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Imagine having to rely on a wheelchair here.
Alright, which Deregulated Red Run Oblast is this?
What’s with all the free trailer hitches?
My first thought as well. Doubt any of these have locks. I don’t understand leaving it on. I travel on an RV and remove my hitch and store it as soon as the RV is disconnected.
I had enough spacial awareness not to block a walkway when I towed but the reason to leave it on is because it can protect your car.
Twice I had someone fail to break, and slam into the back of my car.
Twice my car was fine, and twice the dickhead on the phone ended up with a tow hitch sized hole in the front of their car.
My first hitch came with and got stolen within a 3 days of having it.
My first thought. I couldn’t imagine the foot pursuit, but I could imagine opening the amazon trailer hitch shop.
Hate those fucken assholes. Pavement princess driving motherfuckers.
It literally takes less than 30 seconds to bend down, pull the cotter clip, pull the pin, and toss the hitch end in the bed. Saves the shins and kneecaps of yourself and everyone else.
Not to mention anyone in a wheelchair can just get fucked walking around these minefields
I had an uncle that would quite literally do that and throw the hitch(es) into the bed of the truck every single time he walked through a parking lot. If he had to do that to multiple trucks before getting to the store so be it.
Good man.
I do the same, but with bicycle lights that people have left on. I know how annoying it is to find your battery empty.
Knew someone who deliberately left it out because they thought it would help mitigate someone nudging into their backend.
To their credit, it actually worked once, someone got a hitch sized hole in their front bumper for a low speed collision.
On the other hand, this person also kept banging their own shin on their tow hitch… But they thought it was worth it anyway…
I got a hitch sized hole in my bumper because some asshole backed into my parked car and drove off.
To this person’s credit, they always seemed to take backing up seriously and slowly and kept quite a distance from everyone… also very carefully parked as straight as possible, and never over any of the lines. Still since they only tow about once a week, it’s kind of silly to have that hitch in all the time.
Unlike another colleague who doesn’t have a tow hitch, but always pushes his luck and has on occasion given a nudge to a parked car with his pickup, and never parks straight and usually parks over the middle lines…
How else will anyone know that they used their truck for something more than getting groceries? They have to let everyone know they tow a lawn mower with the ridiculously large truck.
There’s got to be some meth-head scrappers that need this information.
Or toss it in through the back window
Definitely don’t buy a bunch of those big elastic bands for workouts and loop the cars together in pairs.
As a non-alternative (i.e. don’t do this either) the same pairings but with a thin rope with a self-tightening knot.
It will break without any noticeable effort from the car, but will probably make a big bang.
This picture irritates me so much
If this is the same picture I saw years ago. This is from a farm college. So they kinda need the toe hooks.
This is what every Sunday grocery trip looks like in Montana
Most places it illegal to have them on when not in use. Most people leave them on as a form of crash protection, like in a parking lot.
I’m sure it depends if you are living in a city that is run by chuds.
Yeah though I imagine we disagree on who the chud is or why. Selfishness isn’t patriotism or freedom bud.
Sure, but could they teach them how to park then?
Toe hooks huh… Must be some big feet…
But even with or without hitches, their rear ends are intruding beyond their parking spots. I know that’s also a challenge with these long ass trucks, but if it were a lot designed specifically for this demographic, it should have the spots appropriate.
4x4 Off-Road
Has never seen anything but paved roads its entire life.
I’ve heard the phrase “pavement princess” used for such vehicles
I’ve been using “emotional support vehicle” lately.
My buddy uses “gender affirming vehicle” all the time. 😆
I’ve also heard “mall terrain vehicle”
If it’s lifted on skinny tires it’s a bro-dozer. The tires are always bald all-terrain tires.
I call folks who drive them “rural identifying persons”
It’s just marketing, anyway. Stock trucks are garbage offroad.
Is it illegal to own a sedan there?
Basically yes. Their emissions laws are written so that bigger cars can produce more CO2 and other emissions. So small cars are not viable while large cars are barely regulated.
They don’t make sedans anymore. They’ve gone the way of the station wagon
I heard they are ICEs next target /s
please accidentally ban the other ICE 🤞
Imagine trying to get a shopping cart through that. I imagine that’s probably a Bass Pro Shops parking lot.
Some evil part of me would be tempted to take some chain and knit those trailer hitches together all down the line.
Foot pursuit? This is clearly in America. They just gonna shoot your ass cuz the average cop wouldn’t even fit in a corridor that narrow.
Woah there, let’s not jump to conclusions! You can’t just assume the person they’re chasing is black.
How are none of these in their spaces?
Because it’s literally impossible for these assholes to fit their unnecessary behemoths into a real parking spot. The same people who own these complain about parking spots being small, parking garage ceilings being too low, and gas being too expensive. They act like it’s society’s fault. Fucking chuds
I was at a family party where this guy with the largest pickup I’d ever seen constantly complained about how expensive gas was and how it was Biden’s fault. It quickly became apparent that he only drove the thing the hour drive back and forth from his office job. Truck looked like new despite being a couple years old, save for highway tire wear.
Why on earth does he think we should all subsidize his absurd and impractical vehicle’s fuel? And I’m sure he complains about entitled people on welfare.
My shins are already hurting by just looking at it.
All of them are so proud of their back-in parking skills thinking that space is for them. Meanwhile handicapped and children have to walk in the way of them, ironically dodging the same trucks that are so tall that they can’t be seen
This happens where I live and I keep wondering how crazy I would be to complain about it. The parking spots aren’t long enough for trucks, so they back in and completely cover the sidewalk. I need to use mobility devices to get around and usually have to fight my way through the grass because there isn’t enough room for my walker. I’m not looking forward to this fight when snow is on the ground
Make a habit of removing their tow hitches so you can get past.
And there’s a convenient truck bed right there to deposit it into.
As much as I love this idea, especially the suggestion to place it like a parking ticket, I have less dexterity in my hands than I do in my legs lol
Maybe I need to befriend a few neighborhood urchins xD
Perhaps a foghorn installed on your mobility devices?
Note, do not steal them, just lay them on the ground under the truck so they can retrieve it. Reality is that they almost certainly won’t look at all before leaving and never know where it went.
Yeah I think it’s time for an urbanism community here on Lemmy. I’ve been on the fence but I’m all for spreading more awareness that things like this are not normal.
Parking like that is way easier than parking hood-first, lol.
Tie them together!
What’s with the towball being top and bottom?
For when you’re towing in Australia.
Different size for larger trailers over 3.5t. 50mm or 75mm typical use in Australia.
2" or 3" ball in NA to my understanding. They rotate around.
NA has 3 common ball sizes for pickup trucks: 1 7/8" for tiny trailers under 2,000 lbs; 2" for most trailers under 6,000 lbs; 2 5/16" for large/commercial trailers under 10,000 lbs
Theb you also have pintle hitches, and with wheel.
