Board should re-review their site plan and require changes, at least curbs around the striped area.

At this point it’s negligence on the part of Walmart. My conspiracy theory is that it’s an elaborate insurance fraud scheme.

Look at it in google maps, the turn is sharper than a 90d angle which makes turning without cutting the corner harder.

It’s right in front of where customers come out so it’s easy to get distracted, the turn is also an acute angle and feels natural to cut the corner. The sign/bollard also often lines up with the windshield pillars.

Source: my wife hit the pole, and I came embarrassingly close once.

Lost Valley is a great hill to learn on, especially if it’s relatively close to you. They have a small beginner hill with a “magic carpet” lift and the main hill isn’t too intimidating. Try to go on a week day to avoid the busy weekend.

We got heat pumps in December and love them. Switched from oil in a 2200 sqft home. Cost us about $9000 for one large unit one small. They’ve done fine heating the whole house. Rooms will get cold if the doors get shut, but they’re heating better than I expected.

Owner gets put on payroll. Owner gets paid.

I’m convinced it’s some sort of insurance scam perpetrated by Walmart.

First day on the internet?

I meet your mom in the bathroom there, that’s why I’m there so much. You think I’m dirty?…

Go read my comment again, I never hit it, I almost did. Sorry about your reading comprehension.

You’re a fucking genius. Why didn’t anybody think of that? Look at all these wicked Jeff Gordon Redditors that have never once been distracted. Why didn’t I think of that?… just don’t ever get distracted, once ever.

The stop sign is for people coming down the aisle, not for people turning left, so you don’t even know the situation.

Nobody’s speeding through there Einstein, my point is there’s no other barrier or curb to prevent cars from hitting the pole. It’s obviously a poor design that creates a hazardous situation if this many people have hit it. At some point Walmart becomes at least partially responsible for creating the hazard.

You’re a moron

I’d just run you over for being a pompous ass.

It is if lines right up with your windshield pillar, it IS hard to see. Mix in the crazy scene of the Walmart entrance.

I get it though, I used to be in disbelief until it almost happened to me.

Because there’s constantly people walk down the middle of the lane