# Should bumpers on cars be treated like luggage by the airlines? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-bumpers-on-cars-be-treated-like-luggage-by-the-airlines/555565 "2010-09-30T03:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-bumpers-on-cars-be-treated-like-luggage-by-the-airlines/555565/81 "2010-10-04T14:39:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I think part of the problem is people who always have to back their big honkin’ trucks and such into a spot; they don’t know how to do it well, they never park straight, and invariably I bet they scratch people. It’s actually a lot easier for me to parallel park my big honkin’ truck than my car, and my car even has helpful mirrors that dip down in reverse. The truck mirrors still cover a lot more space, and although I’ve not made study, the RWD probably helps. I don’t do a lot of parallel parking, but the little that I do I can always get in three points. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-bumpers-on-cars-be-treated-like-luggage-by-the-airlines/555565/82 "2010-10-04T15:24:54Z")
No good can come from expecting and permitting contact between vehicles weighing thousands of pounds, with pedestrians thrown in to the mix. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-bumpers-on-cars-be-treated-like-luggage-by-the-airlines/555565.md?page=4)