Got squeezed into the curb by tow truck

[treemanzarek]

Thanks for the feedback (besides the 'OP drives into curb looks for who to blame' joke, lmao). Maybe the truck driver was having an I'm coming through and I aint gonna move kind of bad day, or whatever. I may contact insurance, I do have video, and may contact the tow company to at least let them know about the driver.

Please don't spend more of your hours on my $200 problem - and really, thanks.

 

[YNoVA]

OP drives into curb and asks internet who they can blame.

That’s a new one.

Tow Truck forces OP into curb*

 

[Corndart]

Tow Truck forces OP into curb*

Yes but your accurate version is less funny ;-)

 

[glide]

Tow Truck forces OP into curb*

The town truck did *not* force OP to the curb. OP did a poor job negotiating the space.

From the photos, there is easily 2 feet available.

 

[YNoVA]

The town truck did *not* force OP to the curb. OP did a poor job negotiating the space.

From the photos, there is easily 2 feet available.

That two feet was definitely discernable while OP was actively trying to avoid a head on collision. Shame on you OP For not freezing time, getting out with your measuring tape and moving two feet more to the left.

 

[Mateo83]

Tow Truck forces OP into curb*

No one physically forced the driver into the curb. They were not in imminent danger. Likely did not see the tow truck coming and panic-swerved.

 

[YNoVA]

No one physically forced the driver into the curb. They were not in imminent danger. Likely did not see the tow truck coming and panic-swerved.

If OP uploads the video then we can really see what happened. From the looks of it the Tow Truck driver cut the corner too short and OP had to swerve right to avoid hitting the tow truck head-on.

 

[Mateo83]

If OP uploads the video then we can really see what happened. From the looks of it the Tow Truck driver cut the corner too short and OP had to swerve right to avoid hitting the tow truck head-on.

You see the car on the other side of the road the tow truck is trying to avoid? That the OP would have seen too.

 

[YNoVA]

You see the car on the other side of the road the tow truck is trying to avoid? That the OP would have seen too.

So the tow truck should've yielded to OP since the parked car was on his side of the road. If you imagine a lane divider in the middle of the road, the tow truck had to "cross" the divider to avoid the parked card which meant he intruded OP's lane.

 

[glide]

That two feet was definitely discernable while OP was actively trying to avoid a head on collision. Shame on you OP For not freezing time, getting out with your measuring tape and moving two feet more to the left.

I would suggest OP needed to move only an inch to avoid damaging their rim.

Don’t be so dramatic.

 

[YNoVA]

I would suggest OP needed to move only an inch to avoid damaging their rim.

Don’t be so dramatic.

Hey man, I'm just proving a point. We have the opportunity to sit here and analyze the picture to see how far OP was from the curb and the truck for as long as we want. But in that moment OP only had mere seconds to make a decision, and he decided to not get hit by the truck head-on.

 

[Mateo83]

Hey man, I'm just proving a point. We have the opportunity to sit here and analyze the picture to see how far OP was from the curb and the truck for as long as we want. But in that moment OP only had mere seconds to make a decision, and he decided to not get hit by the truck head-on.

Their decision was to swerve (too hard) and damage their own wheel. Go get it fixed, or don't.

 

[YNoVA]

Their decision was to swerve (too hard) and damage their own wheel. Go get it fixed, or don't.

If OP continued straight he would've collided head-on with the truck. He chose to protect himself, I'm sure he didn't care about his wheel at that point lol

 

[Mateo83]

If OP continued straight he would've collided head-on with the truck. He chose to protect himself, I'm sure he didn't care about his wheel at that point lol

Who do you think would have been at fault if they decided to drive straight?

 

[glide]

If OP continued straight he would've collided head-on with the truck. He chose to protect himself, I'm sure he didn't care about his wheel at that point lol

Were you there? Seems like you have a lot of “facts” the rest of us don’t.

Going by OP’s story and the photos *they* provided, this was an avoidable scenario. Regardless of what the tow truck was doing.

 

[YNoVA]

Who do you think would have been at fault if they decided to drive straight?

The person driving on the wrong side of the road?

 

[YNoVA]

Were you there? Seems like you have a lot of “facts” the rest of us don’t.

Going by OP’s story and the photos *they* provided, this was an avoidable scenario. Regardless of what the tow truck was doing.

You don’t understand. We can say its avoidable after viewing the photos but when you’re in the moment you don’t have hours to make decision… you act like OP knew what was briefed on what was about to happen and told him how to exactly react.

 

[glide]

You don’t understand. We can say its avoidable after viewing the photos but when you’re in the moment you don’t have hours to make decision… you act like OP knew what was briefed on what was about to happen and told him how to exactly react.

Again, you’re speaking as if you were there. And you were not.

 

[YNoVA]

Again, you’re speaking as if you were there. And you were not.

I... why am I arguing with a random clown on the internet lmao

 

[Mateo83]

The person driving on the wrong side of the road?

Define "wrong side" of a residential street where cars are parked on the side without clear lane delineations.