Crashes Caught On Camera - Cars/Pedestrians vs Trams
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
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0:00 Watch out for the-
0:30 Close call situations
1:24 Passing tram from the left
2:39 Trams vs Pedestrians
4:01 AD: Surfshark
5:18 Crashes
6:57 We LOVE trams
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Americans should paint their F35s to look like one of those trams, apparently it turns this huge machine invisible
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😂🤣🤣👌
@@cynthiayvonne6834 They might be referring to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning. In which case an invisible jet would be pretty awesome.
@@cynthiayvonne6834 F35 is a fighter jet, just like the F16
And paint submarines so that it would be easier to blow up other people's gas pipelines.
Kudos to the tram drivers, driving in a busy city like that every day having to predict what people will do must be so hard! I cringed at some of these, hope everyone managed to make it out fine!
In Indonesia you get that kind of people, car and bike everyday 😂 if you drive enough you get used to it 🤣
Tram driver here. Almost every crash ends in body and paint work with two exceptions, the so named "tram sandwich" (we got some fatalities here in my city some time ago for this, a car trapped between a tram and a post) and pedestrians (especially with electric scooters, those are the plague). Be careful, especially when walking around tram tracks.
Any close calls with bikes? Almost got sandwiched the other day by the bike lane suddenly disappearing and the tram becoming right beside the side walk lol
@@mmmmmmmmmmm111 Here in my city there are not many bike lanes, and definitely not around tram tracks. There have been some frights but none of them important.
I drove Trams in Adelaide.
Never made a Tram sandwich unfortunately
I was in Adelaide October 2022, Adelaide trams are brilliant also cheap and reliable, wish we could have them in Perth.
No trams in my town yet(too poor) can we have less talk more action 😊
As someone from South America who has to wait over an hour every day after work for a bus to STOP at my station, I really really miss how reliable Prague trams are.
Don't you guys have some place to complain to?
Over here, you bet I'm going to complain if the snow plows don't do the last 100 meters.
@@kalle911 Yeah we do, but because public transportation has been given over to private companies, among other things (including bureaucracy), there's nothing they can really do.
@@egilsama sounds like neoliberalism at work. Surely the municipal authorities should hire bus companies to serve lines with the frequency that they dictate, taking into account where people live and work (they also have access to such data).
Of course it's not that rosy here either. Our city lines are owned by the city and tickets happen to be free of charge. But my company moved outside city borders so we run our own buses. And a lot of people need to own cars so they don't lose too much of their own time.
@@kalle911 fan
@@kalle911 I heard of a mexican guy who started working as mayor in mexico, he wanted the city to buy up the bus company to make it more reliable. His family begged him to not do it to save his life and eventually he didnt. I think you can guess why.
Driving round Prague it always amazed me how other drivers can't see a great big red and white tram, it even let's you know its there with a damn bell that they ring right until after they hit you
Perhaps beer has something to do with it
@@richbulena8847 In case of driving, we have zero toleration for alcohol here in Czechia ;)
@@IQEGO enforced by the trams.
@@MisterAndyS What? 😂
@@IQEGO Yet such a large share of the drivers drive like they've just inhaled a distillery
2:20 Not just illegal passing on the left and almost a tram sandwich but also going the wrong way in a one way street.
Just an average day for Czech Driver™
In the united states the left lane is ironically the passing lane on highways
@@Jasoneason132 it is in all countries that drive on the right, but the driver here was neither on a highway nor in a passing lane..
@Skitlus that is true
Sad to say, the longest line, isn't line 16 anymore, as you said at the end of this video.
Line 16 got changed last year. Originally, it went from Sídliště Řepy, to Lehovec. Now it is changed to "Sídliště Řepy - Ústřední dílny dopravního podniku," because of a new tram line from Lehovec, to Pankrác, numbered 19. The original line length is 23,5km, now it's about 18km. So the longest line now, is the line 10, that is 23,2km long, from Sídliště Řepy, to Sídliště Ďáblice.
I hope that clears some things up.
(i absolutely hate what they have done to line 16 btw)
You sound like Svejk talking about his life in Praga.
That seems fair, probably was done for service regulations due to delays.
I agree so much, I think Prague's public transportation system is the best that I've seen in EU so far and it's one of the best things about living in Prague 💜
its not only Prague, but in Czech Republik ;-)
Lol I guess you havent been here in Amsterdam/Holland
@@m.m.4609 I've been there but we were travelling by foot mostly so I can't say anything about it :) Amsterdam has the best architecture though! It's so beautiful
@UCkxJxqF5ZzcP-bvaBbiV7Yg Let me guess: Germany's train system is terrible, while Switzerland is great. My own experience.
It was already during the mid-eighties when I was there as a visiting exchange student from Rostock University. Just got a ticket for one month for everything (bus, tram, underground) for (if I remeber correctly) 38 kcs... Long ago 😉
Just go for any spot in the town, no need for a car.
And I remeber one ride from Troja to the dormatory "5.kvieten" at midnight, no train available, but the guy going w/ his Tatra-train to the depot picked me up and gave me a direct and high speed ride. A really high speed, 60km/h downhill... I've never been that fast back to any location at all in my lifetime.
I love Praha and all the people there!
The problem is the colour red... as someone who drives a red car I can confirm that it makes the car 99% invisible to other motorists.
I live in a town with a tram system and use it everyday to go to work, i see alot of accident happening, best one ive seen is a lady backing out of a parking and into the tram-tracks and getting t-boned by the tram (she was ok) but angry at the driver for something she did wrong. People will never stop amazing me.
I bought a three-day transit pass when I visited Prague in 2018.
I went everywhere, and the pass was cheap (about $14 US).
Money well spent.
Still many people here complain that it's expensive...
@@saiien2 it is, it's still a bit absurd how expensive the day/week tickets are.
Here in Vienna, a week ticket is 17 EUR since it's always till Monday ~8am (can't remember exact time anymore), so if buy Sat get a 72 hour ticket which is 14.10 EUR.
Meanwhile if I buy a year ticket, it's 1 EUR/day average. How is there a 500% discrepancy in pricing for the overhead of generating a ticket?
They should make it so if you book a night in a hotel in the city, you get a day ticket included, so people don't use a car and cause more traffic, offer it at 1 EUR to the hotels and enter rules that they must give it to customers; sure it's a tax basically, but I'm sure a lot of tourists that have never used public transit before will then take a chance on it and be happy how easy it is to get around (especially since driving here usually takes longer than public transit due to finding parking and having to walk the last bit anyways, only use my car heading out of the city into the country side, wish the bus system would get better than every 2 hours on weekends /sigh).
"What is your job?"
"Everyday I save many people's lives"
"Are you doctor or in the fire brigade?"
"I'm tram driver and use my brain twice to compensate the lack that the careless people have"
Psychic Tram Drivers!...nahh...just really cool, smart tram drivers vs. incredibly stupid people. Well done Janek and Honza; just the right amount of cheesy "UA-cam Crashes!" production...with an important warning for all. Hope all is well; carry on! You guys are the best.
A few years ago, my family and I visited Prag and we used the trams as transportation. They were super fast and efficient, but we had a close call with a car that just drove in front of the tram. Luckily, the tram driver hit the brakes and nobody was hurt.
I so laughed out loud at 5:44 - I am just kidding we got more - I love you guys and kudos to all the tram drivers around the world!
Since you last visited Tampere, Finland we have also got our very own tram called Tampereen Ratikka. Maybe you could re-visit Tampere someday later after the world opens up again? Great content!
OMG the idiot on the bike zooming past the tram at 1:48. Everyone who has ever gotten a bicycle wheel stuck in tram rail is cringing at the thought of doing that.
these messengers or other delivery men or postmen are new plague, I understand it's effective take it on bike in city, but they just igonre traffic rules and rush always
While I was in Prague, a Czech man was jumping into an old Tatra-tram to catch it and broke the door, it didn't close anymore. So I lost my train back to Germany😂
Trains to Germany are going every two hours so it wouldn't be a huge problem. But if it was the last train... 🤪
@@rykmat2542 The train, I was trying to catch, was already half an hour to late. The train afterwards came about an hour to late. If I hadn't cought this one, I would be stuck in Prague for another nicht, because the third train, the last train on the day, was deleted completely.
I was on a bus few days ago when pedestrian jumped out and bus driver brake so hard we almost all fell down to the floor,and driver and that pedestrian almost end up fighting in middle of the road 😂😂
russia? :D
On my visit to Olomouc, someone was parked practically on the track. The female tram driver was not happy 😬
Happens in Prague often as well. Then commuting people have to explain to their boss at work why they're 30 minutes late.
@@Darwinek you'd think it would be a simple rule to follow lol
I'm sure it would happen even more often here in the UK 😅
I visited Prague last summer and definitely had a lot of respect for the trams. I was staying near the Palladium Mall and quickly learned that they could come flying around those bends at any time. I didn't take any chances!
It's almost like people don't understand what they are.
I lived in Toronto for school one year, and was on one of the streetcars. It totally hit some guy's car who was coming around the corner, I'm not sure what the guy thought - he didn't even see it I don't think. He looked so alarmed and just sped off. Also, from inside the streetcar, there was no feeling of impact. If I hadn't seen or heard the impact, I wouldn't have known about it.
These kinds of video baffle me, it's like they're just ignoring the trams.
"It's almost like people don't understand what they are and ignore everything and everyone around them" is a perfectly good description of the average Czech driver.
Only after I returned to Prague after living for many years in London& several other capitals, I realized how amazing the Prague public transport system is. ....Probably the best in the world. Everything - subway, trams, buses - work together as one system. Coverage is fantastic. Everything works on time without disruptions. And the value for money is unprecedented.
I never thought about this not being the 'norm' before living abroad. Its something that locals take for granted and do therefore do not appreciate as much as they should
Given they are on tracks and can't really come "out of nowhere", offenders (idiots) should lose their license for a year and be responsible for all damages.
What about pedestrians? Pedestrians can be idiots as well, not just drivers. By your logic if some people shouldn't be driving, then some people shouldn't be walking on the sidewalk?
Okay, according to you, if I ever have kids, I'm going to call a young child for idiot and even yell directly in their ear as well.
@@automation7295 Walking is a basic right; Driving is a privilege, with licences, fees and bans
@@blahza12345 But if people can say "some people shouldn't be driving", then they should also say "some people shouldn't be walking"
@@automation7295 No, because if a pedestrian walks into a tram the only damage is going to be to the pedestrian. We don't licence walking because if two people walk into each other then a "oh, sorry" will suffice, nobody has to get out insurance information or go to the hospital. Walking isn't dangerous to others. If you're so incompetent that you drive into a giant thing on rails going dingaling then you have no business being on the road where you could hurt or kill other people.
@@Person01234 Yes walking is safer, but I still find it funny that people only blame drivers. It's seems like;
When two people walk into each other it's usually a "oh, sorry", but when the same two people crash into each other (no matter it's a bicycle or a car) it's always insult each other, even if they're friends or family relative.
Or even if the person A accidentally rear-ends into person B and person A apologizes, but person B would just punch him very hard and even threatens to murder the person B.
6:00 Do they really just not see the trams? I don't get this.
Watch it again, the silver-ish car got cut off by a black car that stands behind the service vehicle and recklessly turned into the other lane, it's just instincts of the driver to avoid collision. Doesn't really matter if the driver knew about the tram or not (I think he did) , but he had split of a second to react and in my opinion 99% of drivers would react the same.
@@Chiquita-CZ yea, the black car could even be 100 % at fault, but can't be sure from the tram's dashcam view
As a former Tram driver most claim they didn't see it but if you don't bother looking then you're not going to see anything
7:46 You..honest guys..you are great, but spoiler alert!! Number 16 is no longer the longest line in Prague, because they changed the route to last stop Ústřední dílny…As of today it is (I think) her sister line 10. Let´s be honest, everybody is doing some mistakes….but at the end..great video!! Keep on going, guys ✌️🔥
The tram driving up upon another tram in a car crash is just like, "... Im sorry my brother. Godspeed."
"I can't help you now."
Hi, similar things happen in my home city, Manchester UK. I cannot understand how pedestrians cannot see a huge tram?! Probably too busy with their phones. I know that any crash, of near miss, can be traumatic for the tram drivers.
My dad witnessed a tram hitting a pedestrian decades ago. He's still got trauma from that experience. Apparently what was left from the guy were just human remains.
maybe because tram is going on wrong side in the UK
You see and use them every day so they become background in result our brains filter them out to some degree
@@Pidalin Correct side, the other side was just because Napoleon said so since he was left handed.
All countries bordering France were little bitches and gave in, though Sweden only changed a few decades ago.
Britain was able to keep the correct side being on an island.
Usualy it's caused by headphones, mobile phones etc. People don't hear and see and this is what happens..
6:08 was the stupidest one I've ever seen
These people should just have their DL taken away forever due to stupidity
I feel sorry for the owner of the Volvo parked there. Collateral damage caused by an idiot.
Reminds me on I.P.Pavlova when tram is going down from Náměstí Míru and has to turn right there is 50% chance its stuck there waiting for driver to come and move his parked car on warning signs.
Love Prague's transport system.
I'm really thankful for the public transportation, fortunately I have never been in this type of situation.
the big trams in Norway litterely weighs 80 tonns, i would like to see a crash video of those
The new trams weighs 95 tonns fully loaded
Yeeeeessss finally part 2, i have been waiting for sooooo long, thx so much, keep up your good work:)
Despite in Brno we don’t have trams (we have “šalinas”) there is also the “brněnské sandwich” and yes, congratulations to the drivers, they deal with a lot daily.
Brnonacismus, odporně znějící slovo šalina a putycký humor s tím spojený, jsou něco, co cizinec bez dalšího vysvětlujícího odstavce opravdu nepochopí. Pro ně jste z Brna udělal město bez tramvají. Čtěte po sobě, když píšete a přitom se snažte vžít do mysli čtenáře.
There was the episode from the Honest Guy (deleted unfortunately) where they do reference to the term Šalina
Just came back from Prague and decin is was a amazing week Thank you for all these tips and I bought the book too!! 🇨🇿❤️
We have Trams here in my city to. For some reason pepole seem to think that they can stop faster then buses and cars.
Famous last words "No problem, it´s just a tram...."
I will also teach you a swedish word at the end. Spårvagn = Tram
Spårvagn...
As a tram driver in Gothenburg, Sweden, I would say the most common famous last words here are "inshallah"... Were it not for the vigilance of the tram drivers and sheer luck, there would be several fatalities daily, caused by mostly Arabs and Africans on foot or attempting to drive modern inventions like cars. Not to mention "Socio-Economically Challenged Youths" playing around on those damn electric rental scooters...
In this video, we see Czech pedestrians stopping and jumping back, cars braking and swerving. But when the "inshallah" people are out and about, they simply don't give a sh*t. They see the tram coming, but they would be Offended if they had to stop or otherwise adapt to their surroundings to a larger extent than giving the middle finger to the tram driver or whatever it is that currently is taking away their "honour".
Love how you guys nailed that dutch car.
Impressive tram drivers, all of them.
Looks like in Prague nobody ever learned the lesson of look both ways before even think about crossing the street
Keep up the great work🙏🙏
My second cousin drives trams in Helsinki, and she told me similar stories. However, I haven’t yet actually seen a tram crash with a car over here.
I am a streetcar driver in a major German city.
Every day that my colleagues and I are on the rails, we save the lives of people who are "blind" in traffic. It's unbelievable how many people are incredibly careless with their own lives.
My favourite series on this channel!
3:59 That tram driver's reaction represents the whole internet :))
You should make an updated 'how to use trams video' and include the new PID app, thanks
Ok I'm sure this is obvious if you live in a city with trams... Why is passing them on the left bad? (PS will you be re-recording the video about the Porsche design trams?)
That's where the other tramline is and an approaching tram can't evade you since they're on tracks.
@@izamito that is obvious, thank you!
Indeed, it's allowed in many cities.. Maybe here tram tracks are too narrowly packed
@@Real_Claudy_Focan I would say that it's not even allowed with bus...Probably because both are big vehicles and you can't see what's going on in the other direction lane
14T tram is just badly designed, that is all you need to know about it. :D
They just look good. This is what happens when you let design public transport vehicles by the luxurious car manufacturer.
I would recommend you video "Proč (ne)mám rád vůz 14T?", but it has no English subtitles.
Thank you Honest Guide for getting me into trams!
You should take a look at Florence's tram lines. They have dedicated lanes with very low walls on each side that cars and pedestrians can't cross if not on crosswalks. At first it seems like it defeats the purpose of trams in the first place, but then you realise it's just a train in the middle of a city, and that's better: no car crashes because cars aren't even able to drive on that lane.
I'd like to point out that very rarely, it's not drivers, nor pedestrians or cyclists, but the wierd signing. That reconstruction on Jana Želivského street. When I drove there for the first time, in heavy rain, with no horizontal yellow lines suggesting the way, I didn't get that I need to drive to normally opposite direction two lane road, now both directions one lanes. Car in front of me and I ended up driving on tram strip, bypassing traffic lights. Everytime I'm there I see someone messing up exactly the same way. I would really appreciate clearer signs there. Like "Go to opposite direction, not tram strip", with yellow lines guiding the way and a sign with picture of the situation and arrows where to go.
As a former Adelaide South Australia Tram driver I loved watching this
5:51 cant believe they crash into a police van, i hope the police officers were respectful after that
I do hope so since it was an MP van.
95% sure they were since those were army police and i never met or seen a rude one they are always super nice and understandable.
Honest Guide: "Don't be a car"
Me, sipping tea: "Oh, okay!"
One night last month (Dec 2021), I saw an eastbound tram (probably a 25) heading downhill on M. Horákové between Ovenecká and Dukelskych Hrdinû that had to stop and wait for someone to come out of a shop and move their car because they had parked a little too far from the curb... and therefore a little too close to the tram line. That tram was probably late to arrive at all subsequent stops.
Yeah, happened to me once too. She was qite embarrassed when se came out And There was a giant queue And peeople on the stop laughing
congrats on 1 million!
we want part 3!!😊
I loved riding the trams during my visits to Prague! I would always buy a one-day ticket for 120 Crowns, and then go hop-on, hop-off for the next 24 hours.
Obeying the traffic signals is vitally important. I'm surprised there aren't more pedestrain-vehicle accidents at the stop light on the Křižovnická beside the statue of King Charles IV on the Old Town Bridge Tower Stare Mésto side of the river. Cars and trams heading north on the Křižovnická through the short tunnel have their vision blocked on both sides. The cars and trams don't move slowly through that tunnel, either! So pedestrians, watch the traffic signals, and always look both ways before crossing over to the Karlova. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands of tourists cross there every day.
24 hours ticket is the best for tourist, I think there is even 3 day ticket, but I am not sure. When I was in Vienna, they had even 7 day ticket.
hey you got to 1 Mil subs! well done.
3:11 While i cannot speak intelligently about whether he should be crossing there or not, the man was at least keeping a good lookout for anyone coming on the other line.
We recently moved to Norway ... I can say that I missed the public transport of Prague. I love it!
I can't believe how people are literally facing e 42 ton behemoth in the night and still don't notice it...
How?
In fact, trams in Prague are surprisingly quiet. On new tracks at lower speeds, a city noise can easily overcome the noise tram makes.
@@rykmat2542 yeah noise... But people are literally facing a big, shining red monster and still don't notice it until the tram driver rings the bell....
They may not hear it. Doesn't mean they are blind though.
How the fk do you just not see a tram. Like all those people freaking out at a bigg a$$ moving machine coming your direction pretty slowly. Like how do you not see it.
Thanks Janek, you are the best.
If you can't see the tram or can't be bothered to check for a tram, you really should not be driving or walking.
Luckily the tram can help you with both things!
The only issues is the delays and shock you will cause while doing so.
Riding the trams was very fun in Prague!
5:52 Tram driver be like: I AM THE LAW!
I don't understand how stupid you must be to not notice a tram or a bus heading your way.
Wow, this is crazy! I love getting on the trams, it’s so much easier than buses or hiring a car! Also trams are normally pretty cheap! Shout out to the tram drivers for being able to drive in the busy city!
14 years of defensive driving as a bus driver has caused GAD which i've been battling for the last 5 years. The transit company i work for doesn't believe me and i haven't been paid in those 5 years. Get your own insurance!!!!
When I studied and later lived at Budapest and I was on a tram 4/6 (longest in Budapest, Hungary, Europe!), the tram had a crash with a car (I think from left?!). I was in the middle of the tram so I did not saw anything, I did not had to stay as a witness.
In my very small town (3,500 citizen) we always cross the roads, especially on Friday morning, afternoon, on "market day"/morning, but there was no accident so far. Btw, we have a traffic light system in the big(est) intersection (in the centre) since few years.
Best wishes. E,
Most of them get to their FINAL DESTINATION just fine? Did you guys see that movie? LOL!
When you're early and you miss all the additional interesting facts about the video in the comments 🙈
i've been waiting so long for this what was the song called? (for this and the last video)
How did the channel get these videos?
What ever great vid ty.
Look who's back from New Mexico!
I am confused by the passing on the left issue, simply because as someone from the UK, largely without Trams, and driving on the left, it is normal to overtake on the right hand side. So I would assume if it is legal to overtake a Tram, given in Prague one drives on the right, the correct side to overtake would be the left. I would note overtakeing a Tram appears a bad idea, as they are a bit too long to overtake safely.
I love trams, nice video and good job
Six years ago, when I visited Prague, I witnessed a crash between a tram and a left turning car at the same place and in the exact manner as in 0:42. They really ought to put a left turn traffic light there!
Its difficult to account for tram traffic in that manner. You always have to look in the mirror prior to turning the steering wheel. If you did, you would see the tram and it wouldn't happen. These people don't look and you simply cant fix that. Having this kind of traffic light at all of these intersections would slow down the traffic considerably and would cost a lot of money. Kinda expensive considering the problem is caused by lax drivers who dont bother turning their head.
@@WelsyCZ I agree with you in that distracted or reckless driving is definitely causing this type of collisions. However having a red turning light when the trams are going through would help a lot to avoid these accidents. It could also make it much simpler for all drivers: they can check and go when the arrow is green, instead of having to constantly monitor two-way tram traffic, incoming vehicle traffic in two lanes and pedestrians in the crossing, across a wide intersection. Actuated and adaptive lights should help reduce waiting times as well.
Then again, maybe the city has already made a traffic study and cost-benefit analysis and decided they are better off with the current situation. I guess we just have a difference of opinion here :)
My city Liège is building the tram 40 years after they removed the old one. I can't wait to see how people, cars and buses interact with them. We're definitly not used to these anymore in our streets!
Haha I thought "ok let's watch this, maybe I know some of these places". And the first crash after not even 15 seconds is already at the entry to my own parking garage 😅 Everytime I have to make this turn I get anxiety and this doesn't make it any better 🙈
In Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin, we do the same thing with numbers. The word for _number_ or _numeral_ is "broj", while the word for _digit_ is "brojka" (or "cifra").
Cardinal numerals are:
1 - jedan (m.) jedna (f.) jedno (n.)
2 - dva (m.) dve (f.) dva (n.)
3 - tri
4 - četiri
5 - pet
6 - šest
7 - sedam
8 - osam
9 - devet
10 - deset
etc.
These can be used to refer to digits too, but digits and numbers also have a nominal form (as true nouns of feminine gender):
1 - jedinica
2 - dvojka
3 - trojka
4 - četvorka
5 - petica
6 - šestica
7 - sedmica
8 - osmica
9 - devetka
10 - desetka
11-19 usually end in -ica (for instance, 16 - šesnaestica) but the -ka ending does appear regionally (16 - šesnaeska).
We use these to refer to routes as well: Uhvatiću šesnaesticu do centra. (I'll take 16 to the city center.)
We need more of this, live trams:)
Watch: přiběhy z kolejí its a tram driver pov for hours of content
When I was living in Prague, during the summer of 1995 as part of an engineering student exchange with the Prague Technical University, I used the underground & buses a lot. However, I never used the trams, which I regret now.
My Czech is limited to asking if anyone speaks English and ordering 1, 2 or 3 beers. I used German, mainly, during my stay in Prague, because in 1995, hardly anybody spoke English.
That's exactly what we have to deal with literally every day, around the world.
3:12 is a good example why tram drivers in Amsterdam usually stop their tram just a few centimeters from the rear of another tram, just to prevent people from doing what you see there. (trust me that it's no guarantee it will not happen, you will see people than squeezing through the trams just because they really want to cross)
There’s an easy cure to people cutting in front of these trams. Don’t stop the tram and the problem will be eliminated.
I was visiting New Orleans, LA, USA and was in a tram (streetcar) when it crashed into a car cutting in front like this. Everyone seemed really casual about it. The driver opened the doors and people started getting off to go get another ride, so I did too. Must happen a lot.
when i was there, i saw quite a few close calls. they almost got hit by trams, buses and cars, i also saw a bike squeeze inbetween 2 trams. dumdums could have died...in front of me.
Actually this applies to everywhere, i don't know how people don't pay attention when they're crossing roads.
replace the bell with a horn and accidents will drop 25% xD
0:27 "Final Destination" and "safe" don't mix well in my brain XD
Bruh respect to the tram and bus drivers
Watching this video makes me think 2 things - it's like that everywhere (I lived close to Leipzig, Germany for over 16 years) and you still have "original" Tatra T4Ds
Tram sandwich ok I will give you your dad joke points good one :D
Are they ever learning traffic laws? I mean, for a sample, Russian traffic laws say that trams almost always have a priority under all cars (except police and ambulance with working emergency lights).
It's exactly the same (except for intersections without traffic lights), but drivers and pedestrians just don't care. It's the same as driving on the sidewalks in Russia. It's forbidden, but they will do it anyway because they don't care about others.
Generally neither local drivers nor the police know, understand, nor care about traffic laws.
In Sydney as pedestrian was killed after taking a short cut through the middle of the trams (two trams coupled together to increase capacity). They got pined underneath the tram when it started moving. Remember tram/train beats everything - including your dumb life choices.
In most cases, tram keeps the track, but I watched a video, where a truck hit the tram, derailed it and continued its way.
I also love our tram system (in Warszawa). Greetings!
I love using the trams in Prague. So efficient and cheap!
Situational awareness is an amazing skill that more people should train. You always need to be aware of potential dangers when performing a manoeuvre, like crossing a street, or turning. At least if you want to stay alive.
ive been to Prauq last summer, was a blast, those Skoda Trams are s comfy and those old ones, so fun to drive/ride at night