What is wrong in this picture?

[T_R_Oglodyte]

 

[jonmaiman]

Ramps over the hoses won't be effective for a train.

--Jon

 

[DaveNV]

What’s wrong is the idiot who installed the ramps is still employed.

Dave

 

[easyrider]

Nothing wrong with the picture, imo. I will let other figure it out for themselves. Pretty funny !!!

Bill

 

[rickandcindy23]

Hilarious. Who did that?

 

[geist1223]

It the Fire Department Ramps work and protect the hose they will derail the train.

 

[WVBaker]

https://wongm.com/2014/04/fire-hose-across-railway-tracks/

Just a side note:

Much discussion ensued about what country the photo was taken in, and whether the fire fighters had a clue about what they were doing.

As it happens, the photo was taken in Belgium by a fire fighter named Tom Bongaerts, who posted it to Facebook on April 5:

And the reason for the hose over the tracks – it was a prank played by the fire brigade, as Tom writes in a follow up post:

"Hey, this past week our funny photo went viral throughout the whole world. Thousands of shares and likes in many different countries! Once and for all: the picture was taken in Belgium, in a small village called Bornem."

"After a minor intervention, we had some time left near the railway to make this picture. Since there were no trains running at all for a week due to maintenance works, we can state that our joke was a real success! Thanks to our entire team, 2nd sqdn Firefighters Bornem!"

 

[DRIless]

What’s wrong is the idiot who installed the ramps is still employed. Dave

And we depend on them for saving us in a fire emergency!
..... a nice/funny diversion in the hectic day of emergency responders.

 

[pedro47]

Nice prank, by the local fire brigade. LOL.

 

[DaveNV]

With the extra information that it was a joke, I retract my earlier comment. The first time I saw it, I thought it had to be a joke, that nobody could be that dumb.i I was told (then) that it was for real.

I’m glad it was a joke. But given the level of common sense I’m seeing lately in some circles, you can’t assume anything.

Dave

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

With the extra information that it was a joke, I retract my earlier comment. The first time I saw it, I thought it had to be a joke, that nobody could be that dumb.i I was told (then) that it was for real.

I’m glad it was a joke. But given the level of common sense I’m seeing lately in some circles, you can’t assume anything.

Dave

If you make something idiot-proof, nature will always respond by evolving a more advanced idiot.

 

[Sea Six]

I thought they did it just in case the engineer would notice and try to stop the train in time.