How NOT to Drive a U-HAUL

[pinky]

I was working at the gas station, and this lady drives up in a U HAUL to get gas. When she pulled into the pump, she somehow gets the U HAUL stuck over the rail beside the pump and the side stuck to the pump itself. My boss goes out their to find out what happened, get her license plate, and call the cops. The woman, when the cops get there, decides she wants to try and back up and leave. The cop tells her that if she backs up, she will rip up the pump and BLOW UP the gas station. So she decides to call roadside assistance. They tell her she will have to pay for her own tow truck. The woman becomes angry, and decides that because she shouldn't have to pay for the tow truck she'll risk blowing up the gas station anyway. She gets back in the drivers seat to try and maneuver away from the pump. Thankfully, my other boss has shown up. He forced her out of the vehicle with the help of the cops, and she decides to leave the scene and let them deal with it. After being told that she'll be arrested for leaving the scene, everyone decides to wait for the tow truck. Thankfully no one had to die because of this woman's selfishness.

[Chromatix]

Was the pump on the driver's side or the offside?

[icmedia]

So, let me get this straight...a woman, who presumably had rented said U-Haul, got it stuck... and ultimately decided that she wanted to just leave it there and let everyone else sort it out?

Aside from the legal ramifications you already mentioned, she must not have thought about the money U-Haul would have charged her for abandoning the vehicle, on top of the already-impending damage charges :P

[eltf177]

Boy, this is some special level of EW dumbness...

[bainsidhe]

I hated driving a Uhaul truck. It's big, it's awkward, and I don't have experience maneuvering something that big. Even so, I had no problem pulling properly into a gas station and filling up.

[wolfie]

I hated driving a Uhaul truck. It's big, it's awkward,

I wouldn't want to drive one of those little things - for the simple reason that they have a VERY low probability of passing a pre-trip inspection.

[pinky]

it was on the offside. you could hear the u haul grinding against the pump. i'm amazed she didn't hear

[protege]

I wouldn't want to drive one of those little things - for the simple reason that they have a VERY low probability of passing a pre-trip inspection.

I wouldn't want to drive one either. U-Haul has been in trouble *many* times because of poor equipment maintenance. Their trucks have been in several serious accidents because the company doesn't bother to maintain them.

[Jack7957]

I prefer Ryder myself, too many issues with UHaul. My favorite is how they have all the nice new trucks out front and whenever I went to pick one up, they pull out the 1970's era, stick shift, AM radio, no AC, and questionable brakes from the back for me to use.