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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixjgk98 wrote

How the actual fuck does this happen so frequently ? Does L/A just have really stupid drivers ???

Was this recent ?

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixjn7mq wrote

It’s always the same pole there. I almost hit it once. It’s right in front of the door, so it’s easy to get distracted watching for pedestrians on your right as you try to turn left up the parking lane. Then the pole and sign will line right up behind the pillar of your cars’ windshield. There’s no curb or anything around it to warn or slow you down.

Edit: as someone else mentioned, its a sharper turn than 90d and there’s always people crossing and walking down the lane on the right, so it’s natural to want to cut the corner when turning left.

And I’d also like to thank all the Captain Obviouses saying to just slow down or “look out for the big stop sign on a yellow pole”. I’ll put the message out and I’m sure this will never happen again at this location.

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floppleshmirken t1_ixjy5cg wrote

If you’re trying to turn left right there and you hit that pole, that means you’re turning into the wrong side of the lane. Why would you be on the left side of the lane?

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixk34v0 wrote

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

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floppleshmirken t1_ixk5scj wrote

I mean that doesn’t mean you just drive on the wrong side of the road then?

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mainlydank t1_ixm5y67 wrote

Found the person that follows tractors for miles going 5mph because you "cant drive on the wrong side of the road"

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floppleshmirken t1_ixmg0qn wrote

Lol, yeah ok. I think a road with normal traffic is quite a bit different than a chaotic parking lot with people all around and narrow parking rows, but you do you. I mean, it’s not like we don’t have evidence here every other day of why you probably shouldn’t drive on the wrong side in parking lots.

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LumpyBumpyToad t1_ixlqm2u wrote

It absolutely does mean that. What're they supposed to do?

Wait?

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floppleshmirken t1_ixlystg wrote

Uh, yeah, you wait for people to get out of your way, you don’t just drive on the wrong side. Wow.

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixjqhcm wrote

Hmmm.... 10 foot tall red stop sign with a bright yellow base is easy to miss ?? I'm going to need to head over there someday and verify this. LOL. If I hit that damn thing during my visit I will 100% post it here first.

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixk3woa wrote

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.

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exvnoplvres t1_ixse0pq wrote

This is why I always park out in the farther areas of parking lots, to stay away from pedestrians. That is a good point about the pillars on the sides of windshields. They are much larger these days than they used to be even 20 years ago. In the summer, before entering a road, I always do a sort of head swinging movement both left and right so I can see around the pillars and make sure there isn't anyone coming from either direction.

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixl3tid wrote

Glad I'm not a 10 foot tall guy in a yellow raincoat hanging around when you are driving. Afraid after you ran me over on the wrong side of the road, you'd claim I was hidden by your windshield pillar.

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixlu1v3 wrote

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

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixlvp1x wrote

A Walmart shopper with road rage too.... Nevermind. Username checks out. Carry on.

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixm8uu5 wrote

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

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixmanhk wrote

Clearly your car pictured here. Denial is the first sign. Irrational anger and child like insults are clue 2. Take a breath, it's day to give thanks. Just be happy it was only your car damaged, and you didn't run over someone's kid. Just drive better in the future.

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixm9ig3 wrote

Wow, road rage and internet rage. High class too.. username definitely checks out.

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LeoIsRude t1_ixm9zch wrote

That's not the checkmate you think it is, bub.

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixmaq28 wrote

Aww shucks, no interweb points from you either ?? How will I ever move forward....

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iammabdaddy t1_ixjrp5c wrote

Slow down, here's the reminder that you are in a parking lot.

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixlucx2 wrote

You’re a moron

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iammabdaddy t1_ixly8n4 wrote

Dirty Lew. How stupid is that? Stop sign ahead, brake!

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixm747u wrote

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.

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Way2L8AND1 t1_ixlwexs wrote

Sorry about your car, that's rough. Shop this Walmart often do ya ?

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Dirty_Lew t1_ixm8mif wrote

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

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DifferenceMore5431 t1_ixjx1x0 wrote

It's actually kind of a weird parking lot. There are several of these bollards that are just out in the middle of nowhere between the building and the parking spots, no curbs or anything. You can see in the photo it's just sort of in the middle of the pavement.

Also the parking lanes are not 90° to the building, they are more like 110°, which makes all the intersections feel a bit wonky. You can see it on Google Maps if you are curios.

Not that it's really an excuse but there is a reason.

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EngineersAnon t1_ixjxlbl wrote

>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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BuddyBear17 t1_ixm2r9p wrote

Yeah this is a site plan review failure by the city. Guarantee that there's some city standard for parking lot design that isn't met by this, it's a safety/fire access hazard. Last thing you need is some ambulance hitting it at night.

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Odd_Understanding t1_ixlq5ps wrote

Someone I know recently drove up from Texas. The other day she went to this Walmart and comes back with a big dent on her car from bumping into a pole. Only dent in the car, take that for what it's worth lol.

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katastrofuck t1_ixk1sns wrote

Might be the least discriminatory sign. Seems to catch people no mater what wrong (or stupid) thing they be doing or thinking 🙄

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duplissi t1_ixlxpf1 wrote

It isn't just this one, if you Google for "Walmart pole Facebook group", you'll find a few others.

I rarely ever have to drive by the doors when I'm looking for a spot, and that specific pole doesn't look out of place to me so I don't have a clue how it keeps happening.

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