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This does unfortunately happen multiple times per day. Sometimes it’s smaller incidents where the tram driver can get out and collapse the car’s mirror. Other times the owner of the car comes out of a nearby house after the tram used its bell extensively (like today) and moves the car. And then there are times when police needs to get involved to tow the car which often takes upwards of 1 hour.

The truly infuriating part is that if the tram damages a poorly parked car, the transportation company will have to pay the damages. Poorly parked vehicles never get fined and the owners will only need to pay if the car ends up getting towed.

Why do we accept that drivers sabotage a city’s public transport infrastructure like this?

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[–] AngularViscosity@piefed.social 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same for bicycle lanes. I've had people pull up and stop right on my lane in front of me, fully expecting me to go around them while exposing myself to oncoming traffic instead of waiting 5 seconds for me to pass.

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[–] Humana@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

$/€100 fine that doubles every minute the tram is impeded.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Scale it to personal wealth

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Everybody here is suggesting the train rams the car, but it's liable for damages.

Who knows who flipped that car though. Some guys who left?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Where i like there was a time the police would routinely drive main routes of public transit along with the (pubic-ish) transit company - same car even - and flag cars for towing.
Haven't seen many cars requiring towing since, but it does still happen from time to time.

Give the tram operator a high-vis vest for the invulnerability buff, a set of orange retractable belt stanchions to create an impermeable barrier for innocent passersby, and enough TNT to clear the obstruction. May need to mend the tracks a little depending on placement constraints but it'll solve the problem at 69 hectometers per second.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 12 points 4 days ago

Just fine those fuckers till the fuckers ain't fine.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Show them some love (porcelain chunks), and word will spread.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You tow them and make the fine properly punitive. Even then it will still happen - cars parked in clearways here get towed all the time.

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