I am a civil engineer and design a lot of things that get built and used by people of all types.

Sometimes I do something that doesn't seem to make sense, "there are better ways to do that," etc. There are, but I am not designing for an independent thinker who is capable of pointing such things out. I'm designing for the 4th percentile moron. Most things that are not moron-proof will fail eventually because of it.

Bicycling is like that.

Glad you're safe.