Paul Hobson wrote:

: I remember reading about this photo a while back. It was taken to
: demonstrate to the local gov't (in China) that the roads needed some
: serious work. With that in mind, the photographer went out to the
: location where he new there was a huge pothole that collected water
: during big storm events. He sat there and waited for a cyclist (a
: delivery worker in this case, IIRC) to ride into the trap that he
: knew existed. For this, the photographer was heavily criticized.

Amazing.....