In London, England, where the roads are narrow, the parking spaces are limited and we have plenty of availability of vans that can actually fit things in, we still get these a*holes with their unnecessary large pick up trucks made for a road system completely different to ours…

These spaces are wider than usual and long enough to fit them but they still have to park like w*nkers blocking the only footpath around!

I mean, I have a 5 door hatchback and know that my car overhangs the back wheels, as does any primary school kid drawing a car…

  • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    These kind of trucks have their utility if you work in a trade and you need to get stuff in and out, or maybe do frequent tip runs as a business.

    This never seems to be the case for where they’re actually used, though. I’ve known one person use them as such, and they very quickly switched back to a transit van because it was “much cheaper to run, and simpler to park”.

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      8 hours ago

      They’re pretty shitty for most tradesmen who only need to carry tools. The beds are so high and deep it’s annoying to lift toolboxes in and out. A van with a roof rack is way more useful.

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      9 hours ago

      It doesn’t matter if it were being used for its intended purpose, parking like this is absolutely wrong.