America is completely unwalkable already. It is crazy almost everybody basically has to have a car and drive to get groceries. Totally by design. European countries arent designed so that literally everyone has to have a car to do anything.
To be fair, most of those cities developed long before anything other than walking was an option. The oldest parts of America's first cities were/are similar.
Cars made Suburbs feasible, and Suburbs made cars necessary.
not much better if they park the other way around. leaving the hitch on and having it stick out in a parking lot where it is often hard to see it sticking out is a dick move in general.
If the vehicle is locked, leaving it in a safe spot like the roof is an alternative. Please be considerate of short truck owners as they might not be able to reach it.
I used to deal with this idiocy in my downtown neighborhood back in the day, walking my dog. If it was particularly egregious and repetitive, I'd hang my dog shit bag on their hitch. I don't know if it's ethical or whatever. It just felt like the right thing to do.
Exactly. I tow a travel trailer for camping in the summer. The first thing I do once the trailer is detached and setup is take the hitch off the truck. Literally less than 30 seconds of effort.
I move a boat around most weekends. I admit I do forget if I run home or something, bit I drive a jeep and never park like that. It is always off by the time I get home as I cannot close the garage. These guys are simply inconsiderate idiots.
Aren’t these hitches pretty expensive ? I don’t have one yet but if I did I would imagine they can get stolen pretty quick when not hooked up to something
Or any other car on the road. The turn a fender bender into a new radiator, ac condenser, bumper, covers.
Bumpers aren't meat to withstand all the force on a 3 inch wide patch.
Personal experience with dozens of people who drive these big trucks, they don’t give a rat’s ass about anyone other than themselves and maybe some close family members. You don’t matter to them.
That’s the point. Drivers of large trucks enjoy when others suffer due to the size of their vehicle. There’s also a lot of social pressure on American males to drive a truck. They will pay 3 times the cost of a regular car to be seen driving one of these. Driving a practical car is embarrassing in much of the country.
To be fair the reason they park like this is out of consideration for other drivers having more room to maneuver in the parking lot. So even if it’s a bad idea it’s not a totally inconsiderate gesture.
I drive a pickup and have to pull a similar maneuver all the time but I don’t block sidewalks unless I’m at the last stall in the lot and the sidewalk terminates at my parking space. But I’ll hang my bumper over landscaping and stuff all the time so I’m not crowding the lot.
I’d assume the restaurant has handicap parking stalls as well.
Or just be smart about how you park. I’m not trying to get my hands all greasy and have a hitch constantly sliding around in the bed because it’s a pet peeve for people on reddit.
Yeah again, I’m perfectly capable of keeping a hitch on and not inconveniencing people. Plus it’s saved my bumper from fender benders twice so… not gonna change that habit.
The one where I described driving with a hitch on my pickup… So somebody says that they keep their hitch on their pickup and make a concentrated effort not to inconvenience others with their parking and you think, “huh, must be a shitty person?”
FYI I often park at the back of lots or several blocks further than the first available space for these same reasons. And I make a huge effort not to keep heavy items like trailer hitches loose in the bed of my pickup because I’ve seen the damage they can cause in an accident.
That seems considerate to me, but it’s certainly not as fun to rage about on Reddit.
It’s a dick move universally. Reddit is just where you are currently hearing about it, but I assure you the sentiment exists on the sidewalks all the same.
Not everyone who needs a clear sidewalk are going to use the handicap parking spots. It is an inconsiderate gesture when more care is taken for the parking lot than anyone who may need the sidewalk.
They park like this because it's easier to pull straight out of a parking spot after drinking a few at the steak house. No one cares how you live your life.
Backing in is without a doubt the safer approach. Continuing to back your bumper beyond the spot is what makes more room for drivers in the lot. It’s a common and acceptable practice in the event that you’re backing over something like a landscaped lot median or lawn vs a walkway.
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No consideration for the handicapped or elderly