Not enough space for a stroller, had to walk in the middle of the street to go around the SUV.

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[–] 264 points 3 years ago (67 children)

That's not an SUV... But yeah it looks like they backed up ONTO the curb, that's pretty rude...

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  • [–] [S] 121 points 3 years ago (60 children)

    Ah my bad, in Europe we don't see many of these cars. How would you call it? A truck?

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  • [–] 177 points 3 years ago (18 children)

    of course the one person in europe who owns a pickup would park it on the sidewalk

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  • [–] 81 points 3 years ago (17 children)

    Speaking as a Dutch person, our infrastructure just isn't made for cars this size. People basically need to enlarge their driveways to park something like this. So if you need to park a car like this it's almost impossible. That would stop most people from getting one, except the type of person that does buy one...

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  • [–] 44 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    I mean, US infrastructure isn’t made for these beasts either.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    I hate to say it, but that looks like a pretty small truck.

    Source: I'm Texan but don't hold it against me.

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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)

    I call them any one of the following:

    • Grotesque monstrosities

    • Pavement princesses

    • Four wheeled Freudian excuses

    US trucks are ridiculously oversized and typically never see any actual "truck" usage. They're also insanely expensive and are often redneck status symbols. As an American, I'm sorry they have infested your continent.

    Source: I live in a yeehaw state where people own $70,000 trucks while living in a $7,000 hovel.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (15 children)

    It's a pickup truck. And probably not used for anything a truck would be used for. They're everywhere in America and just as annoying.

    I personally don't see the point in having a vehicle this big unless it's used for work (hauling materials and towing trailers) And 95% of the time, it's not.

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  • [–] 112 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    That's not an SUV, it's a pickup truck.

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    [–] 73 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    See, my crippled ass is going to squeeze through anyway. Even if that means the metal clasps on my shoulder bag grind against the vehicle, or even if the attachment point for the strap on my cane happens to dig in if I happen to stumble because of the tight space.

    Will that result in dents and scrapes? Absolutely. Do I care? Absolutely not.

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    [–] 52 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve heard that you can call to get vehicles towed if they are blocking the sidewalk. I don’t know if that’s in every municipality, but I suspect the tow companies and the city would not mind the revenue.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago

    So much of that in England. I get people don't want to block the road, but when you are sitting on the entire footpath so nobody can get passed. You're an asshole.

    I was so cross when a van didn't bother to park just a few metres away in a designated parking spot to go to the corner shop and just decided to sit and block the entire pavement at a point to close to a hedge that meant we were forced to go out into the road.

    Laziness. Just laziness.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago

    That’s not an SUV that’s a trucklet

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago

    There is no SUV in this picture.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Would be a shame if someone would squeeze between the trunk amd the wall....while not caring about any metal piece sticking out

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    [+] 29 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (7 children)
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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    Blocking sidewalks anywhere is a shitty move. If you can’t park without blocking the sidewalk, you shouldn’t park there. This includes your own driveway

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    While trucks are complete nonsense to have for 9/10 owners, sometimes it's choosing between two evils. Either park it like this, or have it stick out this far at the front, blocking traffic flow.

    Instead of being infuriated by the way it's parked, we should be just because it's a truck that Is useless to have, especially in the Netherlands.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Block the flow of traffic. Vehicle traffic has predefined rules to deal with this and it happens all the time. Now you're forcing pedestrians to go onto the road creating a safety hazard. Strollers, like with OP, or disabled people or really you name it are severely disadvantaged by this, just because this person needed a gigantic car thought vehicle traffic was more important than pedestrians.

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    [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    Main character syndrome

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    Good luck to anyone in a wheelchair.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago*

    Extremely annoying when it's done so often, cars just love intruding every little space they can.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)

    Ow damn. Weird seeing my city and a car that I know. The owner lives in my apartment complex. There are some 'main character'-parking-toddlers living at my place that get my blood boiling every time they try to redefine the lines on the parking lot.

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    [–] 15 points 3 years ago*

    It's a garbage truck now. Everyone bring out your garbage.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    If you try it, watch your shin on that ball hitch.

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    What would be the most effective way to handle this without violating the law?

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