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by unyttigfjelltol 528 days ago
And if an accident occurred because a typhoon washed out the antenna, people would argue a concrete foundation would have been safer.

As an aside, this reminds of the consideration highway bureaus in the US give to trees and poles.[1] Trees are removed and poles should break easily and fall after a vehicle impact. This comes to mind because I have given most thought to these considerations as a pedestrian, regretting tree removals and feeling exposed to passing cars in a system designed to accommodate them safely (for them) departing the roadway anywhere, anytime. Of course, sometimes broken poles fall on cars or people, power outages are more routine especially after vehicular accidents, and there are other tradeoffs too, some of which are safety-related.

[1] https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/countermeasures/saf...