cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44495429
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I drive a pickup (necessary for work) with a removable tow hitch. I take it off when I'm not towing for exactly this reason.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
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Yep. These are all removable. A good samaritan would not just take this picture. They'd also go down the line and remove these hitches to clear the path.
If you throw the hitches at the trucks they came from, it might cause some damage or even break something, so you wouldn't want to do that. The safe thing is to lay them on the ground.
Also keep the pin to make it so they can't just put it back on.
Its straight up illegal to leave the tow hitch on here - not that cops bother ticketing for it
They all look pretty shiny and new. Do they not have rear view parking cameras? How can they not know they're blocking wheelchair access?
City truck owners thinking of others? Never happened.
"Your tractor is very clean" or "All hat no cattle"
They probably think wheelchair access is "woke" and think they're making some statement.
My shins spontaneously started aching upon seeing this.
Where is this? A Walmart in Wyoming?
A Walmart anywhere
That’s more fucktrucks, but that sounds like something else entirely…
I imagine this happening in naked gun
Good for the guy being chased, though. They can focus on avoiding the hitches, while the pursuer has to focus on the target.
Even better. Imagine playing hot lava in that minefield!
Actually that sounds a little fun trying to parkour through there, maybe snapping off or bending a couple of those in the process?
How weak do you think tow hitches are?
That was my initial thought, but I thought about downward force vs. the force it deals with when towing. Still would probably take a very hefty force, but the image of very large men jumping from hitch to hitch is too funny to pass up.
Well, there's a very good chance none of those hitches have ever been used or removed. So theres a non-zero chance some might be rusted through.
I can't even count how many of those bastards overhang into bike lanes.
For me, the one thing I get triggered on is the urge people have to back into a parking space... especially when you're directly behind them. Can anyone explain why people feel the need to do this?
Stop following so closely and stop being triggered by unimportant shit like this.
You're in a parking lot. This is a place where you expect to be slowed down by people doing all sorts of shit. Parking. Unparking. Waiting for a space.
Just take a breath. Give people some room. You're actually slowing things down when you follow too closely. It's harder for them to park.
Or maybe they should also put their blinker on to indicate they are pulling in instead of pulling past it, stopping and backing up. I would also be fine with that, but most don't.
There are two problems that mix together to cause the issue. One is that the other person isn't indicating. The other is that you are following too closely. If either of these things change, the problem goes away. You can't control whether they use their blinker, but you can control whether you follow too closely.
Like i always tell me children, "control what you can control." Works in so many situations, and gets them to take ownership of the situation, and their own happiness and stop blaming others
Nah, backing into the parking spot is the better choice. You need to be more patient. It's safer and exposes the driver to less liability.
Easier to get out of the parking spot. Also, makes more sense to back in when it's a spot on your side of the road because you don't need extra space to your right (assuming you drive on the right side of the road). If you go in head first, you have to drive into the next lane over before going in.
But no matter what, it's either easier to pull out or easier to pull in. You don't really save any of that unless you find a spot you can pull through, which does make sense and normally not making the person behind you wait.
It's safer to back into a spot when parking than to back out. When you back in, you've just seen the spot and any obstacles while going forward, so you know what's there, even if you can't see it when backing in. When pulling out backwards, enough time has passed that any number of obstacles can have appeared, so you need to be able to see every obstacle in your way, which is much harder backing out.
Some people find it harder to back out than to back in. You have to do one of them either way, but it makes sense to choose the easier of the difficult tasks.
Also, as you have less visibility when backing up it is better that there isn’t any traffic in the space you’re backing into. If you’re backing out there is a big chance of having to yield to other cars.
A lot of companies require parking so you can pull out of a spot as a safety thing, it's just second nature to me even though I haven't had a job that requires it in years. It's easier to see traffic that way, larger vehicles especially it's just way easier to park that way. I'll usually pull through if I can, but not always an option.
For the work I did, safety wise it was so that no hitches were sticking out into traffic (pedestrian or vehicle), being able to maintain eye contact with other drivers and pedestrians and for evacuation in case of emergency.
this kinda made me giggle:
...so that no hitches were sticking out into traffic
they are all sticking out into a pedestrian walkway.
If your in such a rush to get around you may be better of walking or cycling.
Im good. Thanks for the concern.
Visibility when pulling out, which is ironically because so many fucking trucks block your view. I don't rear in, but I'm literally blind trying to back up when flanked by these monstrosities (and I drive only compact cars, park in compact spots, and still get surrounded by trucks).
It's also safer for pedestrians for the same reason you pointed out. Your visibility is far better going forward, so it's safer for everyone, especially pedestrians.
You could argue "but its the same for backing in". No, it isn't. When you back in, you've just seen the spot going forward, so unless you have the memory of a goldfish, you already know what obstacles are there and you just need to keep track of ones you can see to back in. When pulling out, it can be several minutes from when you last saw any obstacles, plenty of time for kids, cars, carts, etc. to get in your way. But I guess with shitty GM trucks having a crap view forward now, it doesn't make a difference.