re: Oversized pickup trucks parking diagonally and taking up two parking spots

Although I back into parking spaces and try to park equally between the lines, some parking spaces barely have enough room for my average size truck and get dings on the door panels.

Smaller 2 door cars are more narrow than truck but have a wider door swing so its not always the vehicle type that's the culprit.

Beware of the Subaru Forester, Hyundai Santa Fe, Ford Edge, Kia Soul, Honda Civics, and Mazda CX-9s just to name a few.

Wide door swings of little cars

Or you could be like a lot of Beemer drivers who take up 2 spaces.

As one who designs parking from time to time, I can tell you that standard parking is between 9x18 and 9x20 with some instances being smaller (like a percentage of spaces used for compact cars.). On the surface your suggestion makes sense, but the issue would be the calculations that determine the number parking spaces required. There is only so much real estate to place parking on many of the lots that are available.

As one who drives an oversized truck (a crew cab Ram 3500 dually with a long wheel base), it depends on the angle of the parking. Angled parking I pull in, right angle parking I back in as it is easier to pull out of a space as compared to back out of the space. I always retract my mirrors if the space is tight.

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Guess they could squeeze in between the lines and then slam their door into yours when trying to get out.

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I think a good general rule is that if you're not skilled enough to drive a truck that large, maybe don't drive it. That includes not being able to determine if your vehicle will fit into parking spots.

Do you take the same logic with fat people and airplanes? They should get two seats, right? Else they slam their fat elbows into your ribs.

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Instead he cried to total strangers on an open forum about it.

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Says the guy crying to total strangers on an open forum.

I pulled into a gas station early one morning and there wasn’t really anyone there but a guy had parked sideways in the parking spots by the door. There were plenty of other places for me to park but just to be a dick I parked in the space right in front of his front bumper. Went to the restroom and when I came out he was sitting in his truck pissed. No idea why he did not back out but he sat there until I moved.

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Park far away if you are gonna take 2 spots

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this is the only acceptable solution

angle of the dangle is proportionate to the mass of the a.s if the heat of the meat remains constant, but if the space is tight swing your door open hard and get a rise out of the dead beat

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Oversized pickup trucks parking diagonally and taking up two parking spots

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A random loose grocery cart provides good motivation to never park like a TOOL again.

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Ya think maybe people that mark off parking spots should move out of the '50s and make spaces wider??

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There are a lot of jurisdictions that require a minimum number of parking spots for retail establishments based on the type of business and the square footage. Making parking spots larger for people that cannot figure out how the lines work, or that need to slam the door all the way open to enter/exit their vehicles could put many stores under those thresholds.

Even with a base 1/2 ton, some parking lots are just poorly designed for them. Mostly a combination of poor turn radius(not size) and too narrow of lane for a wide turn.