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

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

Bear-shaped honey bottle repurposed as body wash container on a shelf
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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
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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
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13.This confusing warning sign:

Circular button on a pole with contradictory instructions "PUSH DON'T PUSH."
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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24.This stainless steel bench on the beach that will scorch anyone's skin on a hot summer day:

Semi-circular outdoor metal bench
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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
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26.These intersecting staircases:

A staircase with a turn, that leads to more stairs but without a safe flat platform
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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
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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
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29.This sidewalk a neighbor wanted to upscale that turned out to be a slipping hazard:

stone walkway with cones to caution for slips
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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
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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
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32.This bathtub that basically acts as a pit someone can slip and fall into:

in-ground tub
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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
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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
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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
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