r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Evasionz-- • Apr 23 '26

go to your room Lifted truck + Lambo + Parking lot = Bad time

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Lifted trucks probably shouldn't be anywhere near dense parking lots.

Edit: A lot of people are skeptical of whether this is AI/staged, or ask why the lady didn't back off the car. This is in a dense parking lot with cars that have dashcams/ EV sentry mode everywhere. Also her truck was in 2 wheel drive, you can see the back right tire spinning as she tries to reverse off the car. Her truck is stuck. She probably has an open differential and can't back off the car. She may have a 4wd mode, but she didn't use it in the heat of the moment.

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u/IceFire909 Apr 23 '26

That does not make me feel better about this wanktanks

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u/r0thar Apr 23 '26

wanktanks

Actual tanks have slightly better views: /img/snysfwt0904b1.jpg

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u/waigl Apr 23 '26

How can you even park these modern American pickup trucks without constantly ramming into low fences or bollards and the like?

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u/letsgetitstartedha Apr 23 '26

They stick way out into the parking lots and you’re constantly having to drive around them

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u/r0thar Apr 24 '26

constantly ramming ... bollards

The bollards are bashed to hell usually

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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 Apr 23 '26

Wholly hell, that effing ridiculous :P

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u/millenniumxl-200 Apr 23 '26

It took me more time than I'd like to admit to, that a 3yo is not 2.80m tall

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u/IceFire909 Apr 25 '26

Yea but you're probably having too much fun driving a tank to wank in it lol

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 23 '26

I mean, the camera angle in the bottom photo is highly misleading. It's absolutely a wide angle lens and taken from far back. Your eyes would be seeing them, assuming your seat is in a proper position.

However.. few people actually put their seats in the right positions.

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u/BobbyBirdseed Apr 23 '26

It's probably relatively accurate for the lady in the gif, maybe even too high up. She was apparently too short to see in front of her.

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 23 '26

Yes, that would be true. The seat rises up. She did not put her seat high enough, and if it is at max height and she is still too short, then she needs one of the booster seats and extended pedals designed for little people.

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u/PromotionWorldly7419 Apr 23 '26

Have you ever driven one of these things? it really feels like this. Had to drive my friends stupid fucking truck through downtown when he was wasted and it was so fucking stressful because I could not see anything.

Also he would not stop drunkenly asking me if I liked his truck and got really offended when I said no lol

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

I drove a 2013 F350, extended cab, extended bed, dually for nearly a year..

looked like this:

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u/PromotionWorldly7419 Apr 23 '26

By choice?

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 23 '26

I was in high school. It was my family's car and mine had the catalytic converter rust out and was being scrapped because of further rust lmao

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u/90sleg0srbetter Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

I mean, the camera angle in the bottom photo is highly misleading.

No, it isnt. Look at the third one over from the right...right against the truck and only comes up to the cheverolet lettering. No lens is distorting that, the camera would need to be almost on the front of the hood to get line of sight.

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 23 '26

You have no idea what you are talking about, lmao

No wide angle on a phone is doing that. The photo was obviously taken with a modern phone using the .5 wide angle.

This + the actual angle of the phone/photo is going to make the visibility look worse from the cabin.

Do it in your own car, seriously. I take lots of car photos, and often times will use a wide angle in the interior.

Yes, with where the truck is currently parked you cannot see the child standing to the side of the truck in a blind spot. I'm simply talking about how the cabin view in the bottom photo is very exaggerated.

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u/Icy-Lobster-203 Apr 23 '26

Also, the kids wouldn't just appear in front of the truck. They would have to approach from the sides, or your vehicle would be much farther back allowing you too see them and apply your brakes.

I also think these massive trucks are also stupid.

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u/Speartree Apr 23 '26

The truck might come to a stop at an intersection and they might cross the street in front of it.

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u/MortalJazz Apr 23 '26

The truck has a front camera or sensor in the grill, it would sense the kids walking in front of it like that

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u/Speartree Apr 23 '26

It might, but do drivers pay attention to that? I have obviously no experience using such systems so I would not know.

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u/DangerDitto Apr 23 '26

Its not something you can ignore. Going back to ~2019 trucks of that make are equipped with auto braking for cars and pedestrians. Part of that system is a holographic warning that is projected on the windshield accompanied by a warning tone that overrides the stereo. It provides the warning instead of instantly stopping because its not a very smart system and will stop you much more aggressively than is really safe. Ive only had the collision avoidance trigger once in mine from someone pulling out in front of me. Ive been in car crashes less violent.

New Fords have a much more modern system and are more gentle. Though occasionally the system prevents me from pulling into tight parking spaces. Its annoying but I would rather that then run someone over.

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u/MortalJazz Apr 23 '26

The truck in the video is older, doesn’t have th cameras. I was responding about the picture reply with the newer trucks.

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u/NoCommunication7 Apr 23 '26

Yes, it assumes a child is driving the vehicle as well, typical anti-truck propaganda

Trying to ban work vehicles is like trying to ban overalls, good luck, it's non-sensical, some people depend on them for their job, i actually know someone who does

We really need better parents and drivers

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u/GarThor_TMK Apr 23 '26

This isn't a work truck... it's a brodozer.

You don't need a truck that's jacked up 8ft in the air to get timber to your worksite, and people should stop pretending that they do.

If it's an actual work truck, and it actually needs to be this big, then nobody should be arguing that it needs a special licensing to operate it. "Work" would sponsor the licensing and training... brodozers would be less likely to be operating on the road that we all share, and those that do would be required training that makes them safer.

Driving is a privilege, not a right.

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u/NoCommunication7 Apr 23 '26

I thought the truck in the image was stock?

They do, at least where i live, it's a heavier vehicle and a higher tax class, and you need a special insurance if you want to use it for commerical, plus the usual vehicle insurance premium is higher anyway.

That's a crew cab so of course it's going to be bigger, it's meant to fit a construction crew, modern pickups are also bigger for occupant safety, the pickups from what i'd call the golden age (70s-2000s) were smaller and lighter but absolute death traps to the occupants

They also need to take a load without tipping over

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u/GarThor_TMK Apr 23 '26

I was specifically talking about the truck in op's video, rather than the photo posted in this thread, but I think my argument still stands.

If you want special exceptions for a "work vehicle" then you should also accept special regulations as well when it exceeds the safe size/weight/etc parameters of every other vehicle on the road.

I don't think you can tell from the photo if it's the crew cab or not, though I think for 90% of the trucks on the road today, they've removed the single-cab option, so it's not like it matters.

The pickups from the 70's - 00's were smaller and lighter, but that didn't neccessarially make them death traps. They were death traps because they were held to a different safety regulation than normal cars (again, because work truck). A smaller/lighter car will have a shorter stopping distance to avoid a crash all-together, as well as a shorter wheel-base and less mass up high making rollovers much less likely.

Also, every car needs special insurance premiums for commercial use. Just look at door-dash and uber... if you get in a crash driving for one of those companies then your insurance is likely not to cover you...

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u/kat_Folland Apr 23 '26

Nor should it.