30 Times People Tried Installing Wheelchair Ramps But Failed Miserably

Published 5 years ago

In many countries, modern building regulations require newly-built buildings to be accessible to handicapped people – that means having wheelchair ramps. Now, for us, it seems completely understandable. After all, how else would people in wheelchairs get into buildings? Some architects, however, see it as a nuisance and go out of their ways to do the bare minimum required to make buildings handicapped-friendly, resulting in some nonsensical and outright dangerous designs.

People online are sharing the most ridiculous accessibility designs they have come across and some of them are so carelessly designed, they’re almost insulting. From ramps that end with steps to ones that are as steep as rollercoasters, check out the worst cases of architects not caring about handicap access in the gallery below!

#1 If You Aren’t Already In A Wheelchair, You Will Be After This

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#2 To Invite A Disabled Man To Talk About Accessibility..

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#3 Extreme Wheelchairing!

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#4 Being Handicapped In Cabo San Lucas Is Apparently An Extreme Sport. (Fb Friend’s Vacation Pic)

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#5 This Crosswalk For The Handicapped

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#6 Epic Fail When It Comes To Accessibility

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#7 Accessibility Fail

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#8 Accessibility Fail

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#9 How Is This Supposed To Work??

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#10 Accessibility Fail

#11 Because F**k You For Being In A Wheelchair

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#12 The Portuguese Parliament Had To Become Handicap Accessible Due To Having One Deputy On A Wheelchair. This Is The Result

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#13 Hospital Which I Work Has These Wheelchairs For The Patients

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#14 Accessibility Fail

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#15 For Those Who Feel They Aren’t Quite Handicapped Enough…

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#16 Accessibility Fail

#17 This Handicap Ramp

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#18 Extreme Wheelchairing

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#19 For Disabled People On Stilts

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#20 Wheelchair Friendly

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#21 This Wheelchair Ramp

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#22 “Wheelchair Access” For The Brave

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#23 Design Fail

#24 Access For Disabled Wheelchair Users

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#25 Accessibility Fail

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#26 Accessibility Fail

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#27 Hats Off To The Genius Who Installed This Disabled Access Ramp

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#28 It’s Just Up The Stairs

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#29 At Least Wheelchairs Can Reach The First Stair

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#30 Oh Yeah, You Could Get A Wheelchair In There No Problem

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