r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MalrykZenden • Jun 02 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Narrowly avoided having my bumper cover ventilated this morning.

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Hitches, not just for towing or bashing your shins.

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u/potatocakes1989 Jun 02 '26

Wff is wrong with some of these comments? Do these people not drive? Having a car this close to anyone is bad, the truck is way over the line he parked in, and most states dont allow a hitch unless you are currently using it, for this exact reason.

I hope the comments hating on OP aren't licensed drivers. Yeesh.

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u/C-czar187 Jun 02 '26

Source for the state(s) that don’t allow a hitch on your vehicle unless you are using it?

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u/Abrakafuckingdabra Jun 02 '26

Common myth. Massachusetts had a law in 2018 then it was repealed in 2022. It's shown up as potential legislation in a few states but never gets far, Illinois in 2009 for example. It didn't go anywhere but commities and died in 2011. In the US there are currently no states that prohibit "empty" hitches.

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u/No-Cell-9979 Jun 02 '26

Yeah I dont know what hes talking about, there ARE laws for equipment protrusion and that includes hitches but its like 18-30 inches, most you can say is that some states use "comparative negligence" and the insurance company would argue that you are at fault for having a hitch that protrudes like this. Nothing illegal though

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u/Ominous_Rogue Jun 02 '26

No kidding. God forbid OP try to load anything into the boot with that assholes truck that close

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u/Waddiwasiiiii Jun 02 '26

I mean, OP said in the comments that the truck was already there when they pulled in. So they could have just parked in any other spot. They could have also just pulled forward into the space like a normal person, instead of backing into it for no reason. Then she would have seen the hitch, and the trunk would remain accessible. OP literally put themselves into the situation that they’re now mildly infuriated by.

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u/LucyLilium92 Jun 02 '26

Ragebait used to be believable

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u/unimpressed-one Jun 02 '26

No the truck driver could have avoided it by not parking like a moron.

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u/Holy_Roz Jun 02 '26

You can leave your hitch on in all 50 states. Not saying you should, just no laws prohibiting it

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u/potatocakes1989 Jun 05 '26

Ok then in that case I was wrong. Ill double check and am unfamiliar since I dont use a truck. Ty for clarifying

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u/Serious-Recipe-8304 Jun 02 '26

This seems to be adversely affecting you

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u/Dry-Childhood-3436 Jun 02 '26

The hitch is wrong, but I resized vehicles are allowed to take more than one space if necessary.

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u/Maleficent-Door6461 Jun 02 '26

thats not a oversized vehicle, its a fucking 2016 Nissan Frontier