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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
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.
Why post here instead of calling traffic/parking enforcement?
Because I do not feel that neighbors snitching on each other is a viable, equitable, or practical solution to state or federal scale regulatory and infrastructure issues.
But it’s a potentially viable solution to this specific jackasses jackassery
This isn't snitching, this is a person who parked their vehicle dangerously and getting a ticket or towed would probably go a long way towards changing their behavior. Sometimes it's ok to get 3rd parties involved when you're unable to solve it yourself. If someone has the money for that dumbass truck they have the money for a parking spot for it.
Like it's their fault for owning it and parking it there.
I get your sentiment, I just feel like in this case the person who has that truck is really just plainly wrong. But I do agree with you, I will talk to my neighbors or really anyone to try to resolve an issue before bringing anyone else in.
Is it really a regulatory and infrastructure issue? I would have guessed the truck owner is just an entitled asshole.
Assholes exist everywhere. But if you regulate against this sort of vehicle and design infrastructure that does not accommodate them, the local assholes can not / will not asshole in this specific way.
I assume you live in the US? How likely do you think such a regulation is in your lifetime?
Likely enough that it's worth ignoring pessimism to the contrary, though if I had to bet on what ends luxury jumbo trucks I'd wager that the economic entropy of the market takes the prize first, and I am confident that will happen in my lifetime.
You posted this and then did nothing else for the entire day, didnt you?
im at work.I posted that reply during lunch.
regardless Im not able to address this problem but OP can
Because Portland, OR traffic enforcement doesn't really exist and if they did see this they would just be amused because Portland LEOs are all CHUDs who live in the southwest Washington suburbs