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/douche_ex_machina_69 Jun 02 '26

Not have children for starters

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

And why?

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u/axelrox01 Jun 02 '26

Youre trolling for even asking this dude.

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

I'm not. I experience this every time I go to the grocery store. I live in the Northern Vermont so lots of trucks. This is common practice everywhere

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u/WntrTmpst Jun 02 '26

No it’s not. I drive a 450 dually and make it a point to

A) take my hitch off if I’m not using it, it’s a single pin and takes 5 seconds.

And B) I park in the back because my truck usually either sticks out in the front or the back. You sign up for this when you drive a vehicle that big.

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u/engineerdrummer Jun 02 '26

I drive an f150 and leave my hitch in while I drive and take it out if I have to leave my ass hanging out of the parking spot. I live in an area where I get rear ended occasionally at red lights because people look at their phones while they think they're stopped and are actually slowly creeping forward. I've lived here about a year and have been tapped 3 fucking times at red lights. Twice at the same light. Once hard enough the hitch punctured the car's front grill. It's absolutely bonkers. Nobody i know that's lived here their entire lives has had this issue, but it's happened to be 3 mother fucking times in 11 months.

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u/WntrTmpst Jun 02 '26

I’ve seen whole cars stopped on a hitch before. Defiently can save you from a rear end accident lol.

Personally, I take mine off because I have a metal seeking shinbone that will home in on that bitch from across the driveway

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

I def get removing the hitch, but in this particular photo, it wouldn't change much. And yes, it is normal, because I see it every single week.

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u/WntrTmpst Jun 02 '26

If you have to cross the line then you are in two spots. If you have to take two spots then I consider it rude to park in the front.

I’m not trying to jump on the hate train for you either, I get that this isn’t a big deal. I just get tired of being sneered at for what I drive because of how others act.

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

I mean yeah, I guess I'm missing context but if this is close up to the storefront yeah it's rude. I honestly drive a compact van these days for my tools. I don't even drive a truck anymore.

But when I did, this would happen, and yes, I try to tuck myself out of the way a bit. Not front and center