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Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Victims of Last Week's Apple Store Crash
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It doesn't even have to be a concrete slab, it can be a giant apple with a steel enforced center. I'm sure they can make it look classy.
Maybe the driver went blackout panic and froze? I don't know the story. If it wasn't deliberate, which I hope it wasn't, in a way it's even more tragic.
According to the police and all other official sources, so far, there is no evidence to support a claim that this was more than a horrible accident.
Facts, not rumors.
The fire marshal? That kind of seems like asking the dentist for advice about an employment contract.
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What is your source that this was a "deliberate act"? No police statements, court filings, or reporting I've read have made such a statement.
I applaud Tim and Deirdre for visiting the victims. Not a lot of CEO's step out of their ivory towers to celebrate the lives of the underlings like they do. Bravo, team.
Assume everyone is imperfect and will make mistakes, so you need to account for and compensensate for everything that's likely or unlikely going to happen.
SUVs ramming into subway entrances, for example, is very rare in China, but they still put defensive infrastructures to prevent this.
That’s why one can’t buy a drivers license. A badly trained driver is a badly trained driver.
The expected-but-ridiculous lawsuit was filed saying the store should have had a physical barrier for the parking lot (which is 30' away). Fun fact: the law office is in a building in downtown Boston with no physical barriers between it and traffic (according to Google Street View).
Okay, remove cars altogether from the area, this would also prevent this and give people more space.
Thoughts on bollards:
There is a gas station/convenience store near where I live. Almost the entire front of the building is windows, and there is a very large apron in front of the store and easy access from the freeway off-road.
Once it was determined by the criminals that it was easy to gain a lot of speed, the cash machine at the front door of this store was attacked and stolen five or six times. They blew out the entire front of the store each time and took the ATM machine in about 30 seconds. I don’t know if anybody was ever caught. The last time this happened the coin safe was attacked at the solid corner of the building and did more damage than usual. The coin safe didn’t get stolen that time.
Whichever company the store was using for gas would never let them put bollards up because it wasn’t inviting. This store now has bollards along the entire front and the corner nearest the off road. No more attacks, either.
There is a gas station/convenience store near where I live. Almost the entire front of the building is windows, and there is a very large apron in front of the store and easy access from the freeway off-road.
Once it was determined by the criminals that it was easy to gain a lot of speed, the cash machine at the front door of this store was attacked and stolen five or six times. They blew out the entire front of the store each time and took the ATM machine in about 30 seconds. I don’t know if anybody was ever caught. The last time this happened the coin safe was attacked at the solid corner of the building and did more damage than usual. The coin safe didn’t get stolen that time.
Whichever company the store was using for gas would never let them put bollards up because it wasn’t inviting. This store now has bollards along the entire front and the corner nearest the off road. No more attacks, either.
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Issue is you don't have to scan you license on a car to start it. Until you are caught for something else while driving, you could physically drive the vehicle
Driving a car takes training. Part of that training is the conscious choice not to be distracted.
I’m from South Africa, trust me, you can, because sometimes you’ll find you’re not in Kansas anymore….
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Yea that's a different story. So many things to distract you anymore.
This isn't entirely true. Sadly this happens a decent amount, and not to generalize, but there is a decent number of incidents that occur with elderly drivers. They either think they are in reverse or in the moment they get confused and instead of hitting the brake they hit the gas. This exact scenario has happened a few times on University Ave in Palo Alto. It's easy to say things like this, post facto, but hindsight is 20/20 and when things happen quick the right decision isn't always made. I'm not saying this was or wasn't deliberate but making broad statements can be a reach.
I think there can be a less drastic compromise here that still accomplishes the preventive objectives.