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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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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be so simple to paint a line on the road! I don't see one. Get out of the car, look down, re-park if necessary. And it would make ticketing easier too. Ticket if any part of the car touches or goes into the line, looking straight down. And if the other edge of the line is the max of the tram, you have the width of the line-paint as your buffer zone.

[–] Pechente@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They’re trying to do that right now with blue dots but for some reason this is not road legal and needs to go through some unnecessary paperwork before it can be approved

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Whaddya mean dots? Raised bumpies? I still think a solid painted line would do the job and there'd be no room for argument about whether the vehicle was in violation. I'm all for raised dots along the line, so you'd feel if your tires were over it, help you position. But you also want the fenders and mirrors inside the lines.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

in Strasbourg the cobblestones pattern is showing the tram space