An Australian driver has been slammed for a ‘dangerous’ park outside a shopping centre which forced motorists to manoeuvre around the vehicle.
A frustrated motorist shared a picture of a white ute in a car park, near an Aldi store in Queensland, to the North Lakes Facebook group on Wednesday.
On first glance, the ute appears to be parked correctly within the lines of the parking space.
However, another angle showed several pipes, which appear to be more than three metres long, sticking out the back of the vehicle.
The driver of a white ute was slammed for their dangerous parking as pipes hanging out the back of the vehicle caused a safety issue for other motorists (pictured)
The pipes, which appear to be more than three metres long, forced drivers to manoeuvre around the ute (pictured)
The post labelled the pipes a ‘major hazard’ as they posed a safety risk and forced motorists to give the ute a wide berth.
‘Is this legal?? Cars had to go around,’ one Facebook user wrote.
‘Very dangerous,’ another user commented.
A third user commented: ‘He’ll find out how legal he is or isn’t when someone drives past that load and hits it with their car, or even face if they’re a pedestrian.’
‘I guarantee that [they’ll] be in a lot of trouble.’
The legal overhang limit for items on a vehicle is 3.7 metres from the front wheel, according to the Queensland government transport website.
The website explains any visible load projecting more than 1.2 metres from the back of a vehicle or trailer must display a warning device.
A brightly coloured red or yellow flag can be used during the day while at night, a red warning light visible from at least 200 metres away should be used.
Despite the overwhelming criticism, some Facebook users defended the driver claiming he ‘didn’t want to hurt anyone’.
‘Poor bloke is copping a hammering for trying to earn a dollar,’ one user commented.
‘Not the smartest place to park, but he probably has just done a 10-hour day and ran in to buy a hot chook for dinner.’
Another user wrote: ‘Didn’t want to hurt anyone or plan on causing (an) inconvenience.’
The legal overhang limit for items on a vehicle is 3.7 metres from the front wheel, according to the Queensland government transport website (pictured)