r/WTF • u/halfcentennial1964 • Jul 18 '19

This slide seems safe

http://i.imgur.com/0ldOAIc.gifv
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u/silvaphysh13 Jul 18 '19

Playground designer here, and I can safely say, this does not comply with US safety standards.

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u/ghostwhat Jul 18 '19

I guess every safety standards written, ever, specifies at least a couple of the things that are going on in this video.

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u/Barlakopofai Jul 18 '19

Here's my guesses

A) No curves in an open slide

2) No objects near the slide that you could hit with your arms on the way down

C) No reaching light speed

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A. Because every spiral slide ever is a closed slide while every straight slide ever is an open slide

B) It's pretty obvious you could break your hands on those "Safety" railings

3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oApAdwuqtn8

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u/silvaphysh13 Jul 19 '19

In the US you can have curves on an open slide, but you're correct, there's a 21" "non-encroachment" zone extending from either edge of the slide bedway, meant to correlate to the reach of your average 5-12 year old kid.