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?
Expensive tow, impound or seize car, big fine, jail
They’ll learn a lot faster. Tow trucks will start to line up to tow cars too.
One of the few good uses I saw of privatisation was private tow trucks working for the State - I’ve lived in a couple of countries in Europe and never saw faster towing of vehicles irregularly parked than in Britain were that service had been privatised.
Virtually speaking the tow trucks were pretty much lined up to tow cars.
Probably helps if the Law makes sure the towing fees are high and the costs for the damage from towing are on the car owner.
Ontario has this on the 401 highway in Toronto. The trucks park and wait. As soon as a car breaks down they rush out to get the tow. 1k to be towed off the road, then milage. Its mandated somewhere.
I’ve heard biker gangs are big in this business. Not sure why.