I drive a big truck. You know where my hitch stays when not in use? The fucking cab. I've never understood why people leave them on their trucks. It's not convenient to leave it on because it makes it harder to back up without hitting something.
I knew some people who would leave them in, with the only reason being that if they were rear ended the other car would get totaled by having their radiator get punctured by it. Ignoring any possibility that a small fender bender might damage their truck's frame or they could be the one backing into someone.
You know, typically asshole truck driver things.
Saw a Saturn SL rear-ended a RAV4 with the hitch sticking out. Didn't damage the Saturn much as I drove by but the hitch frame had bent and punture the RAV4's gas tank! It was leaking all over the road!
Lots of people put bike racks on small cars with a 1.25 inch hitch. I’ve run a bike rack on my trucks for 25 years, I ride several times each week. But it was only a couple of years ago that I realized what an impediment it was to others, particularly people on wheel chairs, so I only park like that if I’m the in the last spot in a row.
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u/BeardedSeagul 6h ago
I drive a big truck. You know where my hitch stays when not in use? The fucking cab. I've never understood why people leave them on their trucks. It's not convenient to leave it on because it makes it harder to back up without hitting something.