The things you do to protect the Telluride in NYC

[KEEP IT REAL]

 

[Dozer81]

Those things are everywhere around the City where people have a tendency to "park by feel". I live in the eastern suburbs of NY (Long Island) where people are a little better. I prefer to leave the trailer ballmount and ball in the receiver all the time. The chrome finish on the ball ball got scuffed up a little when I towed the bike so I just sprayed it black, looks fine and certainly serves as a deterrent to the "park by feel" crowd.

 

[SeoulMobile]

I've seen those in SF too, there are some people that even resort to installed hitch mounted steps to prevent people from hitting their bumper.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

Yea. It’s really unfortunate. You just can’t have nice things! It was the same in Boston where I lived years ago and WAY before parking sensors. Vehicles should have a feature that uses the car’s sensors and brake lights to let the person parking behind them that they are too close.