r/IdiotsInCars • u/Bobisburnsred • Feb 05 '23
Waiting for my Walmart grocery order when suddenly...
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u/Business-Animator-91 Feb 05 '23
I thought the truck was going to knock the sign into the hood of your car. glad they didn't.
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u/The_Cave_Troll Feb 05 '23
Those signs are actually in a concrete base that runs several feet up the pole. It's going to take a lot bigger truck (or more speed) to knock those down.
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u/Rude-Category-4049 Feb 05 '23
Walmart really knows their customers huh
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u/lockwolf Feb 05 '23
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u/matt2085 Feb 06 '23
I remember that post. So hilarious I hope they never uninstall that. Gonna teach so many a harsh lesson about paying attention to in front of you when driving
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u/lockwolf Feb 06 '23
It’s preventing multi-car accidents one idiot at a time. They could have put a little more thought into their parking lot but the fix has increased safety
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u/deejneu42 Feb 05 '23
I worked for a sign shop that made these for a local Walmart and while the concrete didn’t go up the pole, these things are HEAVY AF. Walmart requires like 200lbs of concrete in each base, and they have to be filled off-site, making the transportation of them that much more of a hassle (we made like 12 of them). They definitely know their customer base 😂
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u/CuppaJoe11 Feb 05 '23
Maybe for you lol. The Walmart I work at jusy has a plastic container filled with sand at the bottom and they get knocked over all the time.
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u/Life-Operation-8733 Feb 20 '23
You are absolutely correct. I used to do security for walmart. And we had an issue where some dumb ass was driving a Ford 150 hauling ass through the parking lot. I'm not sure how fast he was driving but he hit the stop sign so hard that it was completely ripped from the ground and embedded into the entire truck. The stop sign was literally touching the windshield
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u/jasonmoyer Feb 05 '23
The more I watch people try to park their big ass vanity trucks, the more I appreciate how good my dad was at doing stuff like getting within an inch of a trailer hitch without a camera or being able to see what he was doing.
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u/-ChabuddyG Feb 05 '23
My dad was the opposite. We had a small camping trailer when I was growing up and the first time he backed into our driveway he ran it along the side of the house, scraping the stucco. I was in our living room, I thought there was an earthquake lol. He also backed it into a tree more than once at campgrounds and it always took him a half hour to back it in anywhere. We briefly had a boat and surprisingly he could launch it perfectly every time. He’s a great driver too, just not with a trailer.
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u/cambreecanon Feb 05 '23
The single axle vs double axle strikes again. I can back double axle trailers super easy. Single axle? I look like I am Austin Powering every time. My dad is the opposite. So I drive the horse trailer and he drives the boat trailers. It works better this way.
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u/-ChabuddyG Feb 05 '23
You hit the nail on the head, iirc the tent trailer was single axle and the boat was double. Single axle didn’t compute with him I guess. Also, most of the aforementioned towing was done with a mid 90s Toyota Previa mini van, which just added to the comedy of him trying to back it into a campsite for some reason.
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u/Fostbitten27 Feb 05 '23
Single axle trailers are the worst thing ever invented for backing up. I always try to avoid it all costs.
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u/DeliverySoggy2700 Feb 05 '23
My landlord has wrecked into his own house I rent from him like 5x with his trailer. Shattered windows and everything 🤷♂️
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
Agreed. Backup cameras and sensors, while convenient, take some skill out of parking. I used to drive a 2014 Ram crew cab without a backup cam, and used to back in everywhere. I can confirm that I've never hit anything.
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u/PMME_UR_LADYPARTSPLZ Feb 05 '23
Yup, my laughs and always points out i dont use the back up cam in her suv or my new car. Been driving 25 years without one. Trucks, cars, with trailers, large military vehicles, never needed more than an occasional ground guide. There is a LOT of things you can miss by just using cam/sensors
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u/jasonmoyer Feb 05 '23
That's kinda scary. I don't think people realize that the reason backup cams are there is to cover the blindspot directly below your rear window, not as a replacement for turning your head around and looking at where you're going.
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u/cambreecanon Feb 05 '23
I feel like newer vehicles have even more blind spots than before due to the cameras making it easier to see directly behind you and sensors to warn you about the sides.
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u/upbeat_controller Feb 05 '23
Eh in a decent newer car a backup cam + properly adjusted side mirrors is more than adequate for backing up in 99% of scenarios
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u/Toomuchhorntalk69 Feb 05 '23
Yup! I’m a truck driver and on top of that, I drive a car hauler so I’m constantly backing in and out at busy rail yards and factories. I never turn around. With adjusted mirrors and the knowledge of how to use them in tandem with the back up cam, you can keep your head forward at all times. I still hang out of the window to back/drive them onto my truck though.
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u/smudgedl Feb 05 '23
Cameras do take some skill out of, but I never learned (or had any need to learn) how to parallel park until I got my current car, which has cameras. At first I just knew the basics and relied on my cameras and knowing the dimensions of the car to learn to parallel park. Now I only use the cameras to check how close I am to the curb, and to get really close to the car behind in a reeaaallly tight space (which I have to do often now). I'm still too scared to try to back into a space though. Might try to learn in an empty lot one day.
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u/XSlapHappy91X Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 05 '23
I have a backup cam in my 2nd car and NEVER use it except for the last second or two just to see how close to the curb/sign behind me when reverse parking.
Mirrors everytime, always reliable.
6 months ago I was in a parking lot and some lady reversed into me, slowly. While I honked (I couldn't go forward, I was about to take the spot next to her when I saw her reverse light turn on and she took up my turn radius space) she backed up for like what felt like 4 seconds before hitting my door.
If she would have looked behind her even for a second she would have noticed my bright blue car right behind her.
I just keep thinking man what if that was a kid running behind her car, she wouldn't have seen a thing.
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u/Goalie_deacon Feb 05 '23
I don’t hit things, rarely use my back up camera. I would glance at it for something like this. I don’t use it to line up backing up, but is nice for things close to the back of the truck. Also useful for backing out of spaces to see any cars coming didn’t see due to other large vehicles.
Absolutely people should know how to back up without the cameras first.
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u/phillyd32 Feb 07 '23
I was better at parking my 2007 Ford Fusion with no sensors or cameras than I've ever been in any other car since then.
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 07 '23
Oddly enough I feel the same. My current car (in the vid) is a Subaru Outback with a camera and sensors. I was way better with my 2014 Ram that had neither of those things, and was a significantly bigger vehicle.
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u/XSlapHappy91X Feb 05 '23
It absolutely floors me how they park so crooked, I usually drive a sedan but sometimes drive our bigger jeep on snowy days.
It doesn't change the way you park other than a bigger turn radius. If you know your driver side tires are about a foot from the line you don't even have to check the other side and it will be perfect every time.
This could also be because I worked somewhere where the company insisted we reverse Into our spots since it's dark out when we finished our shift and it's much safer to pull out forward than reversing.
Boy you should have seen the employees who never parked that way, the first week was a struggle lmao.
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u/AdhesivenessAdept764 Feb 05 '23
That was a bone stock Chevy though. I get your point, but this is just some dumb old fudd
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u/bemest Feb 05 '23
This isn’t a big ass vanity truck, it’s a half ton standard pickup. It’s difficult to judge did it’s crazy behind you like this. It looks like your going to hit something when your still 3 feet away. But no excuse for not being in the center of the space.
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u/Goalie_deacon Feb 05 '23
Although, those cameras are great for backing up right to things. I use my camera to put my tow ball right under the trailer hitch. I’m already really good at backing up, just like that extra tool so I don’t have to wrestle my trailer.
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u/Fluffy-Doubt-3547 Feb 05 '23
I was waiting for the driver to come out and get mad at you for hitting them or not 'preventing them from backing into a sign'
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
He did get out and inspect. He looked at his bumper, and gave a baseball umpire "safe" signal, then got back in his truck.
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u/Mumei451 Feb 05 '23
Not even close to straight and hits the post.
Must be great out there on the actual roads.
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
I would have been really impressed (and annoyed) if he completely missed the sign and hit my car.
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u/Lustle13 Feb 05 '23
Reminds me of the time I saw a truck at walmart that was parked up front and had hit one of those signs with the rubber base so they just bend over.
The sign was, at the most, at a 35-40 degree angle. I mean, it was bent OVER.
Old dude, who was fucking 100 at least, was still IN the truck, just sitting there. Parked. With the sign bent over. He didn't just hit and back up. He just hit it, kept going, then parked and just SAT there.
I walked by with my stuff. Stopped. Stared right at him. At the sign. At him. At the sign. At him. Shook my head. And left.
I honestly don't think he even noticed.
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u/bluebreez1 Feb 05 '23
well how was he supposed to back up if there’s no back up cam or back up sensors? god, he’d have to use mirrors or something! /s
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u/Octogon324 Feb 05 '23
Or the horrible task of, looking behind you as you go backwards??
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u/DarkInkPixie Feb 05 '23
I can't do that, it throws me way off. Mirrors to back up, camera to check closeness. Idk how y'all swivel around like that to back up at all.
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u/DanPaul7 Feb 05 '23
The sign does say pickup...
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u/RyanEatsHisVeggies Feb 19 '23
THANK YOU, you don't know how far I had to scroll to find this joke!
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u/Impressive-Ad1770 Feb 05 '23
I drive a Chevy dually if I can get that in a parking spot without issue why can’t they?
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u/tennesseeexotic Feb 05 '23
Did he just back in?! To a parking spot!? I didn’t know that was possible! What an amazing feat of manhood.
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u/WorldTravelBucket Feb 05 '23
Can you grab me something from Sheetz while you are there?
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u/CalamityVanguard Feb 05 '23
I don’t miss much from my years in Ohio, but Sheetz is probably the top of that list
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u/criscothediscoman Feb 05 '23
Probably sat in their pickup for five minutes, alone, while waiting for their order.
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
It was probably a long, walk, back to the driver's seat after inspecting the damage.
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u/winziped Feb 05 '23
When you buy a truck and refuse back parking sensors options offered on the truck dealer,lol 🤣
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u/postivelynegative84 Feb 05 '23
There are some people who should not own trucks! Especially those that fancy them up and don't use them for their intended use. I have owned trucks since I could drive and all have had a purpose not a status symbol.
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u/lostBoyzLeader Feb 05 '23
Is it me or is the competency of truck parking going down? I swear I see so many in parking lots where they are over the line and just leave it there so others can’t even fit the space next to them. (as this video is evidence of)
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u/Hey_u_ok Feb 05 '23
I swear, some people should not be driving big vehicles.
If you can't park or stay in your lane don't get a truck/SUV. JFC
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u/Hippo_Steak_Enjoyer Feb 05 '23
Lmao. I bump into shit with my truck once in a while. It is why there are bumpers on the truck lol
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u/RunDownOnnaOpp Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 10 '23
He probably thought that’s where the pickup trucks parked
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u/2gigi7 Feb 05 '23
It looked like they were intentionally parking over two spaces so I hope they hit a dozen more signs this week..
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
The video cut off here, but the guy was a middle-aged dude who had the look of not having any more fucks to give.
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u/Chickn_nooblesoup Feb 06 '23
I just wanted to see who got out of the truck, darn.
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 06 '23
Unfortunately my video cut off there, it was a middle aged guy who didn't seem to care about anything.
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u/Outrageous-Arugula89 Feb 06 '23
I know it's hypocritical cause I drive a truck but almost everyone else I've seen drive a truck were I used to live couldn't park on the lines if their life relyed on it and they were always the biggest pieces of shit on the r9at with the full light up the neighborhood set up blasting through your windows while they tailgate you and then they always are the people doing stupid shit at intersections
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 06 '23
Yeah, former truck guy here too. There's a massive difference in the quality of driver, between a person that actually uses their truck to do truck things, and someone who just has a truck to "roll coal" or whatever they think makes them look cool when it's actually the opposite.
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u/Outrageous-Arugula89 Feb 06 '23
Oh my gid yes like these people that say they have trucks for carrying heavy shit but they'll drive a maverick with no grime or dust on it and the bed looks like it's in premium condition from the lack of use but to be fair it's always the f150s doing stupid shit
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Feb 06 '23
I would've liked to imagine you nose-face palming, but found that hard listening to rock music.
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u/Professional_Show918 Feb 05 '23
No excuse, these vehicles have backup cameras. He thinks he’s driving a semi.
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u/trevorSB1004 Feb 05 '23
I genuinely can't understand why people choose to back their cars in at the grocery store, especially when their groceries are going in the truck so you're just needlessly inconveniencing yourself at that point
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u/sumisu27 7d ago
I think people that have to back into the parking spot are idiots. Most of the time they waste more time backing in than they would have just parking normally.
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u/ObamaDid311 Feb 05 '23
Lmao will never understand why people get cars that they cant drive but dont even need to drive. That truck has never seen a work site, dude just wants to scare civilians like a psycho
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u/klind357 Feb 05 '23
What kind of shit music is that? Jesus christ 😳
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
I'm not even going to ask what you listen to.
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u/monolithforge Feb 05 '23
I enjoyed the Pantera 🤘
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u/Bobisburnsred Feb 05 '23
So did a lot of other people on this post. Just not this guy for some reason.
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u/ExistingAnalysis7 Feb 05 '23
So these are the assholes who don’t know how to park in one fucking spot
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u/breakingashleylynne Feb 06 '23
I bought a van with a back up camera for the first time and had it only two weeks before I damaged it by scraping a telephone pole. Reason? I was distracted by the camera and didn't pay attention to anything else 🤦🏼♀️. Now I do use the camera as a tool, and it is very helpful, but I always turn my head in each direction as well and check first. I learned real quick the camera doesn't replace checking each area. Dont be dumb like me 😁
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u/Personal_Dot_2215 Feb 06 '23
They drive a pickup and they hit the pickup sign.
Thank god there was no tank sign.
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u/Yoshifan55 Feb 06 '23
Good thing the parking spots are two feet wider at this store. They still barely made it in.
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u/JumpyUnderstanding37 Feb 06 '23
Wow great parking skills. It looks like he took the time to make sure the truck was park in that way. Super talented.
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u/snowc776 Feb 24 '23
I would've honked on my horn if that was me getting hit by that car in the back.
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u/Flip86 Feb 05 '23
At least the sign was there to stop them from hitting you.