Comments on: Parking Fail http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/ Fail and Epic Fail Pictures and Videos in one blog. For all those precious fail moments, whip out your camera and see your epic fail picture and videos here. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-820104 John Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:43:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-820104 Um, why is there untrimmed grass right up next to the bottom of the fire hydrant if it's fake? Um, why is there untrimmed grass right up next to the bottom of the fire hydrant if it’s fake?

]]> By: pocketlint60 http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-790938 pocketlint60 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:12:27 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-790938 this is sooo a win! this is sooo a win!

]]> By: Adam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-697753 Adam Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:01:00 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-697753 But the parents basement is the best place ever But the parents basement is the best place ever

]]> By: Sarten-X http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-570289 Sarten-X Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:54:14 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-570289 For unknown reasons, this set me off. My observations: 1) This is either a really good or a really bad driver. Having lived near a driver school, I can tell you beyond any doubt that hitting something with the trailer's axle happens often. This time it happened to be a fire hydrant. The alternative is that it was intentional, as Keebi mentioned, but that wouldn't bend the hydrant. 2) The picture is real. Either it's a real photograph, or this is simply the best photoshop artist in the world, and I know a few professional retouching business that would like to contact him/her. The shadows are consistent, the wear is consistent, but the angles are not. That's all easy to do for a photographer, but quite hard for a painter. 3) This is a semi-rural, probably commercial area. The lawn has been cut short, but near the hydrant and posts it's longer, because the trimmer isn't brought out as often. This is standard practice for a commercial/industrial area. 4) Fire hydrants are pretty strong. It takes a lot to knock them over, and a possibly-empty trailer (weighing 10000-15000 pounds) could avoid breaking the cast iron hydrant, which (by my probably-flawed calculations) can support a minimum of 25000 pounds. Accounting for being hit from the side, I'd guess it can still take 15000 pounds of force minimum. If the truck were moving slowly (which it likely would be, given that it's on grass, so it's probably maneuvering), it could hit the hydrant, run up and down, and not crack the hydrant. 5) The statement from Phil fits. 60 seconds with Google Street View shows that Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park looks a lot like this picture, including terrain, pavement, lawns, and building style. 6) Given that the stated industrial park is in New York, it's likely a dry barrel hydrant, meaning that the actual valve is a fair distance below ground. Even if the hydrant were damaged, it would not be spilling water. Because of this, it is possible that the hydrant, if broken, could have been put back into place for the purpose of humor. In summary, it looks like a fire hydrant was hit and run over by a truck driver that wasn't paying attention. For unknown reasons, this set me off.

My observations:

1) This is either a really good or a really bad driver. Having lived near a driver school, I can tell you beyond any doubt that hitting something with the trailer’s axle happens often. This time it happened to be a fire hydrant. The alternative is that it was intentional, as Keebi mentioned, but that wouldn’t bend the hydrant.

2) The picture is real. Either it’s a real photograph, or this is simply the best photoshop artist in the world, and I know a few professional retouching business that would like to contact him/her. The shadows are consistent, the wear is consistent, but the angles are not. That’s all easy to do for a photographer, but quite hard for a painter.

3) This is a semi-rural, probably commercial area. The lawn has been cut short, but near the hydrant and posts it’s longer, because the trimmer isn’t brought out as often. This is standard practice for a commercial/industrial area.

4) Fire hydrants are pretty strong. It takes a lot to knock them over, and a possibly-empty trailer (weighing 10000-15000 pounds) could avoid breaking the cast iron hydrant, which (by my probably-flawed calculations) can support a minimum of 25000 pounds. Accounting for being hit from the side, I’d guess it can still take 15000 pounds of force minimum. If the truck were moving slowly (which it likely would be, given that it’s on grass, so it’s probably maneuvering), it could hit the hydrant, run up and down, and not crack the hydrant.

5) The statement from Phil fits. 60 seconds with Google Street View shows that Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park looks a lot like this picture, including terrain, pavement, lawns, and building style.

6) Given that the stated industrial park is in New York, it’s likely a dry barrel hydrant, meaning that the actual valve is a fair distance below ground. Even if the hydrant were damaged, it would not be spilling water. Because of this, it is possible that the hydrant, if broken, could have been put back into place for the purpose of humor.

In summary, it looks like a fire hydrant was hit and run over by a truck driver that wasn’t paying attention.

]]> By: Matt http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-531763 Matt Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:02:24 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-531763 maybe it's crooked because there's an 8 ton semi on top of it? maybe it’s crooked because there’s an 8 ton semi on top of it?

]]> By: gigiosantos http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-528975 gigiosantos Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:18:07 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-528975 he power parked i luv burnout^^ he power parked
i luv burnout^^

]]> By: Mark http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-526697 Mark Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:39:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-526697 My guess is that hey were moving the trailer and the truck was turned sharp enough to slide the front wheels of the trailer and it was pulled sideways into the hydrant got stuck and left it there. or they could have took off one of the duel tires parked the truck and put it back on, don't know why anyone would do that though. Mark My guess is that hey were moving the trailer and the truck was turned sharp enough to slide the front wheels of the trailer and it was pulled sideways into the hydrant got stuck and left it there. or they could have took off one of the duel tires parked the truck and put it back on, don’t know why anyone would do that though.

Mark

]]> By: John http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-468820 John Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:45:55 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-468820 How did that even happen in the first place? I'm beginning to think this is fake. How did that even happen in the first place?
I’m beginning to think this is fake.

]]> By: laur laur http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-459341 laur laur Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:12:59 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-459341 fake hydrant....................................... fake hydrant…………………………………

]]> By: bbllaarrgg http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-435239 bbllaarrgg Mon, 25 May 2009 09:05:17 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-435239 whos and american with a cold fran drasher whos and american with a cold fran drasher

]]> By: no u http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-367489 no u Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:42:08 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-367489 it's from Joni Mitchell's song, "Big Yellow Taxi" -- . "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot..." it’s from Joni Mitchell’s song, “Big Yellow Taxi” –
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“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot…”

]]> By: no u http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-367477 no u Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:30:34 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-367477 u would know u would know

]]> By: slatfatf http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-354473 slatfatf Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:30:32 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-354473 why not work fecker why not work fecker

]]> By: Unrequired http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-265744 Unrequired Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:56:26 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-265744 Hmmm... Someone's very good at parallel parking. Hmmm…
Someone’s very good at parallel parking.

]]> By: mike http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-248695 mike Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-248695 HOW? HOW?

]]> By: Keebi http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-205658 Keebi Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:25:52 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-205658 Okay, I can't tell you if this is real or fake, but I'm a truck driver and I can tell you that it *is*, technically, possible to park a truck in this manner...in theory anyway. When a truck's tractor (the front part where the driver sits) is at approximately a 90 degree angle from the trailer and the truck is put into reverse, the tandems (those are the back wheels on the trailer that are, in this case, parked around the fire hydrant) act as a pivot point, meaning that even though the truck is in reverse, those back wheels are not actually rolling, merely pivoting the angle of the trailer. So if the driver had backed those very back wheels just behind the hydrant, but at a slight angle to it, and had the tractor and trailer at a 90 degree angle (tractor pointing to the right), he or she could have pivoted the other 2 wheels around in front of the hydrant, thus giving us this result. I would be monstrously difficult (or terribly accidental but I've seen some drivers get themselves into some odd binds before), and this could still be a faked photo, but it *is*, technically (theoretically), possible. ...I'm just sayin'. :-) Okay, I can’t tell you if this is real or fake, but I’m a truck driver and I can tell you that it *is*, technically, possible to park a truck in this manner…in theory anyway. When a truck’s tractor (the front part where the driver sits) is at approximately a 90 degree angle from the trailer and the truck is put into reverse, the tandems (those are the back wheels on the trailer that are, in this case, parked around the fire hydrant) act as a pivot point, meaning that even though the truck is in reverse, those back wheels are not actually rolling, merely pivoting the angle of the trailer. So if the driver had backed those very back wheels just behind the hydrant, but at a slight angle to it, and had the tractor and trailer at a 90 degree angle (tractor pointing to the right), he or she could have pivoted the other 2 wheels around in front of the hydrant, thus giving us this result. I would be monstrously difficult (or terribly accidental but I’ve seen some drivers get themselves into some odd binds before), and this could still be a faked photo, but it *is*, technically (theoretically), possible.

…I’m just sayin’. :-)

]]> By: farrex http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-196339 farrex Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:41:10 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-196339 If u get a ticket by parking near the hydrant, what will he get with this??? If u get a ticket by parking near the hydrant, what will he get with this???

]]> By: Crotch Crickett http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-140628 Crotch Crickett Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:25:39 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-140628 'They took all the trees...' What is that verse from, Admiral? ‘They took all the trees…’ What is that verse from, Admiral?

]]> By: Spaztronomical http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-129772 Spaztronomical Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:12:30 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-129772 this is too baffling to be a fail. this is too baffling to be a fail.

]]> By: God http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-108427 God Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:19:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-108427 You deserve a hug You deserve a hug

]]> By: lauren http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-107349 lauren Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:37:10 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-107349 haha awesome!! haha awesome!!

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101159 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:44:01 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101159 what is danage? is it Dan's age? what is danage? is it Dan’s age?

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101158 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:42:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101158 There's a wet spot on your pants 8-D There’s a wet spot on your pants 8-D

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101157 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:40:08 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101157 I don't know. Can't I just say wow? ;-) I don’t know. Can’t I just say wow? ;-)

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101156 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:39:01 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101156 get a life get a life

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101155 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:38:21 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101155 ^future funny farm resident^ ^future funny farm resident^

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101154 fuzz on the concept Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:37:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101154 ^ less flavor, less clue ^ less flavor, less clue

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101153 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:37:07 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101153 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101152 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:36:41 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101152 which one? there are several paragraphs which one? there are several paragraphs

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101151 fuzz on the concept Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:47 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101151 That's not what she said. That’s not what she said.

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101149 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:25 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101149 where's the taxi? where’s the taxi?

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101148 fuzz on the concept Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:34:53 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101148 No worries, I know <i>exactly</i> where I'm going. I could get there with one eye closed. No worries, I know exactly where I’m going. I could get there with one eye closed.

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101147 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:33:47 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101147 <=3 <=3

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101146 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:31:30 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101146 You fail You fail

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101145 fuzz on the concept Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:30:59 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101145 I meant apostrophic succession. I meant apostrophic succession.

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101144 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:30:20 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101144 what kind of stuff what kind of stuff

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101143 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:29:52 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101143 in your pants? in your pants?

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101139 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:26:55 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101139 Seek mental help Seek mental help

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101137 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:23:40 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101137 I meant the thing from the the keyboard not the other thing >:-( I meant the thing from the the keyboard not the other thing >:-(

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101136 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:22:17 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101136 dimmer? dimmer?

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101135 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:21:07 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101135 huh?? huh??

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101134 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:20:15 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101134 lol :-D lol :-D

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101132 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:18:50 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101132 not really not really

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101131 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:15:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101131 How? How?

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101128 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:13:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101128 eww eww

]]> By: sam http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-101125 sam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:08:58 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-101125 then get a map then get a map

]]> By: Snuskie http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-98916 Snuskie Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:36:36 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-98916 Does look like the back tire is not fully in place (wheels not aligned and perspective not right for point of view, especially in the close up), and might just be propped against the hydrant. This of course could be explained by danage done a la <a href="http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-93847" rel="nofollow">USArules!'s explanation</a> I've seen truckers use unconventional material as wheel stops. Perhaps the trucker was improvising <a href="http://www.rvsupplywarehouse.com/product/detail.cfm/pid/2861" rel="nofollow">the stabilizer</a> Does look like the back tire is not fully in place (wheels not aligned and perspective not right for point of view, especially in the close up), and might just be propped against the hydrant. This of course could be explained by danage done a la USArules!’s explanation

I’ve seen truckers use unconventional material as wheel stops. Perhaps the trucker was improvising the stabilizer

]]> By: Huggy Bear http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-98559 Huggy Bear Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:40:43 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-98559 ya mean real english; ya stupid yankee ya mean real english; ya stupid yankee

]]> By: snafutti http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-98450 snafutti Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:47:54 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-98450 No, the bollards are photoshopped. Definitely. No, the bollards are photoshopped. Definitely.

]]> By: TheKingofSnacks http://failblog.org/2008/09/07/parking-fail-6/#comment-98377 TheKingofSnacks Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:30:41 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-98377 HA, my state just got hit with 3 (YES THREE) Hurricanes in the past few weeks. I Fail, actually Florida Fails. That's what the F is for. That and fun. This comment went on for way to long. ..... *Awkward silence* bye. HA, my state just got hit with 3 (YES THREE) Hurricanes in the past few weeks. I Fail, actually Florida Fails. That’s what the F is for. That and fun. This comment went on for way to long. ….. *Awkward silence* bye.

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