Foot pursuit through a minefield
Foot pursuit through a minefield
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44495429
(TikTok screenshot)
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For me, the one thing I get triggered on is the urge people have to back into a parking space... especially when you're directly behind them. Can anyone explain why people feel the need to do this?
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Nah, backing into the parking spot is the better choice. You need to be more patient. It's safer and exposes the driver to less liability.
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Stop following so closely and stop being triggered by unimportant shit like this.
You're in a parking lot. This is a place where you expect to be slowed down by people doing all sorts of shit. Parking. Unparking. Waiting for a space.
Just take a breath. Give people some room. You're actually slowing things down when you follow too closely. It's harder for them to park.
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Or maybe they should also put their blinker on to indicate they are pulling in instead of pulling past it, stopping and backing up. I would also be fine with that, but most don't.
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A lot of companies require parking so you can pull out of a spot as a safety thing, it's just second nature to me even though I haven't had a job that requires it in years. It's easier to see traffic that way, larger vehicles especially it's just way easier to park that way. I'll usually pull through if I can, but not always an option.
For the work I did, safety wise it was so that no hitches were sticking out into traffic (pedestrian or vehicle), being able to maintain eye contact with other drivers and pedestrians and for evacuation in case of emergency.
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Visibility when pulling out, which is ironically because so many fucking trucks block your view. I don't rear in, but I'm literally blind trying to back up when flanked by these monstrosities (and I drive only compact cars, park in compact spots, and still get surrounded by trucks).
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It's also safer for pedestrians for the same reason you pointed out. Your visibility is far better going forward, so it's safer for everyone, especially pedestrians.
You could argue "but its the same for backing in". No, it isn't. When you back in, you've just seen the spot going forward, so unless you have the memory of a goldfish, you already know what obstacles are there and you just need to keep track of ones you can see to back in. When pulling out, it can be several minutes from when you last saw any obstacles, plenty of time for kids, cars, carts, etc. to get in your way. But I guess with shitty GM trucks having a crap view forward now, it doesn't make a difference.
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Easier to get out of the parking spot. Also, makes more sense to back in when it's a spot on your side of the road because you don't need extra space to your right (assuming you drive on the right side of the road). If you go in head first, you have to drive into the next lane over before going in.
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I drive a pickup (necessary for work) with a removable tow hitch. I take it off when I'm not towing for exactly this reason.
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Yep. These are all removable. A good samaritan would not just take this picture. They'd also go down the line and remove these hitches to clear the path.
If you throw the hitches at the trucks they came from, it might cause some damage or even break something, so you wouldn't want to do that. The safe thing is to lay them on the ground.
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Its straight up illegal to leave the tow hitch on here - not that cops bother ticketing for it
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Where is this? A Walmart in Wyoming?
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A Walmart anywhere
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My shins spontaneously started aching upon seeing this.
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I imagine this happening in naked gun
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That’s more fucktrucks, but that sounds like something else entirely…
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They all look pretty shiny and new. Do they not have rear view parking cameras? How can they not know they're blocking wheelchair access?
City truck owners thinking of others? Never happened.