Comment on A car parked in front of the fire hydrant hindered the firefighters' intervention, so the team broke two side windows and passed the hose through the inside of the car.

acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• shweddy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Anything within 15ft is illegally parked

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  • MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’ll depend on where you live. Without painted curbs I’d rely on the physical indicators. In this case the bollards in front of it. Car is outside the shown limits so I’m guessing this is legally parked and they just wanted a video.

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    • Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Absolutely 100% not legally parked. Whether curbs are marked or not, you can’t park that close to a hydrant. 15ft is usually the standard minimum across the US.

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      • boonhet@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        usually

        Well there’s your problem, your country doesn’t standardise shit well enough.

        And there should still be indicators even if the rule is 15 feet. Someone from another state or country might not know, but a yellow line is a very clear indication.

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    • shweddy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The bollards aren’t marking anything theyre protecting the hydrant from cars

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• farmgineer@nord.pub ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Anything within a certain distance of a fire hydrant is a no parking zone. I’m not sure if this differs at all in distance by jurisdiction (since every state has separate licensing). There are sometimes also signs on poles that explicitly say this.

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• binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Seems like painting the curb would be an obvious move from a city planning perspective.

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