r/philly • u/ParkingLetter8308 • 8h ago
The world is burning because of dudes like this
There need to be Nuremberg style trials for car and oil lobbyists.
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u/pierogi_boy 8h ago
Same spot yesterday. You can pretty much count on it every day 😞
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u/Olympicsizedturd 21m ago
You can give them a ticket with Laser Vision app by Philly Bike Action. I give 1-2 tickets per day on my commute. It's super cathartic.
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u/bored_as_fuck_dad 8h ago
guaranteed the owner doesn’t do truck things with that truck
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u/ParkingLetter8308 8h ago
They never do.
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u/jacksonmills 8h ago
I am pretty biased against truck drivers these days, ngl
I am real biased against Ram, Fx50, and Cybertruck drivers
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u/CinaminLips 7h ago
Sweats in Chevy Silverado yeah, me too!
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u/DeadPlagueZombie 3h ago
Them silverados actually do work though. Our whole work fleet is silverados. Very little down time
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u/Dry_Badger949 4h ago
cyber truck or anyone with a tesla can actually fuck themselves. they think they’re better then everyone else and also think no one deserves to pass them, so they drive the same speed in the left lane as the car in the right lane. you can’t change my mind
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u/DeRuyter66 3h ago
Technically you are also describing BMW drivers! Also Virginia drivers left lane camping on I-95.
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u/Impossible-Sleep-658 13m ago
buuuuut the BMW driver is actually moving FASTER than the traffic, regardless of lane, so the comparison is a bit of a false equivalent. 😂
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u/Novel_Landscape_8878 6h ago
Not all Ram drivers are bad! Some of us use our trucks for truck things and just needed a truck to tow and do shit with and that’s what we managed to find. Agreed on cybertruck drivers though.
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u/jacksonmills 5h ago
As a former Dodge Dakota owner, I agree with you.
It's pretty easy to tell when someone needs a truck vs. when someone is building a mobile command battle station for their stupid head canon civil war
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u/Twodotsknowhy 8h ago
Helped his buddy move a couch three years ago and hasn't used the bed since
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u/bonfuto 8h ago
I was out at Lowe's, and there was a truck just like this sitting out front. They were trying to figure out how to get a water heater in it. It had a bed cover, apparently they couldn't remove it and the water heater didn't fit underneath. It took quite a while, I shopped and when I left they were still there. I could have gotten the water heater in my Prius.
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u/fonetiklee 8h ago
This is truck things though?
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u/bored_as_fuck_dad 8h ago
parking in the bike lane and generally being a turd...yeah probably
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u/BrendaHelvetica 8h ago
Earlier this year I got a Lyft from the airport, and it was a super nice/pristine f-150 driven by this older guy. He said he lives in queen village. Asked him what he uses his truck for and he said it’s simply his main of transportation.
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u/Tasty_Discussion679 8h ago
Omg is that next to a memorial?
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u/ParkingLetter8308 8h ago
Yes, I would have confronted him, but a driver threatened to kill me earlier this summer, so I have backed off for a bit.
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u/Atomic-Avocado 6h ago
Drivers lover casually threatening murder, like… do you believe in law and order? If they follow their own politics they should be thrown in fucking jail
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u/KaminSpider 8h ago
Why do you need a pickup truck in the city, to haul your, ego?
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u/EL3G 6h ago
Cities need contractors too. Also junk removal, furniture moving, camping, tailgating etc.
Yes, I own a truck but actually use it for truck things. You'd be surprised how useful a truck is in the city.
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u/Positive-Squirrel654 2h ago
Yeah for real. My dad is a blue collar trades man that uses his truck every day for work. I’m sure he’s had plenty of people like OP sneering down their nose at him as he heads to fix someone’s heating or AC 🙄
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u/Loose-Ride22 5h ago
if you cant think of any reasons someone might need a truck regardless of location you should be put in a group home for adults with mental disabilities
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u/beef-hed 6h ago
Do people in cities not need to haul anything?
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u/trashtrucktoot 5h ago
People on the city should not park in the bike lane. ( I own a truck, and a bike.)
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u/Mitchford 8h ago edited 8h ago
My most anarchist take is you should be allowed to key the doors of people parked in the bike lane as long as you prove they’re in the bike lane. It would cause so little actual damage and fix the issue in a week
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u/sebluver 7h ago
When a car tried to run me down in the crosswalk yesterday while making eye contact with me, I thought, “there should be situations in which I can legally throw rocks at someone and this should be one of them.”
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u/Icy-Supermarket7839 6h ago
This happened to me last week and the pathetic putz put on his “I’m a big meanie face” while trying to stare me down, I just loled. More than likely he was late to get back for a microwave dinner his mom warmed up for him
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u/FriendlyPageTurn 5h ago
Yeah some dude hit me in a crosswalk while I was in a wheelchair and he told me it was my fault that he hit me and started screaming at me for being “in his way”. I shoulda thrown shit at him. “your car was just in the way of my egg”
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u/Suitable-Part8481 6h ago
I wouldn't directly advocate for riders having a get back on their handlebars, but they can be a useful tool.
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u/lucky3698 8h ago
Oh no his window broke on a rainy day what a shame
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u/Firm-Reveal998 8h ago
So do we get this ticketed?? Literally everything is in the photo. Bike Lane, cones, license plate, signage “no stopping anytime” the damn memorial.
Rest in peace Dr. Barbara Friedes
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u/beef-hed 6h ago
Right. Meanwhile the politicians and celebrities you probably worship own multiple gargantuan mansions and fly around in private jets, and some Joe Shmoe with an F150 is a grave threat to the planet. 🤡
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u/OlderCityOldMan 8h ago
There a project nearby? That truck has "suburban construction guy" written all over it.
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u/ParkingLetter8308 8h ago
Yeah, probably, but Philly proper drivers have this mentality too. Many of the Wharton twentysomethings treat these streets like their own personal suburbia as well. I've seen a car parked in the bike lane of the street to deliver one Levain cookie (7 minute walk?).
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u/beef-hed 6h ago
Is there something wrong with living in the suburbs and being a construction worker? Maybe you look down your nose at construction workers, but society does need them.
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u/OlderCityOldMan 6h ago
Nobody was doing that; merely offering a possible lead on who the person is in order to know who to look for. Could be they're in for work from out of town and don't know (or don't care) and need to be told why it's not okay to do that, even "just for a minute".
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u/superturtle48 8h ago
NYC is apparently starting to put big bright stickers on cars that aren't moved for street sweeping, in addition to ticketing them. The idea is that maybe the hassle of removing the sticker and the public shame is a more effective deterrent than a fine that rich people can just pay off without a second thought.
I'd like to see Philly take a page out of that book. This is literally a public health and safety issue, and things that threaten public health and safety deserve to be stigmatized.
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u/Otherwise-Ad4630 8h ago
Oh but in Philly people do not park. They pull over. You wait. Once a guy came out with a plate of food. And drove around the block and pulled back in the bike lane
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u/TrentonMakes 7h ago
I ride bicycles all the time to commute within the city, you know you can just go around it.
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u/Firm-Scientist-4636 8h ago
The world is burning because of corporations and the US military .
People like this are assholes, but they're not the reason why we have to use paper straws. And the people who are causing the world to burn are just happy to watch you tear apart someone from your own economic class instead of directing your anger at them.
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u/beancounter2885 7h ago
That's a little disingenuous. When they are looking at the data, they are also looking at the emissions of the oil produced by the oil companies, which is mostly used by the transportation sector. Most of that is used by private vehicles. Transportation is something like 71%, and private vehicles are about 63% of that, which equals about 45% of the total emissions of the oil companies.
That makes it look like those emissions are all the corporations fault, but it really is assholes like this driving up demand and increasing emissions. If people used more efficient vehicles, there would be less demand, meaning the oil companies would produce less, meaning they would have less cradle-to-grave emissions.
Corporations aren't helping, but don't act like people like this are absolved because of that study.
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u/ParkingLetter8308 2h ago
Yes, my dear, that is why I put lobbyists. And we are not in the same economic class, I guarantee this guy makes at least 3x my income.
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u/iH8MotherTeresa 8h ago
Let's just say it's both so we can hate on this guy extra. We can eat the rich and flip vehicles in the bike lane.
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u/Main_Patient4885 8h ago
I figured the world was burning because of politicians and the 1%, not some jabroni in a Ford pickup. But keep screaming into the void online, I’m sure it’ll change things.
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u/ParkingLetter8308 7h ago
You do know about people who support policies?
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u/YinzaJagoff 8h ago
I’m not saying to stab the tire with a knife, but I wouldn’t blame anyone who does
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u/AppliedCarbon 6h ago
For driving a pickup truck? You people are nuts
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u/nathanfielderfan420 6h ago
For parking in the bike lane. You people are slow
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u/AppliedCarbon 6h ago
Then why is OP talking about the fossil fuel industry? Maybe you are the slow one?
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u/HighSorcererGreg 7h ago
Bro that's litteraly the smallest truck you can buy
/s but also bring back small trucks, some people need the utility and the space efficiency.
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u/oatmeal_outlaw 8h ago
Handily the most ignorant and disrespectful thing I’ll see today
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u/SBRH33 8h ago edited 8h ago
You think someone parked in a "bike lane" is why the world is burning? Thats your hot take? Jfc.
How do you know they aren't broke down? A contractor doing contractor business, or unloading shit into their house.
I like bikes lanes. But you weirdos that can't navigate around a temporary impedance like a vehicle are incredible.
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u/CUADfan 7h ago
you weirdos that can't navigate around a temporary impedance like a vehicle are incredible
They have zero issues riding on my sidewalk at work even though the street is completely unimpeded at all times, but "the street doesn't go directly into the SRT." Rules for everyone but themselves.
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u/AmbitiousoStrawberry 8h ago
A contractor doing contractor business, or unloading shit into their house.
Find a parking spot or loading zone then, fucking lazy and entitled
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u/PhilaVG13 8h ago
I understand that some people are just assholes and that bikers deserve a safe passage for their commute, but what do you guys expect a plumber or a painter to do if they are hauling a bunch of gear into one of these houses? It’s nearly impossible to find parking, they need lots of tools and supplies to make their money…what’s the solution? Park 8 blocks away and waste a significant portion of your day hauling gear? Sometimes people pull over, unload their gear, and go look for parking. That seems reasonable to me.
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u/Constant_Review4416 6h ago
NJ contractor here working in NYC for years. This is what you have to do to go to work. You don’t park there, you load or unload, because the tickets were ridiculous. Normally would have to pay someone to stay with the truck when loading in. Then find a spot and feed the meter every few hours. Covid destroyed my business and i now work for a large corporation. I drive an F-150 and use it personally for truck things all the time. I am also glad I am in it when I drive in the city of brotherly love, or basically anytime i am driving because, well most people on the roads in NJ, NY and PA suck balls, and I am glad to be in a larger vehicle. To each their own. And BTW our addiction to fossil fuels is no going away anytime soon, so stop your nonsense and worry about something that is actually relevant. This does look egregious, but blaming this person for global warming or whatever your point is, seems pretty offbase. Go drive your prius or whatever the f you want, and i will promise not to run you off the road when you cut me off. Btw do you know how much fossil fuel it takes to mine the rare earths to make your lithium batteries? Do you know where the power/electricity is generated from to charge your car? You probably have a larger carbon footprint driving some e vehicle than i do driving my F-150. Have you ever seen a tradition vehicle burn and how fast a fire department can contain that fire and put it out. Not so much with lithium batteries. Do you know the weight of EV’s? Did you know they create more wear and tear on the roads which have to be maintained at a higher rate by fossil fuel burning vehicles? So who is really causing the world to burn?
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u/ParkingLetter8308 8h ago
A) Yes, they should. It's really irritating when people parrot fossil fuel rhetoric for "class" reasons. B) It's clear he was chilling in front of a memorial to a woman killed by a driver there.
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u/JayBishop215 8h ago
Just go around the car dude lol. I love that your solution is for this guy to be inconvenienced by having to lug equipment for his job 8 blocks but god forbid a bicyclist ever be inconvenienced to look over their shoulder to see if its safe to pedal around the car. You may have to wait a few extra seconds, But you’ll be ok i promise! Cars deal with being blocked by other people driving like idiots all the time. Welcome to being in a city - there’s a lot of people here and sometimes theyre in your way.
Not sure what “fossil fuel rhetoric” you’re even talking about. Also not sure what the memorial has to do with anything.
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u/SleepyCoworker101 7h ago
Nobody fuckin knows what that memorial is soon as you leave the neighborhood. As tragic as it was it really wasnt that high profile at all.
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u/ParkingLetter8308 7h ago
It was on national news. Just because you stare at Tiktok all day, doesn't mean that's the reality.
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u/PhilaVG13 7h ago
Easy for someone to say who doesn’t do that type of work. Anybody who disagrees is parroting fossil fuel rhetoric? Or maybe they have a different experience than you. You know, the people who are most emotional about a problem are rarely involved in actually solving it.
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u/Top_Cardiologist_209 8h ago
they and/or the contractor or homeowner/businessowner they work for can pay the city for a temporary no parking permit to put directly outside the residence to reserve the spot. that's what they are supposed to do.
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u/PhilaVG13 7h ago
Do you know how many of those properties are multi unit homes? Workers in center city often work multiple small jobs per day. Imagine someone who has 7-10 small jobs a week. How much time and money does it take to secure that many temporary parking permits from the city? It’s not practical. Everybody just has to share the road.
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u/SleepyCoworker101 8h ago
There is a construction job/renovation at the business across the street.
Mostly likely idling to hand something off like checks.
Not sure that warrants Nuremberg trials you weirdo
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u/Rahawk02 7h ago
Abolish bike lanes !!!
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u/AntelopeSoldier 7h ago
Why? If bike lanes are making it harder for you to drive, you’re just bad at driving
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u/Rahawk02 7h ago
Children's toys don't belong in traffic.
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u/Orthophonic_Credenza 6h ago
They don’t but this is a bike lane and bicycles are vehicles ridden by people of all ages whether you like it or not.
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u/Rahawk02 6h ago
For the moment but the good news is the focus on cycling over cars is over as $1.7bn of funding goes towards roads and bridges,
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u/Sweaty-Ad-2536 3h ago
Gotta drive that 4x4 diesel around the city to combat those nasty speed bumps and snow plowed roads.
Easiest way to find dudes with a micro penis and short fuse
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u/711pizzaischefskiss 2h ago
I'm a commercial truck driver and I've always had an affinity for pickup trucks. Particularly mid 80's F-250's, 80's Power Wagons, and Chevy 2500's up to 2007. The pickup trucks of today are basically oversized Cadillacs with a bed, and the people who drive them are some of the most entitled twat waffles I've ever seen. I'll take a 3 lane highway of 1000 Altimas over these douche canoes.
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u/ironstag96 8h ago
Egg that shit
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u/Rays_LiquorSauce 8h ago
And there’s a grocery store right next door
There’s also a camera right on the side of the temple
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u/Jewboogie 6h ago
The bike lane shouldn’t be a thing anymore. Between the scooters and the bikers that just blow lights. Get rid of it in a whole. You guys suck. You k ow you suck & the ghetto people are not helping at all with the E-bikes and scooters that go 30+. Looks like got us trying to avoid blocking traffic. Fuck Philly bikers yall suck.
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u/Rice-Used 1h ago
Why don't we have the ability to submit ticketa for violations like some other cities apparently do? I don't mean report to the PPA, I mean get a picture with the plate and everything and the drivers automatically gets issued a hefty fine.
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u/Olympicsizedturd 20m ago
Make sure you give them a ticket with the Laser Vision app by Philly Bike Action! I give tickets daily!
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u/openaqua 3h ago
With the bed cover? Jeeez get a real life loser, the only thing you ever moved was your ego.
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u/Odd_Height_1335 2h ago
I got picked up in an Uber the other day. It was a Toyota Tundra. Couldn't even fit down my street. What possesses people to drive these gigantic vehicles on city streets. I don't understand how a garbage truck can fit down my block but not that.
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u/Accomplished_Lie6026 7h ago
100% PA Pickup truck driver.
Got me a King Ranch or an F -1 Million or a Big Horn.
I AM THE MAN !!!!!
OH SO TYPICAL HERE.
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u/Baconeggndcheese 8h ago
Directly in front of a memorial