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[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago

Hate those fucken assholes. Pavement princess driving motherfuckers.

It literally takes less than 30 seconds to bend down, pull the cotter clip, pull the pin, and toss the hitch end in the bed. Saves the shins and kneecaps of yourself and everyone else.

[-] ansiz@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

I had an uncle that would quite literally do that and throw the hitch(es) into the bed of the truck every single time he walked through a parking lot. If he had to do that to multiple trucks before getting to the store so be it.

[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago

Good man.

I do the same, but with bicycle lights that people have left on. I know how annoying it is to find your battery empty.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Don't do that.

Flashing tail light batteries last for many hours.

Riders often leave them on just so you dont need to remember to turn them on again when you depart.

Even if the battery did go flat, you're not stranded.

I know you mean well but it might not be appreciated as much as you think.

[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hours is enough to empty them. If I see them parked in front of our house late in the evening, I don't think they're going to go out anymore today. It's far more likely that they forgot to turn them off than that they intentionally kept them on.

Fortunately, they rarely flash, but burn continuously. I think the flashing ones are illegal here, and they can be super annoying.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Fair enough I guess.

Bike lights are intended to be super annoying to the point of being obnoxious here. They need to be bright and flashy enough for oblivious drivers to actually notice you.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Knew someone who deliberately left it out because they thought it would help mitigate someone nudging into their backend.

To their credit, it actually worked once, someone got a hitch sized hole in their front bumper for a low speed collision.

On the other hand, this person also kept banging their own shin on their tow hitch... But they thought it was worth it anyway...

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

I got a hitch sized hole in my bumper because some asshole backed into my parked car and drove off.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

To this person's credit, they always seemed to take backing up seriously and slowly and kept quite a distance from everyone.. also very carefully parked as straight as possible, and never over any of the lines. Still since they only tow about once a week, it's kind of silly to have that hitch in all the time.

Unlike another colleague who doesn't have a tow hitch, but always pushes his luck and has on occasion given a nudge to a parked car with his pickup, and never parks straight and usually parks over the middle lines...

[-] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Not to mention anyone in a wheelchair can just get fucked walking around these minefields

[-] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

How else will anyone know that they used their truck for something more than getting groceries? They have to let everyone know they tow a lawn mower with the ridiculously large truck.

[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Or toss it in through the back window

[-] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

There's got to be some meth-head scrappers that need this information.

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