I was heading into work on the tram, as usual, and there was a car parked foul of the line outside of a shop. The tram driver stopped and tooted the horn a couple of times in order to attract the attention of the motorist. Eventually someone came out of the shop and stood by the car. The driver looked the other way down the road and than made a sweeping motion with their arms indicating that it was OK for the tram to swerve around the car. The tram driver opened the cab door, and in his best “trouble at mill” accent told the person that he couldn’t swerve. The motorist again looked down the road and told the tram driver that he could swerve as there was no traffic coming the other way. Well, the tram driver lost it a bit and shouted "It’s bloody tram, runs on t’bloody tracks!!!. The motorist looked down at the tracks embedded in the roadway, looked at the tram driver and announced that they’d only be a minute and went back into the shop… The tram driver got on the radio to the control centre so they could call the cops, but before they got there the motorist returned,. There was an exchange of words that are unrepeatable on a general forum, and the motorist got into their car and drove off. According to the conductor this sort of thing happens all the time, and the motorist will be getting a visit from the local constabulary in due course.
[soapbox] Morons…
-MH
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You’re right - it is funny because it is so ridiculous! Another point for the “ME” generation!
That is classic…
Also helps explain the mentality of folks who drive around the gates… Trains can swerve and stop on a dime, can’t they?.
Ancient street railway ritual, nothing new here.
Randy
Isn’t that why new locos have steerable trucks?
Hugh,maybe the ‘motorist’ was a “Lurker”.
Yes Dan,the “steerable trucks” make it easy to “swerve”
around all foreign objects found on tracks.
But aren’t they self-steering? So the engineer wouldn’t have to do anything.
I can just picture the person telling the tram to “go around”
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Priceless.
Ramming speed! (where is D-Day from Animal House these days?) [:-^][:-^][:-^]
I guess the motto of your story is that there are silly people everywhere. [:o)][:D][:)]
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I guess the motto of your story is that there are silly people everywhere. [:o)][:D][:)]
Exactly…case in point.
The only part that surprises me, is the part where the person even bothered to come out at all. 
Dave
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Write them a ticket or manhandle the keys from them to move the vehicle . . .
If trains can go around curves like they were on rails, why can’t they swerve and stop on a dime?
this is a real gem. thanks for sharing.
stay safe
Joe
That person is out there driving…that would scare the hell outta me if I wasn’t across the big pond!
I was on a trolley car in Pittsburgh that was trying to ease by an auto that was parked very close to the tracks. As the motorman moved the trolley very slowly several riders went to the windows to watch and the trolley leaned enough to hit the side of the auto.
hahahahahaha… I must remember that in future.
Our tram drivers are very good, I’ve seen them pass parked cars with less than an inch to spare
What’s really scary is that alot of them folks over there, don’t even know which side of the road to drive on!