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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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[–] BenFranklinsDick@lemmy.world 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.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 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.

[–] copd@lemmy.world 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

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 5 points 6 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

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's true, things can be even worse.

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 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

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 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.

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

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

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Me in my wheelchair 👁️👄👁️

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

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

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No it's someone who makes chocolate

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 1 points 5 days ago

With their friend, willy?

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (3 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".

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 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...

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 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.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 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

[–] poszod@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter if it were being used for its intended purpose, parking like this is absolutely wrong.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Only partly disagree. They parked fine, hell they parked backwards which is the perfect way to park. They could have moved a bit more forward, yes, which wouldnt have ruined the sidewalk but you cant have both with these shit cars

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Agreed, ultimately there isn't really a way to actually park these cars safely without taking up two spaces - which is in itself selfish.

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Looking down the line, seems like multiple offenders.

[–] x0chi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Look at the end.... It's not a truck yet it occupied the same if not more.

[–] HeckGazer@programming.dev 91 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Capitalist problems require capitalist solutions (aka make them pay for being cunt / key their shit)

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 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).

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 week ago

Steal the hitch, OP. Remove it and throw it in that bin right there.

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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 38 points 1 week ago (9 children)

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

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There are wankers everywhere and it doesn't take that many wankers as a proportion of the population to screw things up for everybody else.

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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That should count as parking on the pavement violation imo

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 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.

[–] copd@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it happens here too, because noone really reports illegally parked vehicles.

[–] copd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I report illegally parked cars like a full Karen because my road is very dangerous to pull out from. But no one ever does anything about it

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 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.

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 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.

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[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man that truck bed looks useless.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 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.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not just the pickup truck that is over the sidewalk.

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