Classic ramp fail

[azurelunatic]

Failblog.org brings us this classic Very Bad Ramp.


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Here we have what is clearly a modification to the original building to attempt to bring it up to code. The building's floor level seems to be about a meter higher than the street. It appears that some original stairs have been torn out, and replaced with a ramp, so the slope of the ramp is the same as the slope of the stairs.

In case we missed it, the ramp is helpfully stenciled with the wheelchair access symbol. Perhaps they didn't think we'd realize that they meant it to be the accessible entrance if they didn't label it?

Here, an ablebodied man poses for a picture, crouching to attempt to drag himself up the ramp in illustration of just how full of fail it is.

Comments

[chrismm]

I saw that a couple of weeks ago, and thought of D and her posts on accessibility. Because damn. The sheer stupidity of it is funny until you actually need to use the damn thing.

ETA: I'm also not convinced they tore out the original steps--those lines in the concrete make it look like they just built the ramp on top of the existing stairs, you know?

[jecook]

Agreement here- looks like the ramp was just slathered on over the original stairs.

I ran into a wonderful issue tonight as I was lugging two coolers packed with ice up a flight of stairs on a hand-cart- No elevator. My back would have been pleased if there was an elevator, but alas.

[azurelunatic]

I asked D if this was her bank. It isn't (it's actually a shop in Mexico, says the guy in the photo at the original Failblog post, and someone overshooting the ramp going out might roll into a very busy street) but her bank's ramp is at about that angle.

And maybe they did build over the original steps! Just about as bad!