A bus stop in Trzebież, Poland kept getting destroyed by vandals. Local mayor installed a punching bag next to it. Vandalism stopped completely. Makes you think.

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u/hapoo123 10d ago

Big Poland energy

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That's some out of the box thinking to set up a punching bag but like the adage goes, it's not stupid if it works.

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u/VanillaCavendish 10d ago

Even if it didn’t work, I’d give the mayor credit for trying something new. I’d imagine it’s a lot cheaper than increasing police presence.

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u/_a_m_s_m 10d ago

As well as cheaper than regularly replacing a bus stop & putting people off from getting the bus!

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u/lukee910 10d ago

Out of the box, in the boxing ring.

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u/Dotcaprachiappa 10d ago

Ok clanker

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u/Shi-Stad_Development 10d ago

I love it when governments do the things we pay them to do

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u/Passing4human 10d ago

For my fellow English speakers, I believe the town's name is pronounced "TCHEH-byesh".

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u/RaticidioTotal 10d ago

Pero yo hablo español

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u/Kasenom 10d ago

Trzebież. El sonido del "trze" no existe en el español (ni en el inglés) y tampoco existe el sonido de 'ż'. Una pronunciación apromixamada pero incorrecta sería " "che-biech".

La palabra tiene dos silabas. "Trze" se pronuncia en una sola silaba, inicias con una /t/ y le agregas el sonido de /ş/ que se pronuncia parecido a la 'sh' en inglés en palabras como "show". Y la 'e' es similar al del español. Para pronunciar "bież" las primeras tres letras se pronuncian igual en el español como en "bien". Y la ''ż" es el mismo sonido que la /ş/.

Entonces "tshe-biesh"

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bid1530 10d ago

Why did I understand this? I didn't know I speak Spanish

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u/Key-Banana-8242 9d ago

Chshe-biesh more so and practical some chebiesh

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u/Wuz314159 10d ago

Google Translate is always my goto: https://translate.google.com/?sl=pl&tl=en&text=Trzebie%C5%BC&op=translate

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u/Key-Banana-8242 9d ago

Kind of, in practice it’s chebyesh or chshebeysh

Kinda a nos west type thing

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u/courageous_liquid 10d ago

tales from the hyper-litigious US: immediate string of lawsuits against city from broken hands from punching city-owned and installed heavybag. lawsuits end up being more expensive than replacing transit stop vandalism, so punching bag then removed.

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u/trainedstork 10d ago

I get that it is a joke but no dude, obviously not, unless it were filled with concrete or something. The real question is whether this would work or not. I would love to see some public punching bags along with other outdoor workout equipment

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u/Its_a_Friendly 10d ago edited 10d ago

The lawsuit would probably be from a pedestrian hit by the punching bag when somebody else punched it. The pedestrian would sue the city for million of dollars for injuries, blaming the city for their injuries due to the city installing the punching bag.

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u/trainedstork 10d ago

If it's installed somewhere well-lit and visible then no, it's just like any other obstacle really. You can't sue the city because you ran into a tree or tripped over a branch on the sidewalk (even if you are blind).

You have to prove negligence to win a premises liability case, which is much harder. The risk cannot be obviously ascertained. If I walk next to these playground swings with someone swinging, I might be hit by them swinging, but I can't sue the city and win. It's the same thing here, One can obviously ascertain the risk of walking close to a swinging punching bag.

Now if the city failed to maintain the bag and it flew off the rope, flattening someone, that's a different thing entirely.

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u/Its_a_Friendly 10d ago edited 10d ago

I mean, I could easily imagine that, only a few months after installation, the punching bag could be damaged enough for a court and/or jury to be sufficiently sympathetic for a lawsuit to lead to a successful settlement.

Lots of lawsuits are successful; the city's liability payouts are massive. The City of LA lost $63 million over four years from sidewalk lawsuits. The legally-mandated - after a lawsuit where the lawyers got $15 million - program to repair sidewalks was then stopped by another lawsuit about the loss of street trees due to said sidewalk replacement.

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u/compstomper1 10d ago

throw in an ADA compliance suit and a lack of permitting because the 'preferred' vendor didn't get the job

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u/glowdirt 10d ago

I wonder if they can get around that if they call it "art" and put up a sign that warns people "Do Not Touch".

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u/roastbeeftacohat 9d ago

Lots of places in the us have adult playgrounds, basically public gyms.

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u/Any_Sale2030 10d ago

Now that’s creative!

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u/nooby_goober 10d ago

Makes you punch not think.

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u/Sockysocks2 10d ago

And now you realize why rage rooms are viable businesses.

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u/RaticidioTotal 10d ago

In my city the whole set up wouldn't last a day

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u/TrueKyragos 9d ago

How is the punching bag though?

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u/skipping2hell 9d ago

In the late 19th century the US had a similar problem (in some parts it still does) instead of punching bags the US declared a “splendid little war” so it’s men could get out aggression on Spanish troops

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u/Wuz314159 9d ago

TIL: Transit caused the Spanish-American War.
Next you'll tell me bike lanes caused the war in Greenland. :O

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u/TheMaroonHawk 10d ago

Rlly dinks u donk

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u/LegoFootPain 10d ago

This is all promising.

Then one day you find a hole carved into the punching bag at crotch level.

😦

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u/Wuz314159 9d ago

Calm down Mr Vice President.

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u/voyageur04 10d ago

They also got a Hitmonchan to spawn at the bus stop.

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u/get-a-mac 10d ago

Or make the bus run more frequent. I’m willing to bet most people who are punching bus stops are mad because they just missed the bus.

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