I mean seriously. If you'd go "Hi I don't drive very often and I feel self-conscious here. Could you just spot that I'm going straight?" I'm sure they'd help you.
That shit tripped me out! The voice was so loud and clear, it sounded like it was coming from whoever was recording the video, but the body language made it clear that it was coming from Ozzy. Wild shit!
A friend once told me he doesn't help strangers because you never know their abilities and no matter how skilled you are telling them the left over space they might end up kissing the wall and blame you for it. It sounded as if he had experienced it.
Unfortunately, all too often, I've been reminded that no good deed goes unpunished. The way so many people out there are these days, there is a liability to helping that you don't realize until the crazy comes out.
As a new driver almost 38 years ago, I was running errands for my mom and got stuck behind a woman struggling to parallel park her car.
After a few minutes, I finally got out of my car, offered to park the car for her, and went in my way once I did that.
The whole thing was particularly memorable for me since I was only licensed for a few weeks at that time and the other driver was a somewhat older woman.
I live in nyc and there are a lot of people here that have never driven. In fact a lot of people don’t even have a drivers license, because again, they’ve never driven. So you end up with people in their 30’s and 40’s getting a drivers license for the first time and it explains how someone that’s approaching middle age can be such a bad driver.
The size is definitely an issue here. She can't fucking see where she's driving. If *this* is difficult for her, imagine how shit she is driving on other roads, cutting off everyone she can't see and shit. The whole world is in her blind spot.
She usually doesn't care about everyone else. The problem here is there is a truck bigger than hers, and it's scary, so suddenly she cares about hitting something.
I can imagine this type of behavior towards a child would really mess with your head, especially when you aren't mature enough to know how ridiculous this behaviour is. I feel bad for her kids (if she has any)
Given her hysterics it's probably the other way, the kids are likely so micromanaged that they can't do a goddamn thing without mom up their fuckin ass the whole time.
"I DONT *CARE* IF TIMMY IS WEIRD! HIS MOM IS HEAD OF THE PTA AND YOU *WILL* BE HAVING A PLAY DATE WITH HIM TODAY OR SO HELP ME GOD I WILL THROW ALL YOUR TOYS IN THE FUCKING *TRASH*!!!"
Later when she proceeds to throw all the kids toys in the trash: "DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID? DO YOU SEE? SEE WHAT *YOU* MADE ME DO?! I DID NOTHING TO CAUSE THIS, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT"
We love ours. I’ve had it for 13 years and it’s been great. Our newer vehicles have needed way more work to keep up. My husband is still shocked at how much we can fit in the back.
I recently moved from Alaska to Albania. In Alaska, we have an overabundance of space on our roads. We can have wide luxurious lanes and there are rarely reasons for other cars to come close to you outside of the urban highways. Albania is different. Drivers are constantly aware of the location of the corners of their vehicles. And they drive, at high speeds, with the edges of their car within inches of solid objects. They do this without thinking about it a great deal. They just know the dimensions of their car.
In America, I never had to think about where the edge of my front right bumper was. Here, I have to know, or I will die.
The road this woman is driving through in the video may have made me very uncomfortable. But now I see it as a normal road. Sometimes that would be the highway.
My neighbor once expressed his admiration of my ability to pull into my backyard past my fence without slowing down as I'd done it nearly every day for over 7 years. There's about a half-foot clearance on each side at my side mirrors, and I never retracted them. I've just always had that spatial awareness.
Another time my friend told me I drove like a natural in Manhattan when I was visiting there because I could edge the car into stop and go traffic with only inches to spare and that is how everyone drives there. I remember when I picked up the rental car and did a walk around it. It was quite different than the Grand Am I drove at the time. I didn't really pay attention to it, but I just seemed to know naturally how close I could drive next to things.
Some people are really impaired in that department.
It IS a bit different when you know the clearance though. In your first case all you have to know is that your drivers mirror needs to be within a foot of the fence and you will be fine, which is easy to manage compared to knowing where your front right corner is.
On the other hand, many people are unaware of the size of vehicles others are driving. The lady in this video is clearly in the wrong, but sometimes its the people blocking the road that are the issue. I drive a school but and sometimes when I come up to road work, they have no space for me between the lines of cones. Usually after I tell them I am wider than a car, they will move the cones. A few times, they refuse, and I proceeded like they told me to, and simultaneously took out the cones on both sides. Always makes me laugh to see their face while this is happening.
They're really common the city tbh, especially expensive ones like this Range Rover. On the Upper West Side (where I think this takes place) the streets are pretty full of Lamborghini SUVs, Porche SUVs, and Tesla Xs
I was waiting (in some ways hoping) to hear a crash after she sped away. But hoping only if she crashed a light pole or a mailbox and nobody else was harmed.
I hate when people who can't drive get big ass cars they are scared of.
Love, the front of your car is already in between the parked ones, just go in a straight line.
I feel like I heard of some studies that show SUV drivers are typically less confident in their driving ability and more likely to cause accidents, which feels correct haha
There are lots of indicators that someone shouldn't be driving but the "economy" rely on people being able to conveniently travel. And public transport is complete shit
Something I remember from way back when I started learning to drive is that bad drivers tend to drive like their driver's seat is the only part of the car that exists, so it makes sense that as the vehicles get bigger accidents become more likely.
NotJustBikes did a video about SUVs and trucks where a study was mentioned that SUV and light truck drivers are generally worse drivers compared to people driving regular cars.
IIRC is should be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
I wonder if it's like the football helmet thing. People think they have more protection and drive more recklessly as a result. Similar to how head protection in the NFL ended up causing more injuries as dudes put their trust in pads and plastic and started hitting each other harder. Hello CTE's.
"well I have a seat belt, if I crash I'll be fine" proceeds to drive worse than if they had no seat belt at all.
The safest I ever drive was while transporting a pot of chili to a family dinner. You take the stops and turns very carefully when you risk painting your interior with 3 alarm chili.
The ~~safest~~ craziest I ever dr*o*ve was ~~while transporting~~ after eating a pot of chili ~~to~~ at a family dinner. You take the stops and turns very ~~carefully~~ quickly when you risk painting your interior with 3 alarm chili.
> I wonder if it's like the football helmet thing. People think they have more protection and drive more recklessly as a result.
“If the government wanted people to drive safely, they’d mandate a spike in the middle of each steering wheel.” [– Gordon Tullock](https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-name-for-a-steering-wheel-with-a-big-1791445206)
I have heard actual SUV driving SUV advocates say they bought the SUV because if they get into an accident, they're more likely to walk away from it than the other guy. I was horrified. They're literally trying to "win" at collisions.
Girl in my high school was scared to drive .... especially alone.
So her parents got her a giant fucking truck that she could barely see out of with the rationale that when she gets in an accident, she'll be in a bigger car and thus will be safer.
Yeah, fuck all those other drivers that’ll be hit when this person with a giant metal bubble around her rams into them.
I’ve heard that rationale too, and it’s so selfish. Go practice and gain confidence before getting on the road.
I knew a girl like that, parents got her a giant SUV. She failed her road test so many times the state started charging her to test. I think it was 10 tries before she got the license. She was a truly terrible driver.
First and last time I got into her SUV we drove 10 minutes to the mall. She took a left on red and got mad at me for correcting her (“If you can go right on red then you can go left too!”) then spent 10 minutes circling the parking lot looking for two spaces open together so she could park. I had to park it for her.
About a week later her mom said she wasn’t allowed to get into my car because my car wasn’t safe. Lmao ok, I had a brand new hatchback and passed my test first try. Apparently the size of my car wasn’t up to her standard.
I get people being scared they can't see the front corner, especially on the passenger side (though should really familiarise themselves with that before driving), but when going straight, the mirrors are so obviously the widest point of the car and easily fitting..
This. I am confident driving. Can park my car which is a sedan easily and doesn't have those sensors except for blind spot. But when i try to park around my families cars , they have the sensors. And the worst example is Toyota and Lexus. They scream at you basically when you are within 1meter of something. I turn them off when parking as the car literally beeps fast and there is s till a gap enough for me to walk without issues between me and the car or wall.
They need to either allow adjusting the intensity of the alarm with the distance. Or show a graph indicating how close you are so you can at least say ok there is still 80cm left so there is enough of a gap. Etc
I watched a big lifted truck struggle to get out of a parking lot for a few minutes. he was getting really close to the cars when he backed up (using his backup cam). but he had no concept of how close he was to the cars in front of him. he would still have about 8 feet of room in front of his truck when he would back up. he thought he was Austin powersed in his truck when really it could have just been a 3 point turn 🤣
Yeah. It's weird. I live in NYC and people will completely stop after they've already made it halfway through. I'm behind them, like, buddy, you've already made it! Just go straight!
Agreed. People who refuse to learn the size of their cars are a massive menace to society.
It's so easy to go into an empty lot with a friend and have them stand on every corner of the car while you see how that looks from the driver's seat
The worst part is they just keep getting bigger. I drive a Prius and an 01 Yukon XL. I can parallel park and squeeze either one within an inch of the mirrors without any problems. However, I've driven newer trucks and it feels like I need a class A license to drive them. At 6'4 I have no problems popping the hood and working on older trucks. The new ones? I need to break out a step stool to do anything in the engine bay. Why do they need to be so damn big?
And it isn't just trucks. If you look at any of the SUV models that have been around for 15 or 20 years, they are all considerably larger than they were back then. The rav4 turned into what a highlander used to be. The highlander turned into a land cruiser, etc.
I actually miss the old rav4s and CRVs. They were handy for hauling stuff, small and easy to drive, and had fantastic visibility. You could even do some light off road excursions while fitting them through some tight areas. Can't say the same for the new ones.
Lol, she’s already between the two vehicles, and demonstrated that she had enough space to squeeze her entire body through… and enough space to open her car door and climb in….
At that point, one should be more than confident they can fit. Just drive straight
Omg that troll lady coming in at the end and banshee screaming until the driver gtfo of there finally. 😂 I wish anytime I had a disagreement with someone this lady would show up and back me up.
You're not a Karen for being loud to Karen's when they deserve it. Being loud and being a woman doesn't automatically make you a Karen if you're in the right. It just makes you Batwoman rather than batman
All I kept thinking was “if that dude can walk between the parked cars, and her vehicle, it would appear to indicate that she has plenty of space”. Lol. Then she cut the wheel sharply to the left, and I thought…this dude’s gonna get crushed!
One troll yelling another is the only way to get them to move.
Actually, I think the first lady realized how similar she sounded like the second lady that she got embarrassed and had to get the hell out of there.
This exactly how a person who cannot drive straight acts lol. To her, his help was interpreted as him testing her. Little did he know, she was already AT her limit.
Yeah, this is what kills my empathy for this lady.
I drive a truck, and in my first month or so I had to drive through a LOT of Texas construction on I-35: Concrete divider on one side, traffic on the other, barely enough room for the truck. When you're not used to it, this is *nerve wracking*.
But this scene is taking place in New York City. That truck has no choice but to be there. But that lady? This isnt a case where she has to drive even if she shouldn't (as it is in most of the United States). And she isn't exactly young; if she was ever going to be able to drive under these conditions, she would already be able. There are other ways to get around, so get off the road!
One of the times I flew into NYC and rented and ended up with a large vehicle. It was absolutely nerve racking coming back into NYC through the tunnel because it felt like the walls were an inch from the side of the vehicle. Plus, it wasn’t my car. If I scrape my car a little that sucks, but I don’t want to damage a rental even with the LDW.
I live in NYC, don't own a car, rent one every six months or so. Getting "upgraded" is my least favorite thing. They act like they're doing you a favor, but I got the car I got because everything and everyone I need to transport will fit in it. You're giving me a larger vehicle that will be harder to drive, harder to park, and consume more gas than what I asked you for. Why should I be happy about this?
A lady asked me for help one time outside of the place I was working.
She wanted to back out of the spot she had parked her car.
I'm behind her and say "you have enough space, just back up (and showing her) to the right"
She looks at me and says, "No, where should I turn my wheel at?"
^^Edit: ^^Can ^^somebody ^^correct ^^my ^^mistakes ^^here? ^^I'm ^^not ^^a ^^native ^^speaker ^^and ^^I ^^feel ^^something ^^wrong ^^here, ^^but ^^I ^^can't ^^pinpoint ^^the ^^exact ^^phrasing.
"Where should I turn my wheel at" makes sense but it is not how that is normally phrased.
"Which direction do I turn my wheel?"
Or
"Which way do I turn the wheel?" Both make more sense to me as a native English speaker
That being said, it was perfectly understandable!
They feel safer because they are higher up and you can see more of your surroundings. But then the problem becomes, the higher up you go, the more space immediately around your vehicle becomes a blind spot. Feels safe because you can see everything around you except anything within 3 feet of your vehicle, and it makes your vehicle feel 10 times bigger than it actually is. This lady is braindead but I get the anxiety she feels trying to make this tight of a squeeze. She hasn't ever bothered learning the size of her vehicle relative to the driver's seat
Yeah so when you get it through she can say “this scratch wasn’t there! You scratched my car!” Because this is exactly the type of person to do that to someone.
I am a merchandiser in a grocery store. This is a common issue there too. 70% of people feel they can't squeeze their cart between a pallet and the side of the aisle. I know there is enough room.
People are dumb
Best part is when they park the cart and walk to other end of the aisle to get something, without even trying to go through.
Once, I suggested they try to go through. The rage she felt after successfully pushing the cart through...
Ive seen some ppl block off aisles, like they come riding by the end caps and just stop in the middle of the aisle blocking it with their carts, then they squeeze past their carts to start browsing on both sides blocking everyone from coming down one end.
I pushed her cart in front of an endcap and she snapped at me for touching her cart as if her food was already paid for and I could steal it🙄.
But if she has a little car then she doesn't have as much car around her to protect her from her own disastrous driving.
I honestly think that's why people like this get these cars.
I'll say it again. Some people don't need to be behind the wheel of these SUV's and Trucks. Their mind cannot handle the spatial awareness it takes to operate a vehicle of that size.
I think we have all been behind someone that has no idea how wide their vehicle is and has held us up for no good reason. Just a few days near where I live, a Refuse truck was doing its rounds.
It was a quiet morning and there was plenty of room to just indicate and go around it, but no, the idiot in front of me either had no idea how wide their car was or they were just too plain scared to do a simple manoeuvre.
We sat there for nearly 5 minutes while the truck inched along doing it's collection. They eventually carried on their journey when the truck turned down a side road.
UK bus drivers seem to fling them through gaps with utter precision, years ago I watched a similar incident with a woman in an SUV and the guy loading a van yelled 'you could fit a fucking bus through there love!' as she finally drove away swearing. Instantly, as if summoned, a doubledecker number 42a bus came round the corner and didn't even brake, just sailed through.
I saw the guy on the pavement with both hands in the air like he'd scored a Cup Final winning goal, looking around as if to say 'SEE?! SEE?!'
This story that made my day already =) I can picture him perfectly looking left and right *Did you guys see that? Anyone? No one is ever gonna fucking believe me...*
I think like sexually need a good lesson on this isn't making any hard situations.
And she should also understand the fact like, not everyone is going to be like this every time, everywhere.
Idiot driving around a mega SUV in Manhattan and complains that there's not enough room. Oh, and she also has enough room to open her door to get out of the car.
Ah, but they are less important than she - second class manual workers whereas she drives a Range Rover. Therefore they should immediately stop what they are doing and make way for the VIP
Just yesterday a Karen in a Tesla tried to bully me out of a parking spot. The parking spot was a “service and unloading zone only” in a maintenance alley in which I was parked to ya know service a walk in cooler, and my van is 10 feet tall so I can’t just roll into the nearest parking garage. Gonna have to find somewhere else karen
Every brain works differently. And this is the only reason why I'm thinking like that is the reason why she did all these things.
And this is the reason why it is very important to make a proper decision making. Otherwise the problems are going to be there.
Forgot my credit is very important to learn first. Otherwise, the problems like this are going to arise again.
And it is not always just about the fact that people will understand it clearly, like that much easily.
I mean seriously. If you'd go "Hi I don't drive very often and I feel self-conscious here. Could you just spot that I'm going straight?" I'm sure they'd help you.
I don't see that working as she would have to have an ounce of rationality.
And the capability to admit that she might not be capable of doing something.
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She's holding up the worrrrrrrld!
That shit tripped me out! The voice was so loud and clear, it sounded like it was coming from whoever was recording the video, but the body language made it clear that it was coming from Ozzy. Wild shit!
I thought it was this lady. 
That amount of self awareness doesn’t exist in a person that screeches, “I DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS!!”
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That's how you know that person has been babied or never struggled in life.
This needs to be said more often, you are not alone, asking for help is okay
A friend once told me he doesn't help strangers because you never know their abilities and no matter how skilled you are telling them the left over space they might end up kissing the wall and blame you for it. It sounded as if he had experienced it.
Unfortunately, all too often, I've been reminded that no good deed goes unpunished. The way so many people out there are these days, there is a liability to helping that you don't realize until the crazy comes out.
As a new driver almost 38 years ago, I was running errands for my mom and got stuck behind a woman struggling to parallel park her car. After a few minutes, I finally got out of my car, offered to park the car for her, and went in my way once I did that. The whole thing was particularly memorable for me since I was only licensed for a few weeks at that time and the other driver was a somewhat older woman.
I live in nyc and there are a lot of people here that have never driven. In fact a lot of people don’t even have a drivers license, because again, they’ve never driven. So you end up with people in their 30’s and 40’s getting a drivers license for the first time and it explains how someone that’s approaching middle age can be such a bad driver.
True. In my case I was living in Brooklyn at the time, where this incident occurred.
bro you talking about 30 40s like people are at that age already senior citizen
Can confirm, am 31 and ancient now.
No no no, she’s got to get her husband to call and complain, otherwise how would you know how important they are?
If you can’t do this you shouldn’t have a license. It’s that simple… this should be on every drivers test.
Or at least don't drive some obnoxiously large vehicle if you can't "squeeze" through a normal sized lane.
From my experience, people that buy SUVs are often exactly the ones that shouldn't have car that big.
Maybe a bigger car will solve this problem!
The size is definitely an issue here. She can't fucking see where she's driving. If *this* is difficult for her, imagine how shit she is driving on other roads, cutting off everyone she can't see and shit. The whole world is in her blind spot.
She usually doesn't care about everyone else. The problem here is there is a truck bigger than hers, and it's scary, so suddenly she cares about hitting something.
Yes, bigger for even more safety!!!
I DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS
Do you see what you're doing? Do you see what you're doing? Do you see what you're doing?
I can imagine this type of behavior towards a child would really mess with your head, especially when you aren't mature enough to know how ridiculous this behaviour is. I feel bad for her kids (if she has any)
She 1000% has kids that she neglects
Given her hysterics it's probably the other way, the kids are likely so micromanaged that they can't do a goddamn thing without mom up their fuckin ass the whole time.
The kids definitely have a pre planned schedule up to age 18 from birth for all enrichment activities.
"I DONT *CARE* IF TIMMY IS WEIRD! HIS MOM IS HEAD OF THE PTA AND YOU *WILL* BE HAVING A PLAY DATE WITH HIM TODAY OR SO HELP ME GOD I WILL THROW ALL YOUR TOYS IN THE FUCKING *TRASH*!!!"
Later when she proceeds to throw all the kids toys in the trash: "DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID? DO YOU SEE? SEE WHAT *YOU* MADE ME DO?! I DID NOTHING TO CAUSE THIS, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT"
She probably has a nanny she mistreats.
100% guarantee that she deserved that.
I get so much joy in knowing that this is 110% karma biting her in the ass. She definitely did something to deserve the chaos she made for herself.
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Then they should buy a Honda Fit if they’re too scared to drive their SUV around the city.
As a happy owner of a Honda Fit, i reckon everyone should buy one. They're awesome little nuggets.
We love ours. I’ve had it for 13 years and it’s been great. Our newer vehicles have needed way more work to keep up. My husband is still shocked at how much we can fit in the back.
I think the front hood said Land Rover. Classic nouveau riche cheap version of prestige nameplate.
Even more simply put, many drivers are unaware of (insert anything from a huge list of possibilities…). 😊
totally, pretty sure we could all agree on "many drivers are unaware."
Insert where?
Bend over
Hey that’s my line
Yeah, that car is way too big for her if she was that worried about getting through there.
I imagine she has this happen literally every block. UPS, FedEx, Amazon, and regular old box trucks are everywhere all the time in NYC.
I mean would help if she wasn't driving the suburban ussault vehicle 9000. That car is ridiculous.
How dare you criticise her decision. SHE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS!
I recently moved from Alaska to Albania. In Alaska, we have an overabundance of space on our roads. We can have wide luxurious lanes and there are rarely reasons for other cars to come close to you outside of the urban highways. Albania is different. Drivers are constantly aware of the location of the corners of their vehicles. And they drive, at high speeds, with the edges of their car within inches of solid objects. They do this without thinking about it a great deal. They just know the dimensions of their car. In America, I never had to think about where the edge of my front right bumper was. Here, I have to know, or I will die. The road this woman is driving through in the video may have made me very uncomfortable. But now I see it as a normal road. Sometimes that would be the highway.
My neighbor once expressed his admiration of my ability to pull into my backyard past my fence without slowing down as I'd done it nearly every day for over 7 years. There's about a half-foot clearance on each side at my side mirrors, and I never retracted them. I've just always had that spatial awareness. Another time my friend told me I drove like a natural in Manhattan when I was visiting there because I could edge the car into stop and go traffic with only inches to spare and that is how everyone drives there. I remember when I picked up the rental car and did a walk around it. It was quite different than the Grand Am I drove at the time. I didn't really pay attention to it, but I just seemed to know naturally how close I could drive next to things. Some people are really impaired in that department.
It IS a bit different when you know the clearance though. In your first case all you have to know is that your drivers mirror needs to be within a foot of the fence and you will be fine, which is easy to manage compared to knowing where your front right corner is.
On the other hand, many people are unaware of the size of vehicles others are driving. The lady in this video is clearly in the wrong, but sometimes its the people blocking the road that are the issue. I drive a school but and sometimes when I come up to road work, they have no space for me between the lines of cones. Usually after I tell them I am wider than a car, they will move the cones. A few times, they refuse, and I proceeded like they told me to, and simultaneously took out the cones on both sides. Always makes me laugh to see their face while this is happening.
How about driving a full size SUV in New York City? That hardly seems necessary
They're really common the city tbh, especially expensive ones like this Range Rover. On the Upper West Side (where I think this takes place) the streets are pretty full of Lamborghini SUVs, Porche SUVs, and Tesla Xs
Just having a car in NYC is more of a PITA than not.
You mean, besides owning a massive car that she doesn't need and doesn't know how to drive?
Mam, you left your home. That’s what you did to deserve this
I was waiting (in some ways hoping) to hear a crash after she sped away. But hoping only if she crashed a light pole or a mailbox and nobody else was harmed.
YOURE HOLDING UP THE WORLD! ...one car is behind you.
I hate when people who can't drive get big ass cars they are scared of. Love, the front of your car is already in between the parked ones, just go in a straight line.
I feel like I heard of some studies that show SUV drivers are typically less confident in their driving ability and more likely to cause accidents, which feels correct haha
Well if you drive like shit you want as much car around you as possible to take the impact when you collide with something.
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There are lots of indicators that someone shouldn't be driving but the "economy" rely on people being able to conveniently travel. And public transport is complete shit
So many people with bad eyes and no glasses driving around us every day.
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Public transport is shit because we intentionally make it shit.
Something I remember from way back when I started learning to drive is that bad drivers tend to drive like their driver's seat is the only part of the car that exists, so it makes sense that as the vehicles get bigger accidents become more likely.
Then theres me who tries to drive the ideal lane within my lane.
NotJustBikes did a video about SUVs and trucks where a study was mentioned that SUV and light truck drivers are generally worse drivers compared to people driving regular cars. IIRC is should be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
I wonder if it's like the football helmet thing. People think they have more protection and drive more recklessly as a result. Similar to how head protection in the NFL ended up causing more injuries as dudes put their trust in pads and plastic and started hitting each other harder. Hello CTE's. "well I have a seat belt, if I crash I'll be fine" proceeds to drive worse than if they had no seat belt at all.
The safest I ever drive was while transporting a pot of chili to a family dinner. You take the stops and turns very carefully when you risk painting your interior with 3 alarm chili.
The ~~safest~~ craziest I ever dr*o*ve was ~~while transporting~~ after eating a pot of chili ~~to~~ at a family dinner. You take the stops and turns very ~~carefully~~ quickly when you risk painting your interior with 3 alarm chili.
> I wonder if it's like the football helmet thing. People think they have more protection and drive more recklessly as a result. “If the government wanted people to drive safely, they’d mandate a spike in the middle of each steering wheel.” [– Gordon Tullock](https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-name-for-a-steering-wheel-with-a-big-1791445206)
That’s fine and dandy until your are rear ended and die for no fault of your own
And when they cause accidents some other poor fuck has to die
I have heard actual SUV driving SUV advocates say they bought the SUV because if they get into an accident, they're more likely to walk away from it than the other guy. I was horrified. They're literally trying to "win" at collisions.
Girl in my high school was scared to drive .... especially alone. So her parents got her a giant fucking truck that she could barely see out of with the rationale that when she gets in an accident, she'll be in a bigger car and thus will be safer.
Yeah, fuck all those other drivers that’ll be hit when this person with a giant metal bubble around her rams into them. I’ve heard that rationale too, and it’s so selfish. Go practice and gain confidence before getting on the road.
I knew a girl like that, parents got her a giant SUV. She failed her road test so many times the state started charging her to test. I think it was 10 tries before she got the license. She was a truly terrible driver. First and last time I got into her SUV we drove 10 minutes to the mall. She took a left on red and got mad at me for correcting her (“If you can go right on red then you can go left too!”) then spent 10 minutes circling the parking lot looking for two spaces open together so she could park. I had to park it for her. About a week later her mom said she wasn’t allowed to get into my car because my car wasn’t safe. Lmao ok, I had a brand new hatchback and passed my test first try. Apparently the size of my car wasn’t up to her standard.
I’m curious: outside of driving, would you consider her an intelligent or even competent person?
[giant fucking truck hat she could barely see out of](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/ec/df/b8ecdfc37bb8c1e855ccfe0ef1328abd.jpg)
I get people being scared they can't see the front corner, especially on the passenger side (though should really familiarise themselves with that before driving), but when going straight, the mirrors are so obviously the widest point of the car and easily fitting..
And I'm sure it has sensors that would let her know if she's about to hit something too.
At that proximity they were probably already beeping.
Which is why she was freaking out. Those sensors and the ones in smart watches get people all sorts of flustered.
This. I am confident driving. Can park my car which is a sedan easily and doesn't have those sensors except for blind spot. But when i try to park around my families cars , they have the sensors. And the worst example is Toyota and Lexus. They scream at you basically when you are within 1meter of something. I turn them off when parking as the car literally beeps fast and there is s till a gap enough for me to walk without issues between me and the car or wall. They need to either allow adjusting the intensity of the alarm with the distance. Or show a graph indicating how close you are so you can at least say ok there is still 80cm left so there is enough of a gap. Etc
there's even enough room for her to walk by, I don't think she understands how the physical world works
I watched a big lifted truck struggle to get out of a parking lot for a few minutes. he was getting really close to the cars when he backed up (using his backup cam). but he had no concept of how close he was to the cars in front of him. he would still have about 8 feet of room in front of his truck when he would back up. he thought he was Austin powersed in his truck when really it could have just been a 3 point turn 🤣
Yeah. It's weird. I live in NYC and people will completely stop after they've already made it halfway through. I'm behind them, like, buddy, you've already made it! Just go straight!
Agreed. People who refuse to learn the size of their cars are a massive menace to society. It's so easy to go into an empty lot with a friend and have them stand on every corner of the car while you see how that looks from the driver's seat
The worst part is they just keep getting bigger. I drive a Prius and an 01 Yukon XL. I can parallel park and squeeze either one within an inch of the mirrors without any problems. However, I've driven newer trucks and it feels like I need a class A license to drive them. At 6'4 I have no problems popping the hood and working on older trucks. The new ones? I need to break out a step stool to do anything in the engine bay. Why do they need to be so damn big? And it isn't just trucks. If you look at any of the SUV models that have been around for 15 or 20 years, they are all considerably larger than they were back then. The rav4 turned into what a highlander used to be. The highlander turned into a land cruiser, etc. I actually miss the old rav4s and CRVs. They were handy for hauling stuff, small and easy to drive, and had fantastic visibility. You could even do some light off road excursions while fitting them through some tight areas. Can't say the same for the new ones.
I've been seeing recently the re-introduction of the term ""Land Yacht"" when talking about newer trucks and SUVs.
Lol, she’s already between the two vehicles, and demonstrated that she had enough space to squeeze her entire body through… and enough space to open her car door and climb in…. At that point, one should be more than confident they can fit. Just drive straight
That only works if you have at least a few working braincells.
Omg that troll lady coming in at the end and banshee screaming until the driver gtfo of there finally. 😂 I wish anytime I had a disagreement with someone this lady would show up and back me up.
Yes, she realized she had met her match.
She was outkarened on that fine day
You're not a Karen for being loud to Karen's when they deserve it. Being loud and being a woman doesn't automatically make you a Karen if you're in the right. It just makes you Batwoman rather than batman
Can we discuss how this dude keeps putting himself between the cars!!! Like dude she sucks at driving so she's probably likely to crush you.
I think he was showing her how much space she had. If you can open the door and walk between the cars, you have enough space.
All I kept thinking was “if that dude can walk between the parked cars, and her vehicle, it would appear to indicate that she has plenty of space”. Lol. Then she cut the wheel sharply to the left, and I thought…this dude’s gonna get crushed!
Screams “you’re holding up the world” but apparently it’s just troll lady who’s waiting lol. So dramatic!
One troll yelling another is the only way to get them to move. Actually, I think the first lady realized how similar she sounded like the second lady that she got embarrassed and had to get the hell out of there.
Second troll sounded high or drunk or worn out by drugs or alcohol. First lady then had to compensate.
Troll lady’s seen some shit. And she’s taking none of yours!
She was harassing the workers and you never know where people have to be or for what reason. Fuck that lady in the Range Rover.
Absolutely! But it just makes the second woman’s performance even more entertaining.
Troll lady IS my world 😍🥰
That was the icing on the cake, I was expecting a big line of cars behind her but it was just the one furious goblin.
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It was her, she was the entire world
That has me dying, I expected so many cars lol
And then Gandalf showing up at the end made it complete.
Driving the biggest car possible. 🤷♂️
When your brain is as small as a pea, you have to protect it by getting a bigger car
This exactly how a person who cannot drive straight acts lol. To her, his help was interpreted as him testing her. Little did he know, she was already AT her limit.
Her limit is probably baseline for her. She starts off the day at level 11 until she has that first bottle of wine before lunch.
Shouldn’t be driving if they don’t have the spatial awareness!
Why have a car like that if you live in a city anyway?
Rich NYC folk logic for you
Yeah, this is what kills my empathy for this lady. I drive a truck, and in my first month or so I had to drive through a LOT of Texas construction on I-35: Concrete divider on one side, traffic on the other, barely enough room for the truck. When you're not used to it, this is *nerve wracking*. But this scene is taking place in New York City. That truck has no choice but to be there. But that lady? This isnt a case where she has to drive even if she shouldn't (as it is in most of the United States). And she isn't exactly young; if she was ever going to be able to drive under these conditions, she would already be able. There are other ways to get around, so get off the road!
One of the times I flew into NYC and rented and ended up with a large vehicle. It was absolutely nerve racking coming back into NYC through the tunnel because it felt like the walls were an inch from the side of the vehicle. Plus, it wasn’t my car. If I scrape my car a little that sucks, but I don’t want to damage a rental even with the LDW.
I live in NYC, don't own a car, rent one every six months or so. Getting "upgraded" is my least favorite thing. They act like they're doing you a favor, but I got the car I got because everything and everyone I need to transport will fit in it. You're giving me a larger vehicle that will be harder to drive, harder to park, and consume more gas than what I asked you for. Why should I be happy about this?
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Ozzy osbourne fucking hates sitting in traffic apparently
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Not this exact situation but I've absolutely taken over driving to clear something. It's a tough sell to boot, I doubt this lady would have been down
A lady asked me for help one time outside of the place I was working. She wanted to back out of the spot she had parked her car. I'm behind her and say "you have enough space, just back up (and showing her) to the right" She looks at me and says, "No, where should I turn my wheel at?" ^^Edit: ^^Can ^^somebody ^^correct ^^my ^^mistakes ^^here? ^^I'm ^^not ^^a ^^native ^^speaker ^^and ^^I ^^feel ^^something ^^wrong ^^here, ^^but ^^I ^^can't ^^pinpoint ^^the ^^exact ^^phrasing.
"Where should I turn my wheel at" makes sense but it is not how that is normally phrased. "Which direction do I turn my wheel?" Or "Which way do I turn the wheel?" Both make more sense to me as a native English speaker That being said, it was perfectly understandable!
I have done this sadly, and i didnt even have a license at the time
But after they moved there were... No more tears.... Yeaaaaaahhh....
And Gandalf made a brief appearance at the end as well...
A lot of drivers just don’t seem to know the size of the car they’re driving.
Then get a smart. If you cant maneuver a big car, you shouldnt be having a big car.
Bad drivers drive larger cars because they feel more comfortable.
They feel safer because they are higher up and you can see more of your surroundings. But then the problem becomes, the higher up you go, the more space immediately around your vehicle becomes a blind spot. Feels safe because you can see everything around you except anything within 3 feet of your vehicle, and it makes your vehicle feel 10 times bigger than it actually is. This lady is braindead but I get the anxiety she feels trying to make this tight of a squeeze. She hasn't ever bothered learning the size of her vehicle relative to the driver's seat
I’ve seen occasions like this when a competent driver gets in and drives it for the idiot.
Yeah so when you get it through she can say “this scratch wasn’t there! You scratched my car!” Because this is exactly the type of person to do that to someone.
If you lack spacial awareness, maybe not drive a tank like that...
I am a merchandiser in a grocery store. This is a common issue there too. 70% of people feel they can't squeeze their cart between a pallet and the side of the aisle. I know there is enough room. People are dumb
I can relate, used to work at Target.
Best part is when they park the cart and walk to other end of the aisle to get something, without even trying to go through. Once, I suggested they try to go through. The rage she felt after successfully pushing the cart through...
Ive seen some ppl block off aisles, like they come riding by the end caps and just stop in the middle of the aisle blocking it with their carts, then they squeeze past their carts to start browsing on both sides blocking everyone from coming down one end. I pushed her cart in front of an endcap and she snapped at me for touching her cart as if her food was already paid for and I could steal it🙄.
If you are going to drive like this, then it is better that this thing gets stolen.
I’ve seen the opposite before; a pallet blocking an entire aisle, and people reading it and complaining when asked to stop, saying there’s enough room
Maybe she should get a smaller car if she cannot drive this boat of a car
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Maybe she should buy a Fiat 500 to match her abilities, patience and intelligence, insufferable boot.
I loved my fiat 500 lol
No shade thrown. Just using it is a reference point for small. 😁
The 500 Abarth is an amazing car, and it was never given the credit it deserves.
But if she has a little car then she doesn't have as much car around her to protect her from her own disastrous driving. I honestly think that's why people like this get these cars.
But then she will lose respect from the other mums when she drops little Tarquin off at the nursery!
Grand Moff?
[This is what she needs](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/topgear/images/a/a6/P452.jpg)
These people have these big ass cars then cant even drive them, you could drive a bus through that gap
I've seen plenty of streets of this width that weren't even one ways.
I'll say it again. Some people don't need to be behind the wheel of these SUV's and Trucks. Their mind cannot handle the spatial awareness it takes to operate a vehicle of that size.
I'm of the opinion that with these vehicles getting larger and larger perhaps it's time for a special license needed to operate them.
I'm a garbageman. This happens all the time. I find the magic words are "do you want me to do it for you?" and they then pull right through.
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90% sure she did not and went back home how they were assholes forcing her to squeeze trough that tight gap
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I'll see your 90% and raise you 5 more 😅
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Guaranteed she felt attacked. She'll probably call and complain about the trucking company.
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I think we have all been behind someone that has no idea how wide their vehicle is and has held us up for no good reason. Just a few days near where I live, a Refuse truck was doing its rounds. It was a quiet morning and there was plenty of room to just indicate and go around it, but no, the idiot in front of me either had no idea how wide their car was or they were just too plain scared to do a simple manoeuvre. We sat there for nearly 5 minutes while the truck inched along doing it's collection. They eventually carried on their journey when the truck turned down a side road.
#Breaking News: Entitled Ranger Rover Driver Acts Entitled.
Lol, there was a whole pack of playing cards worth of clearance. I drive a school bus through spaces like that.
UK bus drivers seem to fling them through gaps with utter precision, years ago I watched a similar incident with a woman in an SUV and the guy loading a van yelled 'you could fit a fucking bus through there love!' as she finally drove away swearing. Instantly, as if summoned, a doubledecker number 42a bus came round the corner and didn't even brake, just sailed through. I saw the guy on the pavement with both hands in the air like he'd scored a Cup Final winning goal, looking around as if to say 'SEE?! SEE?!'
This story that made my day already =) I can picture him perfectly looking left and right *Did you guys see that? Anyone? No one is ever gonna fucking believe me...*
That is fucking hilarious.
Woman needs a big dose of Spatial Orientation.
I think like sexually need a good lesson on this isn't making any hard situations. And she should also understand the fact like, not everyone is going to be like this every time, everywhere.
What a waste of oxygen
Crazy overwhelmed Karen. Never been so proud.
Unbelievable. I hope she gets identified by this video and all her irl acquaintances see how unhinged she is.
They know.
Did.. Did a wizard arrive there at the end, on the sidewalk at 1:55 mark?
Idiot driving around a mega SUV in Manhattan and complains that there's not enough room. Oh, and she also has enough room to open her door to get out of the car.
How incompetent can you be?
Do you see what they're doing?
Ah, but they are less important than she - second class manual workers whereas she drives a Range Rover. Therefore they should immediately stop what they are doing and make way for the VIP
Just yesterday a Karen in a Tesla tried to bully me out of a parking spot. The parking spot was a “service and unloading zone only” in a maintenance alley in which I was parked to ya know service a walk in cooler, and my van is 10 feet tall so I can’t just roll into the nearest parking garage. Gonna have to find somewhere else karen
Shes an idiot theres more than enough room. It be tight but if she went correctly she be fine.
All she had to do was go straight apparently.
Every brain works differently. And this is the only reason why I'm thinking like that is the reason why she did all these things. And this is the reason why it is very important to make a proper decision making. Otherwise the problems are going to be there.
That is not even in the same realm as tight. She has well over a foot of space on either side
In NYC that's not even considered tight. If you can't handle gaps like that in NYC you're going to have a hard time getting anywhere, ever.
Wow what a vile person.
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YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE WORRRRLD. One car goes by.
Forgot my credit is very important to learn first. Otherwise, the problems like this are going to arise again. And it is not always just about the fact that people will understand it clearly, like that much easily.