A baby storrowing: Allston fire escape

By adamg on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 3:50pm

David spotted this wounded truck in Allston early this afternoon.

Matt has more:

How about when someone tries to squeeze their moving truck in between two buildings they've no business trying to squeeze between... pic.twitter.com/Yg8CsqB8pR

— Matt (@mattatonic) September 1, 2018

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By BlackKat on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 3:57pm.

Have fun arguing with Ryder about your deposit idiots!

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By BostonDog on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 8:11pm.

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Maybe

By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 8:30pm.

If the fire escape was in a public right of way and not properly marked, they might be able to go after the building owner and the rental company might help them.

As for the deposit, I suspect that it has been a long while since you rented anything. Last time I rented a box truck there was no deposit - they had my credit card number. The Collision Damage Waver should cover that, or any insurance program through the credit card they used.

This one wasn't

By Coyote137 on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 4:15pm.

a Storrowing. The truck in question ran into a fire escape.

Yep!

By adamg on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 6:34pm.

Just updated the original post with proof.

If the fire escapes dont get

By anon on Mon, 09/03/2018 - 7:25am.

If the fire escapes dont get you , the dumpsters will !

Hope that the truck renter...

By Turalura Lipschitz on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 4:34pm.

...isn't thinking that s/he's ok because of having taken out the insurance Collision Damage Waiver.

Many years ago, I'd taken CDW, ran my rent-a-truck into an overhead tree limb in Somerville, and was informed on returning the truck that I owed Avis Truck a lot of money. It seems that the CDW does not cover "gross negligence," and that hitting an overhead obstruction is, by definition, gross negligence.