Accidents waiting to happen: What were people thinking when they built these fails?

Before we actually go ahead to create something, the normal thing to do would be to ascertain its practicality, safety and usefulness.

Well, clearly not much thought was put into these design and architectural fails.

Acid Cow has compiled a series of photos showing extremely flawed buildings, roads and more.

Besides not making sense, they are also a safety hazard that is going to leave someone seriously hurt sooner or later.

Check out all the fails in the gallery above.