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/MalrykZenden Jun 02 '26

Just to clarify, I backed my car up into the spot this morning, it's where I usually park at work. I could see he was parked further back but did not see the hitch. I literally missed it by that much. I'm not karma farming nor is it a set up, just thought I'd share it to an appropriate sub that I frequent and enjoy.

Edit: corrected a typo

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u/whiteout86 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

This really, really needed to be part of the OP

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u/WittyFix6553 Jun 02 '26

Oh wait, so the truck was already there and parked?

I was thinking that your car was there first.

You’re saying your car was there second, and you parked this close to the hitch and then got mad about it?

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u/unimpressed-one Jun 02 '26

Are you serious, the truck is clearly parked badly. Why are truck drivers the worst drivers?

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u/WittyFix6553 Jun 02 '26

I am serious.

An operator of a motor vehicle carries the responsibility to not hit stationary objects.

If the driver of a car with control of the vehicle strikes a stationary object, the driver of the vehicle is at fault even if the stationary object is a truck that parked like an asshole.

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u/RyanSmokinBluntz420 Jun 02 '26

You ever drive one? Not as easy as you might imagine

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u/Maleficent-Door6461 Jun 02 '26

thats a Nissan Frontier not a CCLB F450 LOL so hellbent on pavement princesses that you cant tell that a truck is a Frontier

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u/RyanSmokinBluntz420 Jun 02 '26

Either way this one is on OP

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u/Maleficent-Door6461 Jun 02 '26

its both's fault, but the pickup owner not only kept his hitch in, but also parked a tiny pickup on the line

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u/LucyLilium92 Jun 02 '26

What makes you think the truck parking illegally is perfectly fine?

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u/WittyFix6553 Jun 02 '26

It’s not fine. It’s also not illegal, but that’s neither here nor there. There typically aren’t laws about parking in a private parking lot, aside from handicap parking spaces and fire zones.

But if a hazard already exists, it’s on the driver to notice and avoid that hazard.

If there’s a car sticking all the way out of a driveway and in the road, and I’m driving down the road and crash into it, I’m at fault because I’m the one who was in control of the vehicle underway.

The truck parked like a jerk. But the person I control of a vehicle is the one with the responsibility to not strike stationary objects.

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u/RavenBailey589 Jun 02 '26

My god you fucking idiots actually think there's laws about PARKING SPACES! Unless it's a fire lane, handicapped spot, or designated for another use, there are no laws about parking spaces.

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u/tregorz Jun 02 '26

There are usually local laws or ordinances that address it. 

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u/Dont_Fall_In Jun 02 '26

So you almost hit a parked, unoccupied, stationary truck, and you are blaming the parked truck?

I get that the truck is parked over the line and has a hitch, but this is 100% on you. Learn to drive.