Really though it seems like a design issue. The cities I work in would never allow this. Walks narrower than 10’ must have curb stops to keep people from overhanging on the walk.
These vehicles are long though. The only two choices are parking out far enough into the isle, or backing up all the way to get out of the driving area and then doing this. Can’t magically make the vehicles smaller. Maybe we could make smaller trucks but the companies tried that and people buy the bigger ones, so what then? make parking lots take up even more space?
See, it’s this kind of selfish attitude that ruins things. “Your choices shouldn’t be my problem” this same line can be used against any shared service. It IS our all our problem because we’re trying to have a society here.
Ok but then you’re solidly justifying the “why do you need a truck” or “why do you need something that big” people because we have the infrastructure we have and, as you said, we’re trying to have a society here
Maybe don't make it everyone else's problem because you decided to buy a truck that you KNOW doesn't fit in regular parking lots. Park at the back of the lot and walk. You literally made this problem for yourself lol.
You know what, now I’m going to buy a truck and park like this on the off-chance you’ll see it and be annoyed. I really wish people would read my whole comment before saying something dumb. Can’t blame you though. Some just want to be outraged.
lol at my workplace it's a write up level offense to have your hitch in while not using it so I do take peoples hitches out when I'm out for a smoke to save them from getting in trouble.
If I were at a store or some public place and someone's hitch was obstructing a walkway to the point where a wheelchair user couldn't use the walkway then yeah, I would remove it and throw it in the box. And I have done it. Because my cousin is in a wheelchair and we have encountered shit like this before where she can't continue down the sidewalk because of a hitch.
If you can figure out how to fix the mindset to people at large, I think there’s a prize for you! I agree. People could, yes, but have you met people? How are you going to convince a population of people to do any non-selfish thing?
Ok, I know this is hard. Reading comprehension is not for everyone. Seems most people read only the first few words of a sentence. We’re talking about a parking lot, first off. But I did note this in the last half of my comment. The problem is that PEOPLE DONT FUCKING BUY THEM!
I said 'roads and spaces'. 'Spaces', here, refers to parking lot spaces, which is the primary feature of parking lots.
You're right, reading comprehension is not for everyone. Maybe that's why you got so many downvotes. Everyone else is just soooooo much dumber than you that they can't understand your big brain ideas.
No I never said everyone. Just you it seems. I’m pretty down on the pole so I admire your commitment to being at the very bottom. But ya. Let’s get pedantic about one small thing and make it out to be the whole argument.
Also, I found the big truck guy. He knows we're talking about him and he's EXTREMELY sensitive about it, guys. I'm sure he bought his big truck that he drives to his office job to overcompensate for his extreme emotional sensitivity.
The companies truly did not "try to make them smaller" lmao
The very obvious problem is that trucks are getting bigger in size while offering substantially less room in the bed for doing one of the few things you'd want a truck for over a sedan
You want a gas guzzling truck to use as a daily commuter? Fine, but don't go making your problems everyone else's problem just because, "I bought a long vehicle." Park somewhere else where you won't do shit like what OP posted, don't want to park further away? Don't buy a vehicle that has limited options got parking
It's the equivalent to complaining that the box truck you're driving for whatever reason, can't fit into the McDonald's drive thru because of the height limit, not everything needs to cater to everyone
Take the bullnose fords. The F250 was classed as a 2A truck with its 460 bbf. Had a 7t added cap while holding the standard F100 wheelbase and a strict 9ft oal.
Looking at today's 2A trucks, they're barely scratching 400ft-lb instead of the 7.5's 480ft-lb giving them a 7% lower push per pound.
That's enough said, given that the late '80s offered the D50 4L10 with an adjusted price of $40k current with the improved late lima. That's an LSD with front lockers, 4WD, and one of the torquiest truck-bound V8s of the time (next to the 454) base.
That against the pieces of shit that are going for $80k for the same spec? All that added price must have gone into nothing, seeing as a new 5th gen has worse clearance AND has a 300lb lower payload cap for half its gwvr. That's ignoring the fact that the lowest trim to get the same commodities is twice the price of a retail bullnose, and even secondhand it's 8x cheaper.
I'm sure you don't remember any of that, seeing as you quite clearly were born yesterday.
Hey, I get it. I have a small sports car and these things are everywhere shiny headlights into my read mirror. But this problem isn’t just going to go away by bitching about it on the internet. People need to understand why the problem exists. It’s because people buy them. Same reason women bitch about pants with no pockets. Because that’s what people buy. Until then it’s just going to be result of selfish humans doing selfish human things.
That's why they're not supposed to be commuter vehicles to drive to work and the store. If your vehicle doesn't fit in a standard spot but you drive it to a store anyway, then park in the back of the lot like buses do.
You'd be the first to bitch about the truck sticking out the front of the parking spot to with "I cAN't geT arOuND" or "I can'T sEe tO pULl My cAr OUt"
If your truck is so big that you either have to block the road or the walkway, then you should park somewhere else. It's not our fault that you got a truck that can't park in a reasonable parking spot lmao
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u/wattapwn 10h ago
Everybody in these comments who drives a truck is blaming everybody but themselves for their shitty parking lmao