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re: Drive to work one morning, and find out you that can't get your car back for 3+ months

Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:28 pm to
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
8323 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:28 pm to
They should let you sign an airtight waiver and retrieve at your own peril.
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
2532 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:30 pm to
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Yet another reason to not drive a vehicle.
Exactly. If you don’t drive a vehicle, then there’s no chance you won’t get to drive your vehicle for 3 months.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
53014 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:32 pm to
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Someones insurance should be covering the rentals though
They typically tap out at 30 days.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
20122 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:36 pm to
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#1 - Personal car ownership overall net negative to well-being
#2 - Dangerous to drive
#3 - Obesity
#4 - Air Quality
#5 - Cost
#6 - Noise Pollution
#7 - Disincentive to invest in infrastructure related to cycling and walking
#8 - Props up a corrupt insurance and ambulance chase industry
#9 - Creates a psychological barrier between yourself and other drivers




Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
20122 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:39 pm to
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There’s probably some really really fine print about park at your own risk that they’ll hang their hat on.


I've never once signed an agreement to park in a parking garage or seen anything posted regarding a car being stuck in the garage for months. The only thing I've seen close to that is along the lines of not responsible for stolen items
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
69134 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:39 pm to
I would be much more pissed off about working in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80920 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:49 pm to
Use Tesla self summon
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24572 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:54 pm to
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Disincentive to invest in infrastructure related to cycling and walking. Somewhat of a push there, not against it. Cyclists can be the rudest people on the planet, though.

If cyclists had the smoothest widest lanes, with hydration stations at regular intervals, they’d still use the roads we drive because they’re assholes.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
45530 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:05 pm to
I wonder what happens to the court case who had lawyers in the buildings? Read that there are multiple firms in that building.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
142399 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:09 pm to
This isnt a nightmare, its an insurance opportunity
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
10314 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:10 pm to
Sorry. It's the truth.

Most of yall don't know how to drive them. Whenever I'm a passenger and look in other cars, half of the folks are on their phones. Most of yall don't know the rules of the road (right of way does not mean that you get to direct traffic). Some of yall get inebriated and then drive home. it's insanity.

Particularly in Louisiana, most folks are just ill equipped to be operating machines that weigh as much as they do and that travel at the speeds they do.

It's unacceptable to be honest. And it makes our society stupider due to downwind effects.

The solution is to get rid of vehicles for personal travel. if you have a personal vehicle for fun, that's fine but you will need to go through rigorous testing, you will need to operate it on a private piece of property.

The fact that we've built a society around these things may be the most short-sighted decision in human history.

Posted by FliesByNight
Whale, wail, well
Member since Apr 2026
590 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:12 pm to
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They should let you sign an airtight waiver and retrieve at your own peril.



Yeah, it's been standing for awhile since the incident. Sure it could fall at some point, but probably not in five minutes or so, right?
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
8323 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:13 pm to
Pay a bum $100
Posted by America250
Member since Jun 2026
436 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:27 pm to
Some construction company is filing bankruptcy.
Posted by JTM72
BR, LA.
Member since Mar 2014
1968 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:31 pm to
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Some of yall get inebriated and then drive home.


Don't knock it 'til you try it, nerd.

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The solution is to get rid of vehicles for personal travel.


frick waiting for a bus. When I want to go somewhere, I will go on my time. I will not rely on some form of public transit full of the mongoloid creatures that do.

What do you want people to do that work in areas that a bus will not take them to? Relying on uber is incredibly expensive and inefficient to take every single day. What about those that are driving just a few short hours away for vacation. What about emergency situations that come up in the middle of the night, and need to get myself, S/O, or child to a hospital?

Your logic is dumb.
This post was edited on 8/4/26 at 4:46 pm
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
10314 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:47 pm to
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I will not rely on some form of public transit full of the mogoloid creatures that do.

What do you want people to do that work in areas that a bus will not take them to? Relying on uber is incredibly expensive and inefficient to take every single day. What about those that are driving just a few short hours away for vacation. What about emergency situations that come up in the middle of the night, and need to get myself, S/O, or child to a hospital?


These are issues precisely because we have built around cars.

The mongoloid creatures that are currently on the bus would not be mongoloid creatures. Do you know why? Because people who currently have means and separate themselves would be forced onto the public transportation, meaning that higher standards would exist. If pedestrian and cycling infrastructure exist, more people walk and ride their bike as well. That means a lower obesity rate. That means smarter people. That means better civic engagement. That means more common sense lawmaking. That means lower crime, more community pride, better schools, more parks, more beautification.

There would be no ubers. There would be rail lines and busses. There would be cycling paths with communities built around the places they need to go.

All of the things that you hate about the United States can be closely tied to the automobile. The fact that you can't understand this is part of the issue.

Cities that focus on reducing automobile traffic see a rise in their quality of life. I am sorry that fact hurts your feelings.
This post was edited on 8/4/26 at 4:49 pm
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
45530 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 5:47 pm to
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A $3,000 payment will be provided to help cover transportation expenses for people whose vehicles have been trapped for weeks in the parking garage beneath the Empire Towers building in Glen Burnie, Maryland, which was evacuated and deemed unsafe on July 9, according to an email sent to tenants.
Posted by JTM72
BR, LA.
Member since Mar 2014
1968 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 6:10 pm to
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If pedestrian and cycling infrastructure exist


I’m not arguing that we shouldn’t have more pedestrian and bike accessible communities. I think they are great. However, I don’t think it will create a close to utopian society like you have described. Big cities that are much more pedestrian friendly tend to have a much higher drug and homeless problem - and they don’t typically even have cars.

You made the comment along the lines of requiring rigorous testing and only able to drive on private property- let’s not pretend that MORE government regulation is a good thing. Taking away the ability to go where I want, when I want, however far I want to go is definitely taking away freedom- I’d love to see a train or a bus back my boat into the water. I’d love to see a train or bus pull a camper out into a national park. You take away vehicles, you take away the ability to do a lot of things that people like to do that don’t revolve around parks and cities but need a vehicle to get you/equipment there. Or are you saying those things should go away with the cars?


I could be wrong, but I’d be willing to bet you’re against firearms too?
This post was edited on 8/4/26 at 6:17 pm
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
151963 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 6:17 pm to
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and find out you that can't get your car
wat
Posted by Lou Loomis
A pond. Ponds good for you.
Member since Mar 2025
2281 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 2:16 pm to
So who determines who gets a vehicle and for what purpose? Thats where your utopia goes off the rails and becomes a dictatorship. And it’s called communism and it doesn’t work nutjob. But if you want to be the first to get rid of your vehicle to demonstrate your selflessness to the rest of us commoners, feel free.
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