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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

This is not out in some rural town. This is in Portland, OR about 2 miles from downtown. Personal vehicles this large are simply incompatible with urban living and pressure their owners to continually break traffic law. Technically that Miata is parked as close to the stop sign as it can legally be, but as the Denali doesn't fit in many places around here it's owner is compelled to park across both the stop sign and the crosswalk.

Follow up: We had PBOT patrolling the neighborhood today for the first time ever. This block, specifically. I have to assume that one of you called them up and told them about this truck. Well guess what? A few dozen cars on this block got ticketed for things like parking contraflow, expired registrations, unapproved window tints, etc. Literally about half the cars on this street, yellow cards on every other windshield. You know who didn't get a ticket? The big white Denali, which was parked about 5 feet behind the stop sign this morning. Too close by law, but apparently not close enough for PBOT to issue a citation. So to whatever fucking dumbass thought that cops are the solution, you didn't improve our safety at all and you cost my safely-parked neighbors probably around $1000 in petty citations. I said multiple times in this thread that cops really aren't the solution, even when they're enforcing on your behalf they're biased by culture. You didn't help at all, in fact you arguably made the situation worse, and I hope you call you council members / PBOT office and request local restrictions on oversized vehicles or a road diet re-design of your street as penance.

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[-] [email protected] 80 points 6 days ago

If your truck is that clean, you should not have a truck.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago

You just spat in the face of 90% of full size truck owners, and I'm here for it. Well done good sir/ma'am. Carry on.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

I have a F150 for work. Today I towed my 10K trailer for two loads with 4,750lbs and 6,500ln on it. I also drove offroad for around 20 miles. I would love to drive a smaller vehicle. I got the smallest vehicle that I could find the job. It's stock on everything except for some all terrain tires. I still hop in my wife's car to drive around town.

My neighbor has a truck like the one above. He got groceries in it today. He's an pharmacist.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Your neighbor has fantasies about cowboy hats and wheat fields. You use your 1/2 ton properly.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

I'm am pretty sure I've hauled more with my little hatchback than this person has with their truck.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To put that thing to shame, I've traveled internationally in a Honda Fit that was packed like a clown car.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

I know a guy who got seriously mad that kids drew hearts in the dust on his f350. Sir, if you are concerned about the paint on your vehicle being scratched, sell your truck and get a car.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm old enough to remember when trucks were tools and not fashion statements. It's a completely bewildering experience to go to a modern dealership and see the cheapest truck be a $70,000 luxury minivan in a trenchcoat.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

"B.B.BUUUT MY FRAUDULENT RURALITY"

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

to be fair its function is to make people in 1800s-platted, narrow downtown Portland streets afraid that they'll be run down by this idiot who can't see where he's going. If he actually went out with his vehicle he'd probably own a Land Cruiser like the rest of the Portland off-road bros

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