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Pretty much every day someone parks their car on the tram tracks and blocks our city's tram network from operating (feddit.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Pechente@feddit.org to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think this is more fuck shitty drivers/parkers, than it is fuck cars. You can have a car, and not park like an asshole. Shit like this, needs to be ticketed HARD. Like "If you block the tram/bus lane, you WILL be fined FROM(not upto) £1000 per minute that the tram/bus is delayed.". If people cant park properly on their own, fuck um. Make them do it in the way they will feel. If you want to get the rich assholes, gauge the fine by post code. The better the post code, the higher the starting point of the fine.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week 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.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Firestarter block the top of one of the front tires of the vehicle. Light it discreetly. Wear a hoodie with an N5 mask on, always look towards the ground. When you get home burn/dispose of your clothes. Problem solved.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week 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?

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

Sometimes it’s smaller incidents where the tram driver can get out and collapse the car’s mirror.

Screw that! The tram needs to take that mirror clear off!

[–] bier@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't know about your city, but getting towed away can cost you between 150 and 500 (diffent in every city) plus the fine (parking on a tram lane) 120 plus about 25 for every night your car is not picked up. So people avoid that.

When I just got my drivers license I came home one night and found a free parking spot, felt like the last one. When I needed my car about a week later it was gone. Went to the police to report it as stolen, turned out it was towed. I accidentally parked on a reseved spot that you are not allowed to park in. Pretty dumb but it was an honest mistake. The fine was about twice what I earned a month from my partime job as a student. It really sucked, but it was a good lesson.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Where I live this is the norm.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

needs more of this

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