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In reply to the discussion: Please stop about the pedestrian bridge collapse [View all]alarimer
(16,816 posts)59. My guess is someone took a shortcut somewhere.
There are mistakes, like unit conversion errors. Some of these were quite costly and potentially fatal.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/25845/quick-6-six-unit-conversion-disasters
Either it was deliberate (substituting cheaper materials that were flawed somehow or rushing the construction to meet some deadline/cost) or it was some error somewhere. Either way, when something like this happens, we can be sure someone is at fault. A brand new bridge doesn't just fall out of the sky of its own accord. Even old ones usually don't.
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No. Stupid is not just as bad. And "mistake" doesn't necessarily mean "stupid." nt
LAS14
Mar 2018
#36
So give me a rosy scenario - One where a bridge falls on eight cars and it's nobody's fault. nt
Xipe Totec
Mar 2018
#16
Having decorative cables and a restraining tower for a structure like that would be insane.
Blue_true
Mar 2018
#32
The pictures that I saw looked like the large concrete piece had re-bar support.
Blue_true
Mar 2018
#64
That was EXACTLY what I thought.. It was the first thing that ran through my
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Mar 2018
#8
Speculation? The bridge collapsed. Either there was bad engineering or bad materials or both.
stevenleser
Mar 2018
#29
In hindsight the Space Shuttle *WAS* stupid... it was hype and politics turned literally deadly.
hunter
Mar 2018
#43
That's not very accurate. The speculation is both benign and inconsequential.
LanternWaste
Mar 2018
#33
There is a cadre of DUers who've programmed their responses to certain things
Dreamer Tatum
Mar 2018
#45