Outraged motorist watches a garbage truck drive away after crashing into his Holden Monaro, but did his parking spot cause the confusion?
- VIDEO: Garbage collector seizes precious car with owner inside on narrow street
- The internet has been divided over the images with many blaming the car owner.
- Others have blamed Melbourne councils for approving ‘undersized’ streets
An outraged motorist had to chase a garbage truck down a narrow street after it crashed into his parked car and drove away, but many believe he was wrong.
The distraught owner jumped out of his bright yellow Holden Monaro with arms outstretched in disbelief after the garbage truck smashed into the side of his vehicle on a narrow Melbourne street while he was sitting inside.
As the motorist stopped in the middle of the road, the truck driver proceeded through a roundabout before coming to a stop further down the road.
The garbage truck faced a tough challenge as it navigated the narrow suburban avenue.
Approaching the roundabout, the driver had to contend with a waiting approaching car, creating a tight bottleneck at the end of the narrow street.
However, panache seemed to misjudge the room to his left and wiped the front of the Holden clean.
The owner of a Melbourne Monaro was sitting inside his parked car when a garbage truck crumpled its front panels on a narrow suburban street (pictured)
The car owner (pictured) got out of his vehicle and followed the truck down the road on foot, passing extensive damage to the front right side of his car.
The images, shared with Dash Cam Owners Australia, included a close-up of panel damage to the front of the Holden.
Many comments online claimed that the collision was the fault of the Monaro’s owner, as he parked too close to the end of the street, even though his car was stopped on the legal side of a “No Stopping” sign.
“Imagine parking like this and thinking it’s the truck driver’s fault,” one viewer wrote.
‘Imagine if it was an emergency vehicle that needed to get through! Think before you park your car in a narrow street or near a corner!’ another wrote.
Many online have blamed the owner of the car (pictured) for the collision even though his park is perfectly legal.
Some, however, tried to see the funny side of the situation.
‘When your park is garbage and the garbage truck takes you out’, said a joker.
‘The Monaro driver found an opportunity to ditch his Holden. He was upset Garbo didn’t finish the job,” wrote another, mocking General Motors’ abandonment of the Holden brand.
One commenter blamed the council, not the owner of the dented coupe.
‘Many new areas near me have streets so narrow that garbage trucks can’t get through them. Residents have to take the containers to a main street. City councils must stop approving shoddy development with such narrow roads,” she wrote.
“Poorly designed streets create this situation and it is usually done by the same municipal authorities that pay claims on a daily basis for events like this,” said another.
