Man watches as Melbourne garbage truck DRIVES OFF after clipping his car – but whose fault was it?
An outraged motorist had to chase a garbage truck down a narrow street after it ploughed into his parked car and drove off – but many believe he was in the wrong.
The distraught owner jumped out of his bright yellow Holden Monaro with his arms outstretched in disbelief after the garbage truck crunched the side of his vehicle in a narrow Melbourne street while he was sitting inside.
As the motorist stood in the middle of the street, the truck driver continued on through a roundabout before pulling up further down the road.
The garbage truck faced a tough challenge in navigating the narrow suburban avenue.
Approaching the roundabout the driver had to contend with a waiting oncoming car, creating for a bottleneck squeeze at the end of the tight street.
However, the garbo seemed to misjudge the room he had to his left and wiped the front of the Holden.
A Melbourne Monaro owner was sitting inside his parked car when a garbage truck crumpled its front panels in a narrow suburban street (pictured)
The car owner (pictured) got out of his vehicle and followed the truck down the road on foot, walking past the extensive damage to his car’s front right-hand side
The footage, shared to Dash Cam Owners Australia, included a close-up of the panel damage to the front of the Holden.
Many online comments claimed the collision was the Monaro owner’s fault since he parked so close to the end of the street, though his car was stopped on the legal side of a ‘No Stopping’ sign.
‘Imagine parking like that and thinking it’s the truck driver’s fault,’ one viewer wrote.
‘Imagine if that was an emergency vehicle that needed to get through! Think before you park your car in a narrow street or close to a corner!’ wrote another.
Many online have blamed the car owner (pictured) for the collision despite his park being perfectly legal
Some, however, tried to see the funny side of the situation.
‘When your park is rubbish and the garbage truck takes you out,’ said one jokester.
‘The Monaro driver found an opportunity to get rid of his Holden. He was upset because the Garbo didn’t finish the job,’ wrote another, poking fun at General Motors’ abandonment of the Holden brand.
One commenter blamed the council, not the owner of the dinged-up coupe.
‘So many new areas near me have such narrow streets that garbage trucks aren’t allowed down them. Residents have to bring the bins to a main road. Councils need to stop approving crappy developments with such narrow roads,’ he wrote.
‘Poorly engineered streets create this situation and usually done by the same council authorities who pay the claims daily for events such as this,’ said another.
