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F these, even in urban England (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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In London, England, where the roads are narrow, the parking spaces are limited and we have plenty of availability of vans that can actually fit things in, we still get these a*holes with their unnecessary large pick up trucks made for a road system completely different to ours...

These spaces are wider than usual and long enough to fit them but they still have to park like w*nkers blocking the only footpath around!

I mean, I have a 5 door hatchback and know that my car overhangs the back wheels, as does any primary school kid drawing a car...

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago

This community is called "Fuck Cars", you don't have to censor the word asshole and wanker.

We're all adults here.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That should count as parking on the pavement violation imo

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Where I live, if the vehicle doesn't fit inside the lines, it's illegally parked. Even if it's the mirrors/bumper/hitch.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So many people think "if my wheels are in the space it's ok" and it drives me insane

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Where I live cars are like a natural creatures of the urban environment with their own will and can't be blamed. Stroller goes on the street very often because of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Even some people I know try to defend drivers who double park and block the bike parking when I complain about them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

I don't know what the laws are like in the UK, but I would be surprised, if it did not. Governments don't build wide footpaths for the fun of it. They exist to allow parents with prams/strollers as well as folks in wheelchairs to pass. When someone blocks the path, no matter the acrobatics they undertake to not actually have wheels on the path, that still makes the path unusable for its intended purpose.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

If a vehicle is too large to be parked safely, it shouldn't be permitted in regular spots.

Have a special parking area away from the building for these monster trucks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

As a londoner who hates cars, im not even bullshitting you I would have put that bin on top of the truck bed and carried on past

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That's a ford ranger, which is only a bit longer (~200mm) than a short wheel base Mercedes sprinter and significantly shorter (~1800mm) than the extended wheel base version

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's true, things can be even worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

People carrying things are the ones who probably should have cars. No one is taking a few hundred kilos of cement on the bus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The tilde symbols you used are ~messing up the formatting~ on jerboa.

Just thought you might like to know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Huh, never had that issue pointed out before, thanks !

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Me in my wheelchair 👁️👄👁️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

get a cow catcher attached to the front and just flip that fucker at high speed

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Off topic but do people censor wankers? Is it that level of swear? I thought it was on the same level as "crap" where it's a crass word but not exactly vulgarity

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hmm, my impression was that it's mainly Australia, where they say it like it's a friendly morning greeting. UK folks certainly still say it, but it is deemed rude, and I could see some folks deciding to censor when writing it down, especially when it's used as a proper insult like here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

What a bunch of wankers

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

As an American, that’s not even a big truck anymore in my part of the country. That be considered a medium.

It’s awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What's a w*nker? Is it someone who winks a lot?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No it's someone who makes chocolate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

With their friend, willy?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)

These kind of trucks have their utility if you work in a trade and you need to get stuff in and out, or maybe do frequent tip runs as a business.

This never seems to be the case for where they're actually used, though. I've known one person use them as such, and they very quickly switched back to a transit van because it was "much cheaper to run, and simpler to park".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I have discussed this with a friend of mine and have come to the conclusion there is only 2 cases these kind of trucks are needed, and even then i only accept one as valid. All the rest can be solved with a regular, european, work van like a fort transit or mercedes sprinter.
The cases?
Farmers that need to get heavy shit off and on the field quickly if they dont have a regular traktor ( which they do, but it might be malfunctioning ) and when you are handling a hot air balloon.
Thats it.
The rest work better with vans or trailers or both together...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They're pretty shitty for most tradesmen who only need to carry tools. The beds are so high and deep it's annoying to lift toolboxes in and out. A van with a roof rack is way more useful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

a van with a roof can also hold a similar volume as the pickup can safely, while also being lockable, making it safer for the actual transport of said tools

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Sweet baby deity, I hate sidewalk blockers.

I had a bruise for months on my shin because some douche nozzle parked with a hitch sticking almost to the other side of the 4ft sidewalk.

If you can't park nicely inside the space, at least have the decency to walk your happy ass across the parking lot and park in the back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Looking down the line, seems like multiple offenders.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

And here, they ticket people where the trailer hitch reaches into the pedestrian space...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Same here in Prague. When parallel parking, sometimes these cars are so fucking wide, that even tho there's more than enough space behind em, it's still impossible to navigate around their fat fucking ass, and by the time I'm finally behind it I'm at a 90 degrees.

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