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This is not out in some rural town. This is in Portland, OR about 2 miles from downtown. Personal vehicles this large are simply incompatible with urban living and pressure their owners to continually break traffic law. Technically that Miata is parked as close to the stop sign as it can legally be, but as the Denali doesn't fit in many places around here it's owner is compelled to park across both the stop sign and the crosswalk.

Follow up: To whatever bootlicking idiot called PBOT and asked for enforcement on this block, it didn't help. It made things worse just like I cautioned such actions do in the discussion below. They didn't ticket the truck (Which was indeed parking in front of the stop sign this morning) but they did ticket just about every-other car parked on this street for non-street safety related things like parked wrong orientation, literal broken window, expired registration, etc. You probably cost my neighbors a few thousand dollars in combined citations for minor procedural issues, now everybody is miserable and the truck is still parked there. Please, never ever do that again. Your fantasy of calling law enforcement to fix all the problems is not what happens in real life. It doesn't matter who they are, NEVER CALL THE COPS ON YOUR NEIGHBORS.

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Miata is always the answer.

In this case, the question would have been - which one of these cars would not survive an accident with the other?

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

IDK, I don't think that truck could hit the Miata, I feel like the Miata would just slip right under it

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

You might be right; only looking at losing the windshield, soft-top and driver.. all easily replaceable parts, IMO!

[–] AnitaAmandaHuginskis@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Now imagine both on a highway and the Miata rear-ending the truck. In EU underride guards are mandatory, but in the US... I'm not sure.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I've never heard of an underride guard, so yea they're probably not required in the US. brb, off to Google it

Edit: yea they're only required on commercial trucks and vehicles, so massive semis, not personal trucks like this one

I bet PPB doesn't mind, if they were called about it they'd be like high fiving the owner like "hell yeah brother that's how we do it in Battle Ground fuck these Portland libs!"

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But can you fit four 200kg people in the Miata?

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

I'm working my way back from 125kg, it was miserable living that heavy. I can't imagine being 200kg.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

One of my coworkers has something like this, big ass 150 thats bigger than our parking spaces that fit 12 seater vans. He's got 4 kids, lives in town and regularly complains about struggling to pay bills. No shit dumbass all your money is tied up in liabilities and he takes any excuse to skip work he can get.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Love Miatas!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Denali neighbor must have a small dick.

[–] lemmy12369@midwest.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just wish we could return late 1800 transportation methods.. like soo roads are obnoxiously too long.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 points 6 days ago

I'm glad we don't have horse crap everywhere. Thats disgusting and a health risk.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Why isn't he compelled to park down a mineshaft? Lots of room down there.

[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

You could ALMOST Christmas Vacation that Miata under the Denali.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

Lentils may well be helpful in this situation also.

[–] hefejefe@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Everything’s bigger in texa… err. Portland?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Trucks parked like that are just begging for some good keying

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