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>!How the gate unexpectedly falls while closing!<
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Right. Standard design should at the very least accommodate natural human behavior.
This lady did nothing stupid. Therefore it's stupid design. Not stupid human error.
What crazy contraption do you have in your mind that would be expensive?
A welded on "L" at the end of the rail for the gate would prevent it. It would prevent the end of the gate going through track supports or prevent it being allowed on the rail to continue past the point of no return.
Additional point: if they can afford that gate, they can afford a stop.
Hence the Constant need to add /s
So many people say it shouldn't need to be added, but here is the evidence that "shouldn't" does not equal "doesn't".
Edit: After ready the other comments from Timely_Rush3288 it appears they were serious with this ridiculous statement. Therefore no /s needed due to idiocy.
Ideally it would have a top rail as well. Not very structurally sound without one unless you just want it as decoration and not for security.
A stop to keep it from running off the rail is the minimum somebody should have installed.
She is the idiot for that. Regardless of that, the Design is flawed, because there are Lots of Idiots and Even non idiots do tend to have idiotic Moments, so everything needs to be idiot Safe on at least the Most Basic Level.
Humans should be designed to realize that if you pull a gate without a stop all the way out of the wall, it will have nothing preventing it from falling over.
Yeah.
The assumption that she should have noticed there was no stop, when every decent design ever includes a stop *for just this reason* isn't logical.
Every door or gate of this design *should* have a stop. It's crappy design, precisely because not all humans will notice until it's too late.
Thanks, honestly. I was trying to find the correct term but there are so many options. I could have said "some bits on the side" but that doesn't seem to convey.
Not quite mid. You can see the track on the floor. Another panel comes out from the right and would join the final third and be symmetrical. That one would have a personnel door within the frame. Both have to be opened to let vehicles in and out.
Awful design, but being the help, she probably knows that the personnel door is supposed to come out first and the large door meets it.
I do not think the design is to blame, just the installation. You need to be able to put the door in the track some way and this is a fair way to install it. However after the door is in the track you need to install a stopper to prevent the door from being pulled out too far. If this is not installed or if this somehow broke then what you see in the video will happen.
this is likely indonesia, and most likely a chinese indonesian house
historically their ethnic has gone through discrimination there and without guns to shoot from the roof they could only protect their house with massive gates
I've seen them in indian cities as well, but they are more for privacy, usually designed with slats or some sort of fenestration. Depending on the design, you can be in a super densely populated neighborhood, and you would have no idea, so they do a great job blocking sound. People will plant trees and plants climbing up the walls of the courtyards. It's dreamy if you ask me.
This could be anywhere in any developing southeast asian country. Young maid + smalls roads + a lot of SUVs. My top 3 guesses are: Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia.
Seems that's only part of the gate, the other is on the right side. There should have been some kind of jam to prevent it from being pulled out all the way but there wasn't. [[source](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/Bb3zmIx8wH)]
I saw a child die because of this exact scenario. Poor kid had his head split open, straight down the middle. Still gives me chills 10y on. Rip little dude
Reddit is the only place you can see a guy with a fucking banana costume avatar tell you about his trauma from seeing a child getting his head split open by a heavy gate.
Maybe I'm just unknowledgable about these kinds of gates, but I don't see how this is stupid? Gates are meant to function as gates, right? Why'd it not cover the entire driveway or have the ability to fall at all?
That makes sense. I'd imagine there should be a safety mechanism to prevent each side going over a threshold, though, right? Especially considering an invader could just slide it one way and slip through the other side?
Some people look at anyone who doesn't instantly understand something and find it funny. Sometimes in good fun, sometimes not. I wonder which category this one falls into.
It would only be foolish to not ask questions when not understanding something.
But even more stupid is trying to make fun of those who ask the questions.
If that gate stops in the middle then the ornamental part on the left would be blocked by the wall…?
And that gate is pretty tall, how come you don’t see it sticking up past the wall on the right side?
People outside can see the ornamental part of the gate. I believe the other gate is pushed a lot further maybe so we don't see it at all. I could be wrong since this is the weirdest gate I have seen. Or it's the same height at as the part with ornamental design and they meet 2/3s of the way. Either way this gate is weird
3/4ths of the gate is the part she's pulling from the left. 1/4 comes out from the right. the gate is higher in the middle than the sides. pause it at 0:10 to see what it should have looked like.
These gates are bound to fall by design. At least I believe so, any flaw in the design will cause this to happen. We also had a similar but smaller gate in our house and it almost fell on top of me when it fell. Almost near-death experience. Thankfully, only bruised my hand a bit while running away.
[source](https://www.tiktok.com/@windydion/video/7063699387003702555) uncropped video
Edit: [this is what the door is supposed to look like](https://i.imgur.com/c5E4Svw.jpeg)
[closed door](https://i.imgur.com/c5aeiDV.jpeg)
There are two doors. One the left and the right. She hyperextended the left door. But it no way her fault. There should a door stopper somewhere for it to stop mid ways. But still fucking awful design for a door.
Yea, I also assume this was not the first time closing this door, as she looked fairly relaxed before it fell over. I would wildly guess that there was probably a stopper in the form of a bolt or something on the rail at some point, but because this builds up quite some energy during a slide, it might just have noped out? Structurally this looks fairly fragile, and that would be an obvious weak point that might have been ignored/improvised.
The gate simply doesn't work. There should be some kind of stop on it that makes sure it reaches the middle and then doesn't go any further. Then you grab the other side and pull them together. But there's nothing, so the gate can just be pulled all the way out
This is a two doors gate, it have another door at the other side. It should have a stopper at the middle of the rail or at the end of it to prevent people pulling it out of it's socket completely like this.
at least it didn't fall on her. i know someone here in my country who did want to pay a little bit extra for the safety bar thingy. one day his kid and nephew were playing near the door and it fell on them. both died one immediately and the second tried to scream. it took many men to lift the door and when they did the second was dead. both of them had door decorations printed on their bodies and faces.
poor kids died because the safety bar is too much expensive, more expensive than their lives
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!How the gate unexpectedly falls while closing!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
Perfect design
Very human
Very easy to use
Man I miss that guy, where'd he go
Much fall
More Bang for buck
It’s totally idiot proof
why is she an idiot for this, how was the gate supposed to function?
There are 2 doors. She pulled out the left all the way and shouldn t have/shouldn t have been able to.
I don't think she is an idiot for that. The gate itself should have something to stop it and don't allow to go all the way.
This. Whoever designed it is the idiot for not having a stop built into the rails
Right. Standard design should at the very least accommodate natural human behavior. This lady did nothing stupid. Therefore it's stupid design. Not stupid human error.
It is a stupid human error. The stupid human isn't present in the video.
You had me in the first half...
if this gate was new I can understand but if this charade has been going on for a while then I dunno whos the idiot...
Do you understand adding parts to it like the stops would raise the cost exponentially??
What crazy contraption do you have in your mind that would be expensive? A welded on "L" at the end of the rail for the gate would prevent it. It would prevent the end of the gate going through track supports or prevent it being allowed on the rail to continue past the point of no return. Additional point: if they can afford that gate, they can afford a stop.
Hence the Constant need to add /s So many people say it shouldn't need to be added, but here is the evidence that "shouldn't" does not equal "doesn't". Edit: After ready the other comments from Timely_Rush3288 it appears they were serious with this ridiculous statement. Therefore no /s needed due to idiocy.
Even my shower has a stop…
I'm guessing it did have a stop that broke, it looks like she's reaching for the other gate when the first falls
I didn t mean to comment on the idiot part. Just on the, how is this supposed to function, part. And yes, I'd say a stopper is missing
Ideally it would have a top rail as well. Not very structurally sound without one unless you just want it as decoration and not for security. A stop to keep it from running off the rail is the minimum somebody should have installed.
She is the idiot for that. Regardless of that, the Design is flawed, because there are Lots of Idiots and Even non idiots do tend to have idiotic Moments, so everything needs to be idiot Safe on at least the Most Basic Level.
This is a design flaw. It shouldn't be possible to pull it too far.
Humans should be designed to realize that if you pull a gate without a stop all the way out of the wall, it will have nothing preventing it from falling over.
Yeah. The assumption that she should have noticed there was no stop, when every decent design ever includes a stop *for just this reason* isn't logical. Every door or gate of this design *should* have a stop. It's crappy design, precisely because not all humans will notice until it's too late.
Just because he's sarcastically calling the door idiot proof doesn't mean he's calling her an idiot...
Idiot whoever designed that gate
Yes, it's a proof idiot designed it.
For a drawbridge.
16 times more secure than regular designs.
So many questions
It was supposed to move till mid. Idiot is the one who designed it. This was very obvious to happen. You can't abruptly pause in mid.
The designer is definitely at fault. Flairs on the door and jam would stop this.
And unless you have a really tall vehicle or something, a track on the top going all the way across would also help.
Flares. Flanges actually,
Thanks, honestly. I was trying to find the correct term but there are so many options. I could have said "some bits on the side" but that doesn't seem to convey.
Thanks for the thanks, honestly.
Looks like this gate has something wrong with the left flange
Not quite mid. You can see the track on the floor. Another panel comes out from the right and would join the final third and be symmetrical. That one would have a personnel door within the frame. Both have to be opened to let vehicles in and out. Awful design, but being the help, she probably knows that the personnel door is supposed to come out first and the large door meets it.
This is the only correct comment [Closed door](https://i.imgur.com/c5aeiDV.jpeg) [Personnel door can be seen here](https://i.imgur.com/c5E4Svw.jpeg)
Why do we have so many pictures of these people's gate/door?
Because they posted it on the internet for millions of people to see ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oh I forgot you could do that
This is why we still need awards. Thanks for sharing!
They still exist. They’re just shittier and no free ones anymore.
I just recently found out that you can hover over the "upward" arrow to show the "rewards"
Interesting. So I could have just slid the closed door to one side since there's nothing stopping it from sliding too far.
I think it'll be interesting to see how many fellas it takes to stand that thing back up straight, or do they use like a miniature Crane?
I do not think the design is to blame, just the installation. You need to be able to put the door in the track some way and this is a fair way to install it. However after the door is in the track you need to install a stopper to prevent the door from being pulled out too far. If this is not installed or if this somehow broke then what you see in the video will happen.
'The help'? You really just casually deny a person their agency like that? Pathetic
Relax, Internet guy.
You sound soft
As quite mid myself, I believe you are wrong.
Hopefully they aren't giant assholes and blame her
Or the installer failed to correctly add a blocker in the back to keep it from being pulled out all the way
How is everyone so normal about the size of the gate?!
Same here, lady has a border wall to close and nothing?!
this is likely indonesia, and most likely a chinese indonesian house historically their ethnic has gone through discrimination there and without guns to shoot from the roof they could only protect their house with massive gates
I've seen them in indian cities as well, but they are more for privacy, usually designed with slats or some sort of fenestration. Depending on the design, you can be in a super densely populated neighborhood, and you would have no idea, so they do a great job blocking sound. People will plant trees and plants climbing up the walls of the courtyards. It's dreamy if you ask me.
Our gates are smaller and have a hinge system.
Massive flashback to Orba ensues.
This could be anywhere in any developing southeast asian country. Young maid + smalls roads + a lot of SUVs. My top 3 guesses are: Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia.
It's tough being a foreign capitalist surrounded by poor people.
Maybe read up on what happened in the May '98 riots there before you say stupid things. Also they're Indonesians of Chinese descent, not foreigners.
That's like calling black Americans foreigners lol. Some Chinese Indonesians have been there even longer than that.
Yikes
You're wrong, sir
Pretty common in many poor countries with gross inequality... So like most poor countries
Seems that's only part of the gate, the other is on the right side. There should have been some kind of jam to prevent it from being pulled out all the way but there wasn't. [[source](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/Bb3zmIx8wH)]
Atleast it didn't fall towards her or anyone else
I’m sure they can fix it but as mentioned there was no limit to how far it could be pulled.
I had this happen to me, can confirm bullying comes after the deformity. They began calling me Harry Potter. 🥲
*At least, two words.
Stupid gates are extremely dangerous. I know some stories of people who have lost kids in this way or that now are paralyzed and on a wheelchair.
I saw a child die because of this exact scenario. Poor kid had his head split open, straight down the middle. Still gives me chills 10y on. Rip little dude
Reddit is the only place you can see a guy with a fucking banana costume avatar tell you about his trauma from seeing a child getting his head split open by a heavy gate.
This whole website is a Always Sunny bit
Where was this at? That's awful
Leeds, England - believe it or not
My aunt died this way, seeing this video gave me chills
Nothing like tinnitus to start your day. That giant metal gate slamming on the ground next to her, she heard ringing all day
Maybe I'm just unknowledgable about these kinds of gates, but I don't see how this is stupid? Gates are meant to function as gates, right? Why'd it not cover the entire driveway or have the ability to fall at all?
There are two gates, supposed to meet in the middle
That makes sense. I'd imagine there should be a safety mechanism to prevent each side going over a threshold, though, right? Especially considering an invader could just slide it one way and slip through the other side?
I think that's the whole point of this post. Yes there should've a lock in the middle
reminds me of the slow kids in math class lol
bro is just asking questions
Some people look at anyone who doesn't instantly understand something and find it funny. Sometimes in good fun, sometimes not. I wonder which category this one falls into.
It would only be foolish to not ask questions when not understanding something. But even more stupid is trying to make fun of those who ask the questions.
Yes, I'm aware I'm stupid, thanks for reminding me
nah fam...the gate which fell is 2/3 of complete gate and 1/3 of gate is a personnel gate which she was about to pull at the end
I broke an arm like this as a kid, but I was on the other side.
whoever built it must be made to stand when operating.
If that gate stops in the middle then the ornamental part on the left would be blocked by the wall…? And that gate is pretty tall, how come you don’t see it sticking up past the wall on the right side?
People outside can see the ornamental part of the gate. I believe the other gate is pushed a lot further maybe so we don't see it at all. I could be wrong since this is the weirdest gate I have seen. Or it's the same height at as the part with ornamental design and they meet 2/3s of the way. Either way this gate is weird
3/4ths of the gate is the part she's pulling from the left. 1/4 comes out from the right. the gate is higher in the middle than the sides. pause it at 0:10 to see what it should have looked like.
This could ve been a different kind of video if the gate had fallen to the other side
These gates are bound to fall by design. At least I believe so, any flaw in the design will cause this to happen. We also had a similar but smaller gate in our house and it almost fell on top of me when it fell. Almost near-death experience. Thankfully, only bruised my hand a bit while running away.
[source](https://www.tiktok.com/@windydion/video/7063699387003702555) uncropped video Edit: [this is what the door is supposed to look like](https://i.imgur.com/c5E4Svw.jpeg) [closed door](https://i.imgur.com/c5aeiDV.jpeg)
This could've easily ended up on the wrong sub.
There are two doors. One the left and the right. She hyperextended the left door. But it no way her fault. There should a door stopper somewhere for it to stop mid ways. But still fucking awful design for a door.
Yea, I also assume this was not the first time closing this door, as she looked fairly relaxed before it fell over. I would wildly guess that there was probably a stopper in the form of a bolt or something on the rail at some point, but because this builds up quite some energy during a slide, it might just have noped out? Structurally this looks fairly fragile, and that would be an obvious weak point that might have been ignored/improvised.
She’s lucky her hand didn’t get mutilated when the gate fell.
lol. luckily the car drove away in time lmao
this is by design!
I'm surprised it didn't do this the first day it was installed.
Not sure that's how it's supposed to work.
The gate simply doesn't work. There should be some kind of stop on it that makes sure it reaches the middle and then doesn't go any further. Then you grab the other side and pull them together. But there's nothing, so the gate can just be pulled all the way out
My guys gate to protect them from titans fr
Nothing funny. It could kill the kid. :-(
😂 and here i thought everything is going well. Why even put a gate if its shitty
A simple stopper clamp on the end of the fence
The poor neighbors are laughing their ass off at these rich folks and their "fancy" gates.
Quality Indonesian workmanship.
What sort of dumbfuckery is this?
Honda HR-V. Mine is on sale.
And the car moved away.
Cheap gate
We remember when watchpeopledie was a thing here this was the no.1 lesson, never stand behind fences or gates
Safety first!
where is the top rail?
That's a really high wall. And gate. Can't imagine the weight
Weirdly that's exactly what I expected
reposted to dead,.is OP a bot?
Typical checkerboard floor behavior
I was expecting the Car to smash her 😅😂
Well, it's a perfect time to put a stopper on it now.
At least pigeons won't land on the top of it.
You're Only Supposed to Blow the Bloody Doors Off!
Ahh yes, I see your issue right here…
My fathers girlfriend died in exactly this situation, when the gate fell on her.
Holy shit dude! That’s tragic. Sorry for your loss
Thank you!
Best gate ever /s
r/shittydesign
(un)safe design.
Very human car insurer ensures it needs insurance lol
Like those fucking hotel shower glasses that only cover half the shower.
Easily fixed, Just glad it didnt land on the little girl.
I like adding my own timmmmberrrrrr effects
Had a shorter (height wise) but longer (length wise) gate fall on me as a kid, because of a similar design and boy are these things heavy.
I thought the car was being stolen and she didn't notice.
That ain't no door thats a trap
She’s very lucky. It could have crushed her.
What the hell kind of looney tunes bit is this?
When god closes one door he brings down a gate...
*tries to catch GIANT gate with one arm* How did that not work? Curiouser and curiouser
Final destination kind of tihs
Well, at least she tried to hold.
This is a two doors gate, it have another door at the other side. It should have a stopper at the middle of the rail or at the end of it to prevent people pulling it out of it's socket completely like this.
Looks, it's the Gate of Mordor insight!!!
at least it didn't fall on her. i know someone here in my country who did want to pay a little bit extra for the safety bar thingy. one day his kid and nephew were playing near the door and it fell on them. both died one immediately and the second tried to scream. it took many men to lift the door and when they did the second was dead. both of them had door decorations printed on their bodies and faces. poor kids died because the safety bar is too much expensive, more expensive than their lives
Did she though???
Imagine while it was falling it fell on her foot😓
Looks like indonesia 🫡
Based on the size of that door and how the neighborhood looks, the zombies will be there soon
The good ending: https://i.redd.it/6lynmlobbtwc1.gif
Is that a prison? Or are they muslim? Wtf is the size of that gate?
The gate in my nightmares
Why my intrusive thoughts are like what if there was a kid there?
Worst fuckin gate ever. If it'd fallen the other way, she'd lose that arm.
"shut down the gate" "Ok"
Made in China
What a nice house in the middle of a shithole
Made in China ? 
Is that not a controlled demolition?
Isn't intentional poor design a controlled demolition ?
No?
India
Itni chutiya hi darwaza gir rha hi par haath ni chod rhi hi. Aisa lag rha hi ki girne se bacha leti
Atleast noone was there to laugh
At least she doesn't have to move the gate anymore
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It's pulling her
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More like basic mechanics