Spot the Tort: Fixing Dangerous Conditions on the Cheap

dangerous sidewalk condition
When paint is not enough, add a warning cone, but do not, under any circumstances, consider actually repairing the dangerous condition.

Good news!  Well, kind of, sort of.  Visitors might recall the treacherous sidewalk abyss adjacent to a busy Memphis street that I regularly walk on. The first attempted fix was to spray orange paint around the edge.

But maybe someone broke their leg despite that aggressive risk-reducing measure, because now the city has a new fix: an orange cone! Cement apparently is still not being considered.

But, oops, we also have a new problem a couple yards farther down: a curb stone in the middle of the sidewalk.

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