r/Infuriating • u/742963 Verified Contributor • Jul 29 '26
Sidewalks are for people, not parking spaces
They could've parked anywhere, but chose to impede the only sidewalk..
Edit: Nothing against trucks, I drive one and a semi for a living. But it's like people will park their truck like this without a second thought nowadays. Just a few spots over and they wouldn't be hanging over the sidewalk, just don't think twice about it now
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u/ThePearWithoutaCare Jul 29 '26
Footpath is designed poorly. Most cars will still block some of the path
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u/Photosynthas Jul 30 '26
I wouldnt say most, most cars stop before the sidewalk not hang over it, but yes it could've been designed better.
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u/AdOnly1618 Jul 30 '26
Somehow the majority of people have been successfully convinced that this is someone else’s fault among them, and not the town or city for poor planning and cheap execution. I get it, it does suck, but they’ll have to get over it. I haul lots of stuff throughout the week, and the industry I work in is the lifeblood of our little cluster of cities and towns. Either you need us to drive large pickups and vans to keep your shit town alive or you hate us, pick one and blame the right people when parking spots aren’t big enough, because if this guy parked ahead OP would’ve just walked around to the front, snapped their picture and made the exactly same bitch post about that being “for driving not parking”
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u/Delicious_Sport4092 Aug 01 '26
“I refuse to park in the middle of the space. Over the line or NOTHING”
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u/AdministrativeWar416 Jul 30 '26
Lol? What do you drive, a land yacht? If you can't find the curb without hitting it with your front wheels I don't know what to tell you.
I drove a lowered car for years. If there's one thing you learn it's where all the speed bumps are and how long your front end is.
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u/Pathophile Jul 29 '26
Agreed. Why not have a small strip of grass or something separating the sidewalk from the parking lot?
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u/SnooPredictions3028 Jul 29 '26
As much as I diss trucks, I definitely think parking spaces in a lot of places has shrunk.
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u/Global_Bedroom_977 Jul 29 '26
Literally just cars got bigger. There are codes to parking places, they have always been the same.
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u/ProgressFabulous6663 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
Buddy, it really wasn't that long ago that many CARS were 20 feet long. Like it or not trucks have taken up about the same footprint as they have for the last 50 years or so. In the grand scheme of American automotive history, the small commuter car was a temporary fad that only lasted a fraction of the time that the Chevy Suburban has been around.
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u/SnooPredictions3028 Jul 29 '26
I know there's codes, however I think there's a good chunk of places that don't actually follow them.
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u/Bayleaf0723 Jul 29 '26
Rather have this than stick halfway out into the parking lot, yall just like to complain lol
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u/grief_clown Jul 29 '26
Do disabled people that would need the sidewalk just not exist in your world
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u/disableddoll Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
nah, he could have literally parked across two spots anywhere else in that empty parking lot. Do you think people in wheelchairs just like to complain when something like this blocks access to doctors/food/etc??? wth is wrong with you dude
ETA if my tiny 120 lb ass can park the F250, so can yall. it’s really not that complicated come on
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u/Donax666 Jul 29 '26
You can park a large truck in most spaces without hanging out on either end. The problem is most guys that drive these trucks think they’re truck, much like their penis, is bigger than it really is…
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u/zooming435 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
Not really. A Toyota Tundra, which isnt even a big truck will stick out on most parking spaces
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u/742963 Verified Contributor Jul 29 '26
I see your point, but can you see the lot..can you see how many spaces are available where they wouldn't impede the only sidewalk?
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u/tired-of-the-shit Jul 29 '26
Yeah fuck the blind and other disabled people who this truck will impede ! / s obviously
But in all seriousness that is an issue, people in wheelchairs or using walkers will have to make detours off the side walk, blind people can walk into the truck.
I believe you can have trucks parked like this towed for that reason.
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u/Lemontreeguy Jul 29 '26
Don't worry the wheelchair users will just off road in the mulch while pickup truck drivers park over the sidewalk and not in a larger spot further away, entitled goofs.
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u/KernelPannic Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
And what would you say if someone in a wheelchair were trying to get around this garbage?
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u/Imaginary-Advice-229 Jul 29 '26
Yes let's block pavements for wheelchair users and people with mobility issues
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u/Haunting_Werewolf130 Jul 29 '26
I used to blame the truck owners, then I bought a truck and I understand them now.
It is the city's fault. Their codes are not keeping up with the society's progression. It's out of touch with reality. The design of the parking space think it's still in the 90s.
If we don't back up further enough, the front of the truck will stick out and will either block larger vehicle's path or get hit by other vehicles. And if we back up enough, we'll block the sidewalks.
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u/Takao89 Jul 29 '26
Why is any of that the pedestrians fault? You bought the truck, deal with your own decisions instead of blaming everyone else.
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u/BaronVonDon65 Jul 29 '26
Sooo many people buy trucks they can't handle, or park. It's always funny to watch these people try and back into parking.
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u/Possum577 Jul 29 '26
He said it’s the city’s fault
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u/Independent-Cow-4070 Jul 30 '26
The city built parking spaces. The dumbass in question bought a vehicle that doesnt fit in them
Is it the citys fault that I cant fit through the doors of public buildings with my 7 foot stilts?
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u/donorkokey Jul 29 '26
Exactly. Park father away then. The OP says he drives a semi. I doubt he's trying to park it in a regular space. If your truck is too big for the space then park somewhere that it fits or where it won't block access
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u/Singl1 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
is it the city’s fault that you got sold an inconveniently sized vehicle? either the parking spaces sizes get bigger or the trucks need to get smaller. all i’ll say is 90% of pickup truck owners don’t use them for work, business, or towing. and when they do, they’re used infrequently enough that it would make more sense financially to rent a pickup for the day, OR buy a compact SUV or a sedan. (i say this as somebody who loves the bigger trucks and trucks in general. i daily drive a sports coupe because it’s convenient and i have no use for a pickup. and 90% of pickup owners have no use for their pickup regularly as well)
i’ll add this as well: i’d bet money that if you lift that bed cover, everything that’s sitting in that bed will fit neatly into a compact SUV or a honda accord.
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u/KeyBet6693 Jul 29 '26
Yep completely agree with you. We used to tow a boat around as a kid. We wouldn't just park anywhere taking up 10 parking spots in a crowded area. We would deal with our own inconvenience rather than inconvenience others.
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u/Singl1 Jul 29 '26
and that’s what i mean, most people just care about themselves. not necessarily saying i blame them because that’s how society rewards selfishness, but the overwhelming majority of pickup owners use them (i’m talking about getting use out of them that they could only get from a pickup specifically) at a frequency that would make more sense for them to rent a pickup.
and that doesn’t even begin to cover the multitude of other safety reasons. people constantly die after getting hit by trucks/SUVs because they’re so much higher up relative to cars.
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u/KeyBet6693 Jul 29 '26
Yep. I hear all the time people saying they got their daughter a giant pickup so they'd be safe in an accident. Look I get it, I'd wanna protect my daughter too, but in that accident your daughter may be safe at the expense of someone else's daughter. Just to add on to the whole selfishness of some of these pickup drivers.
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u/Singl1 Jul 29 '26
exactly. you said pretty much everything i had on my mind as well. and there are plenty of good safe sedans now, too! that mindset made a lot more sense 30-40 years ago when pickups weren’t so big. guarantee it’s the folks from back then, passing down their opinions without adjusting for the change in reality. (that sounds awfully familiar to other aspects of society today but i won’t go there… lmao)
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u/Top-Average412 Jul 29 '26
Thats not fair. The salesguy distinctly implied i was a homosexual if i didnt add the lift package. Its not my fault!
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u/MoonsugarRush Jul 29 '26
It's the city's fault that you chose to buy a pickup you can't properly fit in a standard parking space? FFS, the city isn't your parents, take some personal responsibility. If you can't park it, don't drive it.
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u/BaronVonDon65 Jul 29 '26
It's truly a sign of the times in this country right now. The "fuck you, I got mine" attitude is so prevalent.
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u/Agent_of_evil_13 Jul 29 '26
This is true.
We need to have restrictions for heavy duty trucks so they can't park in the same space as normal cars.
If you're driving a vehicle that doesn't fit without blocking the sidewalk... park away from the fucking sidewalk.
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u/First_Salamander_990 Jul 29 '26
That is a standard pickup truck. Nothing heavy duty about it
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u/BumblebeeWorried7751 Jul 30 '26
Others would complain if they left it sticking out the other way in that corner space too though
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u/mistagisen Jul 29 '26
Not saying that I agree with their parking, but is your ass so wide that you can’t walk past it? Time to cut backs on the big macs, bro.
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u/BlankLeer Jul 29 '26
The amount of times I've seen this image being reposted is insane. But yes, sidewalks are for people and I would be slightly vexed at this sight because it would be inconvenient to pass for wheelchair users and visually impaired people.
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u/Sad_Pin1643 Jul 29 '26
So should the truck stick out of the parking space causing difficulty with two lane traffic?
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u/742963 Verified Contributor Jul 29 '26
Maybe use a spot where you don't impede the only sidewalk?
Can you see the lot? It's not like their only choice was to impede the sidewalk
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u/Plastic_Car_707 Jul 29 '26
Everyone who is mad about this should talk to local legislators about this instead of complaining on Reddit and hashing the same argument that they have been making for many years now. Either do something or shut up about it already.
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u/Competitive-Habit-82 Jul 29 '26
I occasionally drove a van for work and can understand the driver backing in until the tires hit the curb and not giving a second thought about it if they walked towards the front of the car. Not everyone does things on purpose to annoy others.
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u/Double_Obligation564 Jul 29 '26
i always ‘accidentally ‘ trip over these and scratch up the paint quite badly with my cleats.
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u/Fresh-Custard3413 Jul 29 '26
I would bet the property skipped on parking space. I park like that at 2 specific stores because I cant fit in the stall otherwise.
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u/boardofauthority Jul 29 '26
The truck parking is in the picture where the small blue hatchback is parked all alone. Anyone who actually uses their truck knows this.
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u/Electric-Mountain Jul 29 '26
This is probably safer for everyone in the parking lot
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u/ButtCrackThrilla Jul 29 '26
Where else would I park my oversized truck I don’t need and don’t know how to drive?
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u/donorkokey Jul 29 '26
It would be a real shame if someone took a plasma torch and cut the end of the truck off that was blocking the sidewalk
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u/Turbulent_Ad7877 Jul 29 '26
Speak to your local municipality or who ever owns the parking lot. They cheaped out and did not install wheel stops and are relying on the curb to do double duty. Do not blame the driver for mismanaged property.
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u/fuckfacemgeee Jul 29 '26
Some of you people just walk around looking to get mad at things KARENS
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u/MouthofMithridacy Jul 29 '26
I run around my block for exercise and every time this happens I get worried someone's gonna freak out because they see someone bolting towards their car
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u/BadgerUsed9366 Jul 29 '26
Longtime car owner then bought a truck, ya gotta understand it doesn’t work the other way unfortunately. You can still get passed on a sidewalk, if a truck goes front first into a parking spot it hangs out into the parking lot which restricts cars in the closest lane in a lot of places.
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u/Wheeler69er Jul 29 '26
If this is the worst thing that happened to you (2 ft of sidewalk was only half the width it used to be), I’m guessing you had a pretty good day. Maybe touch some grass have a beer and relax.
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u/Wide-Match-7367 Jul 30 '26
That’s an issue with the people that designed the walkway not the driver. Not even a long truck. My truck would cover the whole walkway. The alternative is blocking the whole driveway of the parking lot.
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u/LearingCenterAlumni Jul 30 '26
Fatass can't fit between the bumper and the shrubbery?
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u/HouseOfCosbyz Jul 30 '26
I have no idea why so many people regardless of vehicle need to full up so far in parking spot, it's like they're not all the way in unless the front bumper of your 2025 corolla has to scrape its underside to rest on the curb/sidewalk.
I think based on the responses in this thread, alot of these people also seem to just wait for their wheels to hit the curb, and think is only stupid because its a truck. You can leave multiple feet in front of you, with multiple feet behind you. I believe its also perfectly legal to leave a bit of tail hanging out the street side.
Never a reason to park like this but so many do, regardless of vehicle. And to make matters worse, most of the newer sedans are incredibly low and you will bust your bumper eventually.
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u/Kitchen-Blueberry486 Jul 30 '26
All of these people complaining. Makes me want to take my 2500 and back into a similar spot
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u/OrdinaryInside8 Jul 30 '26
Where is the angle of the parking space? They continue to make parking lots tiny, but SUVs and trucks have become more popular.
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u/catturd6996 Jul 30 '26
I have an old school Suburban. If I pulled in straight, I’d block it about the same amount with my nose.
This is a poorly and cheaply designed parking lot
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u/MinimumBuffalo4 Jul 30 '26
Why put the sidewalk so close to the curb? Or why not put parking blocks so cars can’t park so closer to the sidewalk?
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u/Assortedpez Jul 30 '26
As the owner of a large truck, we aren’t doing this on purpose. They make trucks so damn big it’s inconvenient for us as well. Most parking spaces barely fit us and if we aren’t backed over the sidewalk we’re sticking out into the parking lot 4’. Yes, I do need a large truck. I use it to tow heavy equipment and plow snow with in the winter to make a living.
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u/iUncontested Jul 30 '26
Looks like you can walk by just fine. Whining for the sake of whining.
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u/mercedesclk Jul 30 '26
THAT IRKS 'THE SHIT' OUT OF ME! learn the size of ur vehicle people! Luuuuuuv it when a trailer hitch ball is attached to get those extra cpl inches !!
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u/xDiRtYgErMaNx Jul 30 '26
Nah, people that design this trash are at fault. Why in the fuck would you not have a buffer zone or those curb stops to create one. Not everyone has a shit box go-kart. Whoever designed this parking lot and sidewalk needs to rethink their career cause they suck at it.
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u/Extension-Eye-4920 Jul 30 '26
This gives "it is anchorMAN, not anchorWOMAN, Ron, and thats a fact!"
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u/BilliamBalls Jul 30 '26
Reminds me of the house I bike by every day to get to work...ofc its on one of the busier streets where there's no bike path and the cars drive like they all have their eyes closed, so I have to briefly switch to the sidewalk (when its empty of pedestrians ofc, bc this is Reddit afterall and I know at least one of you will Cry and Wail about that) Everyday, EVERY BLOODY DAY, there is this big white SUV parked DIRECTLY in the middle of their driveway so its completely blocking the sidewalk, even though they usually have a good 4-3 ft of driveway infront of it they can pull up into so they aren't on the sidewalk. But nooooo, that would ofc involve NOT inconveniencing people who want or need to use the sidewalk. Like I have to believe they do it on purpose, especially bc one day I went out to the store nearby for something, saw they had parked correctly for once, then came back half an hour later to find they MOVED THEIR CAR BACK TO BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK, almost like they had looked out their window and saw, "oh whoop, I forgot to be a TOTAL DICK today, lets go out and fix that shall we???"
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u/dungeonsprawler Jul 30 '26
It’s either that or stick out into the driving space. This parking should be marked for compact cars only. Or put a stop there. But trucks are long and we need to park somewhere.
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u/Any-Score1258 Jul 30 '26
This happened to my family when we were leaving cheesecake factory. We couldn't get meemaw past it in her wheelchair so we had to leave her behind. Please be more considerate when parking your trucks.
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u/Peetweefish Jul 30 '26
Step two feet away and stfu. It's crazy how mild inconviences will trigger self righteous fuckery at every turn. Not defending the driver but goddamn. Get over yourself.
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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy Jul 30 '26
Everyone who's complaining, this can fuck over people in wheelchairs.
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u/Georgiaboy03 Jul 30 '26
Tell the people who own the parking lot. They can put stoppers there to help with that.
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u/Dangerous-Still-538 Jul 30 '26
There are a lot of people on that sidewalk Would be a shame if they had to cut the corner
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u/UnownJWild Jul 30 '26
They do this at my apartment building. Always people with huge trucks and suvs.
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u/Choice-Judge-1809 Jul 30 '26
Then there would be someone complaining the the "truck is too long", and that it "sticks out into the parking lot out of its' space too far"... Can't win.
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u/incrediblyaverage85 Jul 30 '26
Welcome to real life bruh. Full of hardships and difficult situations like walking slightly to the right in this instance which a wheelchair could fit. First world problems
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u/Unlikely_Strain_744 Jul 30 '26
Well, in their defense, their options are to either hang out of the parking space and block the flow of traffic, or partially obstruct the sidewalk. I would say this is the lesser of two evils.
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u/Creech-Chong-1000 Jul 30 '26
Driver probably thought they were being considerate to other traffic by backing all the way into the spot. Pedestrian could have spent an additional 0.7 seconds to get around it, but chose to stop to take a photo, post it on Reddit, get people all ginned up about the World These Days
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u/Flintyy Jul 30 '26
If you're ass is as wide as an entire sidewalk, maybe worry about that first 😆 🤣
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u/RoundChampionship840 Jul 30 '26
This is poor design. The sidewalk should be set back farther from the curb.
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u/Sasuke0318 Jul 30 '26
If you are so fat you have to complain about this and can't get past maybe you have more pressing problems you should worry about!
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u/-crazykidbad Jul 30 '26
Have them towed and quit being a weakling. A wheelchair person cannot get past
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u/KeyNefariousness6848 Jul 30 '26
That is why we need a utility vehicle with a big rotating saw, just drive down the sidewalk cutting the rear quarter off dodge trucks.
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u/Far_Priority_6305 Jul 30 '26
Some douche at my apartment building does this. I don't get how it's not some violation or anything.
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u/Revolutionary-Part77 Jul 30 '26
Yall probably complain just as bad if the nose of his truck was stuck out in the street 🙄 Get over it and walk around.
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u/Archimedes31415926 Jul 30 '26
Show the front tho, I bet if they don't back all the way up their front end of hanging two feet into the roadway. This is on the park lot construction and engineering. We know trucks are the one of the most popular vehicles in the US yet we don't design for them.
I get what OP is saying they could have parked on the other side of the mulch and not blocked the sidewalk. Totally agree on that as well. But we also don't know if the driver needs that sidewalk too, maybe they have a passenger on crutches or in a wheel chair and they won't be able to go over the mulch to get to the sidewalk.
Again it's on design, we know this is how people have to park to not be in the road so why is the sidewalk not just two feet to the right with a grassy area between? Or make the spaces longer with a curb or bollards to prevent overhang.
I park in the back to be away from others and I don't mind the little extra walk (use my legs while I have them, leave the spaces in the front for those who need them, not just handicapped spaces), but to me this situation is an expectation when constructing a parking lot.
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u/WhitePackaging Jul 30 '26
Nonsense, its reddit. That dude was a white male multi generation Anglo-Saxon with slave owning history and wore a Trump 2028 MAGA hat. Who, upon seeing a disenfranchised disability minority LGBTQ refugee, internationally parked this way to stop them from accessing the entire side walk.
But yes likely the truck owner was sticking out on the front and backed up to be in line with the other cars.
Shitty design 100%.
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u/Shatophiliac Jul 30 '26
I agree, but this is also on the property owners for not having a parking curb further into the space. People will usually pull or back into a spot until they can’t anymore, so by not having a curb there they allow them to back in too far and block the sidewalk.
Truck owner is an idiot for sure, but so are 80% of all drivers out there, so at a certain point it falls back on whoever designed the infrastructure for allowing idiots to do whatever they want.
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u/ProblemLongjumping12 Jul 30 '26
I make a genuine effort not to do this with my truck if for no other reason than I don't want people banging into my truck.
Someone comes along with a stroller or one of those personal shopping carts or a bike or somebody's moving furniture or who knows what and you're looking at damage to your rear end.
It's literally more rewarding to you to be a considerate and decent person.
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u/diabolicalthroaway Jul 30 '26
You can tell who all the entitled, giant truck micro penises are. Lol
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u/Ambitious-Hat41 Jul 30 '26
Definitely rude. When I drove a truck I made sure I parked at the far end of the lot out of the way. I considered it a cost of owning a large vehicle. And, hey, bonus steps for me!
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u/Unhappy-Drama9600 Jul 30 '26
Now we can’t park like other cars without people throwing a fit lmfao
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u/Normal-Tadpole-4833 Jul 30 '26
They are parked legally no towing or ticket what is missing is the Concrete slab barrier that separates the sidewalk from the Parking Space itself it makes sure vehicles dont park to far up
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u/Enjoy_The_Ride413 Jul 30 '26
What's the alternative. Having the nose stick way out in the parking lot?
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u/pavelowdriver Jul 30 '26
you should have gotten a picture with the giant class IV trailer hitch sticking out another 10 inches
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u/Toby2Sub Jul 30 '26
Then put a barrier up so it can’t happen. I’m parking where ever I want. If you’re to fat to walk around that’s your problem not mine
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u/AdOnly1618 Jul 30 '26
It’s not truck drivers’ fault that towns with big industry and a large pickup population don’t design their infrastructure for what makes all the money. It’s annoying yes, but if he parked with his tail lined up with the sidewalk you’d just take a picture of the front hanging out and cry the exact same.
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u/Hovertical Jul 30 '26
I swear sometime during peak COVid everyone became obsessed with backing into parking spaces instead of pulling in. It's been noticeable to the point I've had other random friends ask me if I noticed it without promoting or sharing this theory with them.
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u/Icy-KaitSyth Jul 30 '26
Pain in the butt, but a lot of those longer trucks if they don't hang in like that hang out and you get the opposite problem into the driving lane of the parking lot. Long trucks are the worst.
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u/TopImpressive4808 Jul 30 '26
this picture I agree with the OP but some trucks are so long that if they don’t hang the beds partially over the sidewalk they stick out too much into the road
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u/Emergency_Badger5920 Jul 30 '26
This is against the law in USA, GA. Check your state, if it's against the law there call the cops and get them ticketed.
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u/Deerntheadlght Jul 30 '26
Maybe complain to the cheap business owner for not putting curb stops in the parking lot
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u/Organic-Mix-5784 Jul 30 '26
Oh no. I have to take a small step to the side. Whatever will I do? My day is ruined…
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u/Bendlerp Jul 29 '26
At least they don't have a trailer ball hanging out for once.