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    36 Incredibly Dangerous Designs That I'm Genuinely Shocked Made It To The Final Product

    I do not understand how someone thought it was a good idea to place car brake lights so low that other drivers could not see them.

    1. This fire emergency sign that's nearly impossible to read:

    Sign on a wooden door with intricate circular patterns and readable text: "Please do not disturb, I'm busy making a soft and cozy spot for you!"

    2. This slide that will shoot a child directly into cement:

    A nearly empty swimming pool with a blue slide beside it. There are buildings and murals in the background

    3. This slide that was placed in front of a pole so kids can slide down and risk a chance of hitting it:

    slide leading straight to a metal pole

    4. These basketball hoops that are placed right behind dips in the ground create the perfect setup for a twisted ankle:

    Unusual basketball court with hoops installed horizontally along a parking lot. A white van is parked nearby

    5. This tricky lift-and-peel layer on arthritis cream:

    A hand holds an opened container of Blu Lizard Australian Sunscreen with a partially peeled foil seal

    6. This changing board that's placed right next to where the bathroom door can swing open:

    Image of a Koala Kare baby changing station next to a wooden door in a restroom

    7. These mug handles that are nearly impossible to keep a steady grip on:

    handles of the mugs are letters and not easy to grip

    8. These swings that were positioned in front of each other instead of beside each other:

    Two old swing seats hanging from chains on a wooden frame in an overgrown backyard with weathered tiles and grass

    9. This curb with a little step that's perfect for slipping on:

    A parking lot curb with uneven pavement, possibly hazardous for pedestrians or vehicles

    10. This packaging for body wash that anyone would mistake for honey:

    Bear-shaped honey bottle repurposed as body wash container on a shelf

    11. These stairs that are at a 45° angle which makes them easy to trip on, not to mention the gaps on the side that people's feet can slip into:

    A staircase with metal handrails on both sides leading upwards

    12. These duplicate elevator buttons where one set is only supposed to be used for emergency:

    Elevator control panel with 15 buttons, including a "Fire Fighting Only" sign, emergency call button, and floor numbers; buttons are arranged in a vertical grid

    13. This confusing warning sign:

    Circular button on a pole with contradictory instructions "PUSH DON'T PUSH."

    14. This car with brake lights that are so low people driving behind them often won't see it:

    A car with lights very low on the bumper

    15. This button for 2-year-olds that's so small it's a choking hazard for anyone under three:

    Birthday badge with "Happy 2nd Birthday." Side text: "NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE."

    16. This bedframe that'll surely be the cause of many stubbed toes:

    A bed in disrepair with a visibly bent and damaged bed frame leg, captured in a room with wooden flooring

    17. This pole that was placed on the street instead of the sidewalk:

    Utility pole on a street with trees and a metal fence in the background

    18. This lighting fixture that burned the grass and could burn other things:

    Lamp post in a garden with trimmed hedge and lawn, sunlight casting a shadow

    19. This safe in a hotel room that's bolted to a removable drawer:

    A hotel safe is pulled out of a drawer, revealing the inside of the drawer beneath it. The safe has a digital keypad on top

    20. This trippy tile design that could make someone lose their balance:

    Sidewalk with an optical illusion of a wavy pattern created by contrasting paving stones

    21. These abstract, confusing bathroom signs:

    Bathroom signs featuring minimalist stick figures, one with pants and the other with a skirt, against black circular backgrounds

    22. This hidden staircase that's a lawsuit waiting to happen:

    Empty concrete stage with four tall columns, metal railings, and surrounding trees in a park at night

    23. This urinal that's placed right in the bathroom door's swing range:

    A urinal partially obstructed by a stall door in a restroom

    24. This stainless steel bench on the beach that will scorch anyone's skin on a hot summer day:

    Semi-circular outdoor metal bench

    25. This bedroom window in a hotel that opens so far you could fall out:

    Person's leg extended stepping onto a balcony with a clear floor, overlooking lower floors

    26. These intersecting staircases:

    A staircase with a turn, that leads to more stairs but without a safe flat platform

    27. This boiler shut-off button that was placed right next to the light switch:

    A boiler shutoff switch with a large, red emergency stop button

    28. This multi-tool where the knife won't completely lock in while the pliers are out:

    Person's hand holding a multi-tool with pliers extended

    29. This sidewalk a neighbor wanted to upscale that turned out to be a slipping hazard:

    stone walkway with cones to caution for slips

    30. These nearly identical bottles for toilet cleaner and dish liquid:

    Bottles of Earth Choice cleaning products, one for toilets and one for dishes, mistakenly placed together

    31. This randomly elevated parking spot that you better drive over veryyy carefully:

    A photo of an empty, curved brick parking space near a street, with a black car parked in the adjacent space

    32. This bathtub that basically acts as a pit someone can slip and fall into:

    in-ground tub

    33. This not-safe-for-kids cleaning product that has child-friendly packaging:

    A hand holding a bottle of Viss cleaning product with whimsical cartoon characters and German text promoting communal cleaning

    34. This bike lane that suddenly ceases to exist:

    Bicycle lane leads to a patch of grass suddenly

    35. These virtually pointless stall doors in a public bathroom:

    Bathroom stall with a door cut to fit around a high toilet paper dispenser, revealing the lack of privacy

    36. And lastly, these anti-unhoused, anti-loitering parking blocks that could cause a gruesome accident if someone tripped near them:

    Concrete barriers with metal spikes to deter skateboarding or sitting