How the heck is this safe or acceptable?
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don’t do one.
Seeing that picture and then your reply just made me think of this movie quote.
“…which company did you say you worked for?”
A major one
There is also, you know, the GQP fighting against any kind of infrastructure funding because that’s “socialism” or something.
Also, love that movie!
What movie is it?
It’s from Fight Club. I can’t recall if the quote is the same in the book, but this matches the movie version.
Fight club? Just a guess.
Fight club. Turns out, the scene is based on facts from US car manufacturers’ memos. Link to scene:
Well, it’s not. But repairs cost money, and any money spent on those repairs is money that won’t go to the billionaire ruling class. Obviously that’s no good.
If it’s found a company knew about the problem they should get 5x the pay out.
Nah, companies need to be blown to bits for corruption like that. Hand the company to the FTC to be broken apart Bell Telephone style with a 10 year ban on mergers or acquisition for any mini-company created by the breakup. And make it retroactive for any corruption exposed since the turn of the current century. Make corporate corruption so risky nobody does it anymore plus you can break up all of the monopolies that formed over the last few decades while you’re at it, plus you’re not sending designated scapegoats to prison Hudsucker-style
Shit’s been like that since at least 2004 in Chicago, and my bet is that everyone with the power to do anything simply can’t see the decline because it’s so slow. It was like this 20 years ago, it’s been fine for 20 years, so it’s gonna be fine for another 20, right? Then let some other poor sucker of mayor raise taxes to try and pay for shit.
USA is like Serbia now? You should overthrown Serbian government on time, before the cancer spreads…
You think the Pittsburgh collapse would maybe tip people off that you can’t just let this shit go and hope for the best.
The first bridge collapse I remember was Interstate 95 in CT back in 1983 (Mianus River). Ten years or so after that a bridge on the New York State Thruway collapsed. We clearly haven’t learned much in the past 40 years, so don’t hold your breath…
i like the very subtle bend in it. Just a tiny bit so you know it’s about to give in at any moment.
It’s just aesthetics. It’s “art”.
The solution is obviously more tax cuts for the rich.
And corps. Don’t worry, it’ll trickle down.
the bridge will
You would not find me underneath that loading breaking news story.
If this collapse and people die, everyone will be like: “omg, that’s higher forces, no one ever believe this would happen.”
It’s very unlikely that this would collapse due to being struck by a 20,000 ton shipping vessel tho.
that looks familiar … ah yes …
That’s structural rust.
Cor-Ten steel is all the rage
Naaaah, a coat of paint and it’s good for another 100 years. But don’t sand it too much before that because it might disappear.
Don’t touch it. That’s load bearing rust.
Civil Unrust you say?
Didn’t this one get fixed? It’s the one by andersonville right?
no idea – 2 year old post on Reddit titled it as “Chicago Metra Union Pacific Track UP-N line”
That is homoeopathic structural integrity. The more you dilute it the stronger it becomes.
It follows trash-heap rules and whoever touches it last before it collapses is at fault
This sounds surprisingly close to how we rate US presidents.
Like Jenga?
It sounds like it’s time for Infrastructure Week™
Sorry, we only have budget for Infrastructure Weak™
I’m sure that one on the right has a bend in it for structural reasons…
Didn’t even see that.
It’s like a spring. Just think of it as suspension for your road.
Oh jeez.