hmmm if pedestrians have the right of way, does that mean i can walk on top of this car?
I have to assume the owner expected such behavior parking on a sidewalk.
I “accidentally” walk close to the car and maybe my jean button unfortunately may touch the car. Ooops😂
Simple answer no, you could go past it and if it was damaged in the process that really wouldn’t be your fault and they would have to go to civil court to try to deal with it. Walking over it is pretty likely to be taken as property damage and you at the very least get cited out if not taken before a magistrate.
Worth it.
Probably true but also incredibly unfair. Some people simply get away with ignoring rules and as the person trying to find a creative way to pay retribution you have to worry about legal consequences.
I’m happy there’s an app to report such things where I live. Never know if anything happens but at least it feels like I have done something.
thats a great point!
He means the car looking sidewalk.
I would (and have) walk past it while my key scratches the car front to back as I walk past.
Oopsie-daisy!
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I keep some old keys around for occasions like this
just walk on top of it
Jumping on the windshield is encouraged
Both of them.
Both
why limit yourself?
I don’t know if I can fit there. Hmm, maybe if I take my keys out of my pocket and hold them in my hand while squeezing through.
i’m getting a bit pudgy so who knows what my belt buckle might do when i’m forced to shimmy past the car
When I lived in New York, I would have to regularly buy new keys because I would wear them out on how many cars I scratch the fuck up for doing this exact thing.
If you are not keying every car and slashing every tire, every time you see a motherfucker do this, you’re wasting your time. These assholes have to learn their lessons in a very expensive way, or they will continue to do this.
The cars parked on the side of the road scratched the fuck out of my dog stroller
A car with a broken window can still move out of the way. Slashed tires park it in the way for longer.
Where I live there would be paint scratches and flat tires on that car. Probably twisted/broken windshield wipers as well.
I don’t know, but generally if you find something on the side walk you may be able to keep it?
I like this one. I’ll steal it with pride
Get some friends and relocate it lol
Me and 2 other people moved a poorly parked Toyota Tercel when I was young, pivoting it on a front tire.
I’m kind of a big dude, but I’m not huge and only one of us was particularly strong.
It’s easier than you might think especially if you just want to flip it over. 3-5 regular sized guys could definitely do it!
Colleague is a firefighter and they regularly have trainings for moving a car, in case it’s blocking a driveway.
They’ll have a person at each wheel and bounce the car in sync, making use of the suspension to keep the momentum going. And then when it’s bouncing upwards, they’ll lift it off the ground and push it over a few centimeters. Repeat until it’s out of the way.
He said, it’s fairly quick, you can easily move a car half a meter that way.
But yeah, if you need to move it further, you’ll go ringing doorbells, or worst-case, wait for a tow truck…“There’s nothing in the rule book that says you can’t dribble a car…”
-Firefighters apparently
It often fucks up the body work too, which is a nice plus.
Saw some students try to do that with a relatively small car badly parked on campus. They decided they could probably lift it with one on each corner. Unfortunately they each grabbed a wheel arch and came away with handfuls of corroded bodywork. The rest of the car stayed where it was and they ran.
Yeah, gotta grab it by the tires and frame, anything else will probably break even if the vehicle is in good shape.
We did something similar, but we just stuck the back end up on the curb because teenagers do dumb stuff and we didn’t like the driver. It was a Geo Metro; we probably didn’t need more than two guys.
Rotational relocation along the longitudinal axis is definitely easier and more warranted for the BMW.
Yes, but how does delicious man meat help fight sidewalk terrorism?
If I recall, Hal leads them to a car so they can manually relocate it.
I really needed to get through that narrow opening with my bike. Might have touched thr paintjob a bit. Sue me.
They will have to find you first. Make sure they don’t.
instant keying
While you may be tempted to slash their tires as well, don’t. It’s a great way to get injured (pressurized tires tend to explode). Instead, use a small pocket knife to cut a little slice into their little air peg. That will cause a slow leak that they will not be able to easily identify, and is nearly impossible to fix without replacing the tire itself.
thanks for the warning on something I wouldn’t even dream of thinking about…
So, you can’t even dream to think about this very common thing that’s been around for more than a century?
it was a joke… as in “I’d never do that wink wink”
I got it. 😉
Brave to park like that when so many carry pocket knives and loose stones are so prevalent.
“How unfortunate you parked here on a day when it was raining bricks…”
And to drive such an unreliable car that the front would just fall off like that.
Chance in a million.
How I comment:
1st offence: bag of dogshit on the car
2nd offence: no more bag, just shit
Maybe there are apps that can help you report this to the community for handing out tickets.
Be the bigger person and just ignore it… by walking right on top of and over the car
