30 Times People Ignored The Designated Paths In The Name Of Convenience (New Pics)

Well done Jason.

That's actually very nice...

Smart. Here is somone who actually took in what people wanted.

Sometimes the direct path is too steep for someone using a wheechair, that's may be the reason for the long path.

Detour? Me?? Naaaah...

If this could only work in videogames...

Looks like a cattle road

That is nice

One to Narnia and one to the Shire

works for me!

One would think that the road should lead to the door so...

Lets see how many trees they plant

Beautiful! Looks like a virtual staircase.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it looks like a path in a park to me, and paths in parks are made for walking so there is no point in taking shortcuts, but to enjoy the walk itself and the conversations with whoever you are walking with.

Lol

Kind of cute. I would put a statue or work of art in the triangle.

Happy crossings!!

Beautiful picture!!

A desire is a desire, large or small.

Couldn't get there fast enough!

What did they think was going to happen

Toddler-Positioning-System working well here.

This sign was put up by local council to cover their own a*s, in case anyone slips and breaks their neck. There's probably a paved walkway just out of the picture.

even walk paths get pot holes...lol

I’d stick to the lit road

Why do planners always think we only want to meander around?

This is excellent at keeping cars, and other heavy vehicles off the path whilst still keeping it fully available for pedestrians. It looks like some cyclists decided on a desire bike path, and I can't blame them.

Now it's a desire-hopping path!

Boston?

When a famous architect was putting up a new office complex a few decades ago, he deliberately did *not* put in any sidewalks/footpaths once construction was done. He waited a couple of months, noted where the grass was worn down, and that's where he had the permanent footpaths put in.

Lets go outside and enjoy nature, but not too much though

Those who have not been hit by a train as yet don't care...and those who HAVE been hit...well...they don't either.

Well the fence has a giant hole in it

You would see an imprint of my face in the dirt at the bottom..

Goooaaaalllll!!!!

In Vilnius a couple of new neighborhoods didn't initially build paths until the identified desired paths. That was in the 1960s, after Stalin was gone, but before the USSR government decided that the best way for the leadership to live in comfort and luxury was to let the country stagnate.

That's where they stamp their feet in protest?

This would look fantastic if the old desire path was forked over, and spring bulbs planted. It could be a riot of tulips and daffodils.

this one isn't from cyclists, its from cars not turning the junction tight enough and going off the edge of the road. you can see it at the other sides of the junction too

Created by dog owners, as the dog want the trees and the humans follow

Again, it’s not about saving time. The designed way is just very narrow, unwelcoming and weird. I would literally need to choose it deliberately every time I walk there. If I would just walk without putting much thinking to it, I would never go the “correct” way.

That is sad

Doesn't belong. UK Footpaths are mapped not desire paths. Ok some go back 5000 years, but still.