A driver in a classic Ford Ranger took matters into his own hands, used his steel bumpers to get out of a tight street parking situation.
Seattle resident, explorer, and TikTok Instagram user Tim Brooks, who goes by @MajorHustler, shared a video earlier this year (August 16, 2024) showing how a first gen Ford Ranger driver used his truck’s steel bumpers to drive his way out of a tight, street parking.
Check out his video below.
The video shows a blue Ford Ranger sandwiched between a white Honda Accord and a beige Saturn sedan.
We don’t know for sure if the Ford Ranger is 100 percent not at fault here since we don’t know if they parked too close to either car at first, but it’s clear that, as it stood, he could not get out of his parking spot without either driving his way our or waiting for either owner to arrive.
He chooses the latter.
Built for work in a different generation, these trucks have federally mandated steel bumpers front and back.
And frankly, with a truck’s ladder frame construction, damage to his own truck was bound to be minimal.
Driving forward and backward several times, he’s able to push his way out.
Ranger aside, the Honda Accord seems to have suffered the least damage whereas the Saturn will probably need a lot of touch-up paint and a set of bumper clips.
Make no mistake, if a police officer observed this, I find it hard to believe he wouldn’t slap the Ranger driver with a hit-and-run, although this is Seattle.
Regardless, at least one driver who sandwiched that Ranger driver in will think twice before parking bumper-to-bumper with a car with steel bumpers.
“In San Francisco, they park right on the bumpers even on the hills 😭 if I have to do a 90 point turn flipping my e brake up and down each time then that’s on you if you get bumped 🤷♀️,” @imprts_n_dizzels commented.
“It’s easy to get out, just in many maneuvers to do so without hitting a car,” @PMSInAllDaTime countered.
“That’s why you always have to think about the possibility of people blocking u in and park enough distance back or front away from the other car,” @IleneSepulvada13 wisely commented.
Although there is no law dictating how close you can park in front of or behind another car, best practices say to leave enough room so either car in front or behind you can leave.
That’s just common sense.
