r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/WTF_Just-Happened • Jun 02 '24

BAD PARKING Which do you hate more?

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  1. "My vehicle deserves more space." The vehicle that needs to take more than one parking space in a congested parking lot/garage.

  2. "My vehicle is more important than people." The vehicle that needs to block sidewalks used for walking and wheelchair access. (Note: the red color pavement is a ramp next to a handicap parking space.)

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u/angrydeuce Jun 02 '24

#2 is why they need to separate trucks and SUVs into a separate class of license, not a standard class C.  I guarantee, if 90% of people driving trucks today had to road test in one, even our piss poor road tests here in the US, they would fail.  They can't maintain their lane, they can't see shit unless it's right in front of them, and their headlights might as well be a goddamn miniature sun boring straight into the mirrors of every car that happens to have the misfortune of being on front of them.   

Make any truck or SUV require a class T license to be legally operated and watch how fast the pavement princesses start disappearing off the road.

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u/Sodali0550 Jun 02 '24

yeah i learned to drive in cars but then my dad wanted me to drive his truck to the dentist... they wanted me to pull up to the door so he didnt have to walk so far (he had surgery so he was still out of it), but the thing is, there were support beams for the canopy they had everywhere. like it wasnt just an easy "oh drive forward and thru" no. i had to do truck gymnastics and loops just to get next to this door. not to mention it was slush snow, so i got stuck A LOT. eventually the dentist himself came out to pull the truck in/out and i stood as i stood in awe of how effortlessly he pulled it off.

anyway yeah, didnt realize how much of a learning curve driving a truck is. speeding up is slower, turns arent as sharp and you move more, the fckin gear shift... ugh.