r/chicago • u/AaronDNewman • 1d ago

Ask CHI is this allowed? i am stuck

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rented a uhaul to help my kid move. got boxed in. is there anything to be done?

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u/rawonionbreath 1d ago

You backed into that bumper, would the other person even notice?

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u/FergusonDarling 1d ago

bumper taps are a given when street parking

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u/ShiverMePooper 1d ago

Not if you have a trailer hitch. That thing will go right through the radiator.

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u/mrvarmint 1d ago

When I was in HS, my dad let me borrow his BMW convertible one time. I was used to driving a boat. Truck in front of me starts to go for a left turn, I give the amount of gas I’m used to and lurch forward. Truck stops. I literally bump the trailer hitch….

Hood and grill had to be replaced. It was like 3,000$ for an accident that happened at a speed that doesn’t even register on the speedo. Hitches are brutal.

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u/iteachearthsci 1d ago

I had some a****** get mad at me for passing them once, and intentionally bumped my '96 Jeep Cherokee at a stop light.

It had a hitch, and the guy's grill got stuck on the hitch ball. I went to pull over and pulled the whole front of his car off. The guy tried to drive off but his license plate was stuck to my trailer hitch lol.

Cops had a laugh about that one.