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Do fire fighters really need all that space to hook up their giant hose? Is there really going to be a fire? Yeah, there is and your car is going to get screwed like the one above.
So yeah, I’m never going to park in front of a fire hydrant ever. Definitely. For sure. [Reddit via BuzzFeed]
The title is REALLY bad English.
Lost in translation. Someone forgot to sub the your for their.
Either that or it was meant to be “Why Your American Friends Shouldn’t Park Their Cars in Front of a Fire Hydrant”
WHO IN SODOMY WROTE THAT?
haha, they should fine the owner as well, smashed windows and a fine.. wont do it again after that..
I am not 100% sure, but I do think they still get a fine, a hefty fine too.
Yeah, it’s offence to park within 15 feet of those things over there. In NYC, you’ll get a $115 dollar fine.
Good to see scum getting what they deserve.
Be a good person, kids, or else you may end up owning a Cougar.
Car or Female?
I might be fine with the latter, depending on the bodywork, how many previous owners and how many miles are left
I can’t help but think it would have been easier to lay the pip on top of the car, or underneath. Hell, if they had enough pipe they could’ve gone around it!
The hose would end up with a kink or an unsavoury bend. And at that pressure, you want your hose as straight as possible.
Tell me about it
Brilliant.
Good job the fire wasn’t on the side of the street the photo was taken from then eh? That would have made for one hell of a kink in the hose…
Obviously just the firemen being cnuts.
You can see that the hose bends after it leaves the car, they could have use a different socket.
This is what is called making an example.
As the windows are “open”, they just need to release the handbrake and push the car forward 10ft. Surely…
There’s a fire, lives are at risk. Quite simply – FUCK the car. The extra minutes it takes to move the car can mean the difference between life and death and the car can always be repaired.
Also, I’m sure they were trying to just prove a point.
Also, I suspect the windows may not have been open when the fire brigade arrived….
Yeah, I’m guessing they smashed the windows hence there’s something under the hose to protect it from glass. They shoulda used the car mats….
Would have been even easier to nudge the car down the road with the fire engine (or whatever they call the these days).
Maybe, but it wouldn’t have been as much fun in teaching the car’s owner a very important lesson.
You can see in the picture that the fire engine is on the other side of the road, they would have had to get back in it and then ram the car.
Most cars in the States are automatics, and most won’t budge out of Park unless the engine is running.
I am sure that wouldn’t be an issue if you think of the weight/torque of a fire engine compared to the grip of the tyres on the car (the wheels wouldn’t even need to turn).
Oh sure, but you’d probably damage the gearbox or bodywork in the process. Smashing the windows is far cheaper to repair.
Why does Casey Chan’s last sentence seem to suggest that he always parks in front of fire hydrants?
Casey Chan’s last sentence means absolutely nothing whatsoever.
Bla bla bla. Ever. Definitely. For sure. – One day people who write this way will look back and feel silly for trying SO hard to sound cool, by following a short term writing trend that was only cute the first few times someone did it, not when every other blogger and forum poster on Earth tried to seem cool too.
You don’t have to read this site if you don’t want to, you know?
I know, but there is some good content. My comment above was not a personal thing, just an observation at how much bloggers (not just here) use that writing style these days. It becomes tiresome when everyone and their dog does it, thinking it’s super cool. I see it. A lot. Constantly. And it just comes off as arrogant and makes reading a pain. English isn’t my first language so I really appreciate when articles are written well.
Fair enough, you can appreciate when articles are well-written, but you must also appreciate that every publication has its own tone and style. We’re not going to change who we are — this identity has been built up across the past 10 years — so I’d suggest in this case you borrow a phrase off my mum, and not saying anything at all, if you can’t think of anything nice to say.
Unless you have an actual problem with the accuracy of our content, that is.