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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] 2 points 6 days ago

If I remember I'll show you what the space between my schools parking lot and the fense

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bold parking choice for someone with thin paint that's softer than my keys

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Check local laws about blocking sidewalks. You may be able to report them to a parking authority. Also, it may be illegal to have a hitch like that on the back while not actively towing (in some states in the USA it is).

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I don’t see why pickups are suddenly appearing in England lately, they’re so ugly.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man that truck bed looks useless.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s vestigial. It’s not meant to be used. It’s entirely so it looks truck-shaped to satisfy a user who has no need for an actual truck. In someways, I’m a fan of the design because at least it’s admitting that you don’t need to own a truck in a tiny way, but in that case, just have a reasonable vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not just the pickup truck that is over the sidewalk.

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

There’s a car backed in that’s blocking just as much of as the truck, wonder why they posted one and not both.

It’s bad parking lot design if a vehicle parks with its tires touching the parking stops, and it blocks the sidewalk. Most cars front and back ends stick out a couple feet, this would be blocked by ANY vehicle doing that here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

People should know how big their vehicle is. If you are relying on the tires hitting a stop to know, you shouldn't be driving.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

You should be able to walk by and smash the tail lights. The truck is an obstacle in the way of a public walkway. If you are using the sidewalk appropriately, there should be no obstruction, and any damage that may occur would not have happened if the truck was not blocking a public walkway.

Violence is the only option left. We've been legally restricted from doing anything else.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week 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] 8 points 1 week ago

That truck isn't remotely long enough to explain this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tie a chain from the trailer hitch to the a fence post (note 'fence post' not fence chain) and leave about five or six feet of loose chain.

Most drivers (including myself) never bother to look at what their truck is attached to unless they were the ones who hitched a trailer to it themselves.

Lots of fun all around as they damage the fence and have to explain it or whip a chain to their tail end.

Leave the area and never return for about a month.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

giggle at will

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I just scrap my keys on them at this point. I done dealing with car brain shit.

I dream about the day when the petro dollar crashes and fuckers that bought these things die in their house because they've never left their house on foot or bike before.

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

You only need to specify if it's one of the other Londons.

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