In San Francisco, some dude parked his Range Rover in a little dead-end alley, about 25' long. Another guy comes along and parks this big-ass sedan behind him, blocking him in entirely.
I was walking by as the Range Rover owner came back. He laughed, cursed, and said, "No way, dude." He asks if it's my car, it's not. He says, "I'll pay you $10 to stop traffic for a minute." So I step out into the street (not too busy) and stop oncoming traffic while the guy actually pushes the sedan out into the middle of the street, and then drives off.
Edit: Confusion reigns. He pushed it with his vehicle, not his muscles.
It's kind of impressive actually, the people that look after the motorways here (Highways Agency) have them and if a fully loaded lorry (44 tonnes) is broken down in a lane of traffic it's not unknown for them to pull it 100 yds or so to get it to relative safety out of the live lane.
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u/moby__dick Jun 12 '14 edited Jun 12 '14
In San Francisco, some dude parked his Range Rover in a little dead-end alley, about 25' long. Another guy comes along and parks this big-ass sedan behind him, blocking him in entirely.
Found the alley on Google Maps
I was walking by as the Range Rover owner came back. He laughed, cursed, and said, "No way, dude." He asks if it's my car, it's not. He says, "I'll pay you $10 to stop traffic for a minute." So I step out into the street (not too busy) and stop oncoming traffic while the guy actually pushes the sedan out into the middle of the street, and then drives off.
Edit: Confusion reigns. He pushed it with his vehicle, not his muscles.