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Driver Hits My BF's Truck in Parking Lot...Should he be blamed
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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 1079439" data-attributes="member: 25133"><p>If on/in a private property parking lot, no he wasn't parked "illegally". </p><p></p><p>Now the question is this, "did he <u><strong>choose</strong></u> the safest place to park?" Of course not because he got hit and hindsight is 20/20 or so the saying goes. I promise you that if you were to ask your boyfriend right now if he thinks he made a safe park he will admit he didn't, if he is honest about it. Why, because he is a UPS driver and 99.9% of us are smarter than your average bear and we learn from experiences.</p><p></p><p>Hit While Parked has to be the most common accident for UPS. It has been at my center for the past 6+ years. Its damn hard for us be so good that we drive and park is such a manner that <strong>WE</strong> prevent the idiots (and there are soooo many out there) from being stupid and hitting our BIG BROWN TRUCKS. But thats exactly what we strive to do 100's and 100's of times a day, day in and day out.</p><p></p><p>As stated earlier, fault has no bearing in this situation. Its about avoidable/un-aviodable. Was the decision to park in that place the best choice? NO, he allowed an <u><em>idiot</em></u> to be <u><em>stupid</em></u> and hit the BIG BROWN TRUCK. Choosing to Park 4 foot away from their rear bumper, totally blocking them in while using the horn to get EVERYONE's attention around him-at the same time looking for signs of life. UPS drivers have to think on a whole different level above your average "civilian" driver out there, and we have to do it 100's of times a day. UPS drivers are the best of the best! No offense intended.</p><p></p><p>I feel for his seasonal feeder possition, that blows! I pray that next season the powers that be take into consideration the time and money already invested in training him to be a feeder driver before automaticaly DQ'ing him. But that is a decision <em>they</em> will have to make.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benben, post: 1079439, member: 25133"] If on/in a private property parking lot, no he wasn't parked "illegally". Now the question is this, "did he [U][B]choose[/B][/U] the safest place to park?" Of course not because he got hit and hindsight is 20/20 or so the saying goes. I promise you that if you were to ask your boyfriend right now if he thinks he made a safe park he will admit he didn't, if he is honest about it. Why, because he is a UPS driver and 99.9% of us are smarter than your average bear and we learn from experiences. Hit While Parked has to be the most common accident for UPS. It has been at my center for the past 6+ years. Its damn hard for us be so good that we drive and park is such a manner that [B]WE[/B] prevent the idiots (and there are soooo many out there) from being stupid and hitting our BIG BROWN TRUCKS. But thats exactly what we strive to do 100's and 100's of times a day, day in and day out. As stated earlier, fault has no bearing in this situation. Its about avoidable/un-aviodable. Was the decision to park in that place the best choice? NO, he allowed an [U][I]idiot[/I][/U] to be [U][I]stupid[/I][/U] and hit the BIG BROWN TRUCK. Choosing to Park 4 foot away from their rear bumper, totally blocking them in while using the horn to get EVERYONE's attention around him-at the same time looking for signs of life. UPS drivers have to think on a whole different level above your average "civilian" driver out there, and we have to do it 100's of times a day. UPS drivers are the best of the best! No offense intended. I feel for his seasonal feeder possition, that blows! I pray that next season the powers that be take into consideration the time and money already invested in training him to be a feeder driver before automaticaly DQ'ing him. But that is a decision [I]they[/I] will have to make. [/QUOTE]
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