The parking job wasn't the part

[u/derek4reals1]

[u/BOGMTL]

There should be a camera on the front of the tram that reads the plate. For every minute that the tram is stuck because of the vehicle, it adds to the fine that’s automatically sent to the vehicle owner. The video is stored so if the driver disputes it, the evidence is available to the transit operator.

[u/w1n5t0nM1k3y → u/BOGMTL]

A tow truck should immediately be called as soon as a problem is noticed and the driver should pay steep fines for blocking trams in this manner. Get the car out of there as soon as possible.

[u/OR_Miata → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

I live near this route that’s usually what happens. Except the tow truck usually takes longer to get there than it takes the driver to leave.

[u/SmoothOperator89 → u/OR_Miata]

Pay the tow company a premium to get there in 5 minutes and charge the driver the extra cost to get their vehicle back from the impound lot.

[u/ShamScience → u/SmoothOperator89]

No no no! We have morons around here who drive tow trucks, and they do race each other to get to a site first, and cause a whole lot more crashes along the way. One this week took a corner next to me far too sharply and nearly took my arm with him.

So I think maybe a different solution to this problem, please.

[u/becuzz04 → u/ShamScience]

Battering rams mounted on the train.

[u/regoapps → u/becuzz04]

[u/idwthis → u/regoapps]

Ooh yeah, Carpiercer.

Who's gonna be Wilford, though? Can we get Sean Bean back?

[u/wildo83 → u/becuzz04]

This….

Put a cowcatcher on the front like the old Steam engines…. Just roll those bitches over…

[u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord → u/becuzz04]

Tram drivers armed with crowbars and sidearms

[u/tranimal00 → u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord]

My dad drives a tram. That’s his wet dream lol

[u/Onebraintwoheads → u/tranimal00]

Is it as mindnumbing as it looks? It's gotta be stressful trying to stay vigilant, but at the same time doing the same route has to dull the wits, yeah?

[u/tranimal00 → u/Onebraintwoheads]

The homeless are pretty aggressive where my dad works. Plus stupid stuff like this. He had a car take a right at an intersection says no turn on red. He ignored that and the light rail making the turn. Tbones the car and then my dad has to do paperwork drug test all that fun stuff a 60 year old wants to do lol

[u/GreyPon3 → u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord]

Tram trunk monkey! 🤣

[u/NiobiumThorn → u/ShamScience]

Avoiding competition and focusing on maximizing effective work would be key here. That means ending the privatized tow truck companies and centralizing it within the state.

[u/juwisan → u/SmoothOperator89]

No need. The company charges as soon as they are called. It costs them money to get there and that’s typically already something between 120 and 200 bucks. Driver should get the bill for that whether he shows in time or not.

But I would actually appreciate if they got a hefty fine on top as well and lose their license for like 3 months. Some models of tram in my city can hold upwards of 300 people. So being a dick like this may block 300 people from getting where they want or need to be, worst case it ends up costing them money, e.g. when they miss a train or show up to work too late due to such behavior.

[u/a-goateemagician → u/SmoothOperator89]

Crude solution, but they make jacks on wheels that can lift up the tires of cars— it takes like 5 people to move a dead Tesla X a few hundred feet, I doubt it would take much… but it would be incredibly annoying for drivers, or you’d need extra people on the train to make sure it doesn’t like get hijacked or something

On second thought this may be a bad idea but I’ll still post this to see if there’s any discussion that comes out of it if

[u/TheW83 → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

I vote for manually moving it with the tram.

[u/used_octopus → u/TheW83]

That's a very polite way of saying 'ram the fucking car out the fucking way, and then ram the driver up nos ass with a spiked bat. "

[u/jrdiver → u/TheW83]

That particular train doesn't look set up for that kind of work... Needs a bit more protection on this sheet metal... more like the big cargo train engines

[u/Hot-Win2571 → u/jrdiver]

Yes, the train was underdesigned for ensuring the speedy completion of its rounds. Train should be designed, and authorized, to push aside obstacles.

I'm willing for it to be necessary for the train driver to check that the car is unoccupied before pushing it aside.

[u/structural_nole2015 → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

My wife was stuck on the light rail a couple weeks ago because of this situation. The operator came on board and said there's a delay on the tracks. The a few minutes later, he said a tow truck is on it's way. Then a few minutes later, she said she saw a guy sprinting down the sidewalk to get in the car.

Crazy cause the line wasn't even on its regular track. It usually goes through a transit tunnel, but because of construction, they detoured the trains up through an old route that still had the tracks in the roadway.

[u/gtbeam3r → u/structural_nole2015]

To be fair, if that's not a typically uses track, I could see how someone could get lax about it. Still dumb AF to park on rails!

[u/44problems → u/structural_nole2015]

Pittsburgh?

[u/Koolaid04 → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

I'm thinking of all the people that were possibly late for work/medical appointments. Work won't care that you're late because one dude was oblivious to his surroundings.

[u/Isotheis → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

I'm pretty sure that if it happens in Brussels, it's policy to just scratch/push the cars. Just gotta wait for greenlight from the dispatcher.

[u/UniversalAdaptor → u/w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Then the owner should be drawn and quartered in a public square, to make an example of them

[u/evenstevens280 → u/BOGMTL]

And there's a multiplier depending on how many people are on the tram at that time, and how many people were at the next stop.

[u/Rakkis157 → u/evenstevens280]

And if they hit a threshold, they stop accumulating fines and start accumulating minimum jail time.

[u/buttsmcfatts → u/Rakkis157]

Hey now you're cookin'

[u/DavidBrooker → u/evenstevens280]

I don't know what city this is, but in many places with busy tram routes, it's very easy for this problem to cascade to the entire line since they have to maintain safe train spacing. In my city, a ten minute delay is easily affecting four or five trains during rush hour.

There was an accident recently (a driver made an illegal turn in front of a train) that shut down the line for an hour, and someone on my city's sub worked out that the damages in lost productivity - from people on the train line being delayed by an hour - was well over a million dollars.

[u/dechets-de-mariage → u/DavidBrooker]

I have long felt that if someone causes a crash on the highway then they should get fined along these lines.

[u/killermarsupial → u/BOGMTL]

Fines are laws only poor people have to obey. Make him do a day of community service.

[u/Spready_Unsettling → u/killermarsupial]

Take away his license. Can't drive? Then don't.

[u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 → u/Spready_Unsettling]

It won't stop some of these idiots. They will still drive without a license. Get pulled over on a traffic stop when they do another stupid thing. Cue shocked pikachu face when they not only get a ticket for the stupid thing, but another one for no license and also get their car towed.

[u/Salazans → u/Head_Razzmatazz7174]

Straight to jail.

[u/EnormousMycoprotein → u/BOGMTL]

The tram should just be allowed to push the cars out the way.

[u/bjeebus → u/EnormousMycoprotein]

Unfortunately that will probably damage the train.

[u/ShamScience → u/bjeebus]

What if we give the tram robot arms? With spikey claws! Just toss the cars aside!

[u/bjeebus → u/ShamScience]

This sounds like the discussions my wife and I have about why I shouldn't have superpowers. I wouldn't exactly be a supervillain--I'd just be extremely petty.

[u/C4rdninj4 → u/bjeebus]

This is exactly why a Lantern ring will never choose me.

[u/Unlucky-Message8866 → u/bjeebus]

not if a snow plow is installed in the front xD

[u/DrH1983 → u/BOGMTL]

Or, install big cow-catchers and just plough through the dickheads car.

[u/angrymonkey → u/BOGMTL]

The guy should be forced to pay everyone in the train their hourly rate for the time wasted.

[u/ChanglingBlake → u/BOGMTL]

And every minute it takes them to leave after arriving on scene adds one to an exponent on the fine.

Two minutes has a $10 fine hit $100.

Third minute makes it hit $1000.

Fourth, 10,000.

So on and so forth.

That dallying in the car should have resulting in huge financial damages.

[u/Bogavante → u/BOGMTL]

Plus the hourly wage equivalent of each passenger and the conductor paid out for the time inconvenienced.

[u/ChronoChigger420 → u/BOGMTL]

$500/min. No more of these stupid $25 fines, those are completely meaningless.

[u/Thisoneissfwihope → u/ChronoChigger420]

Do it like Finland does, and make the fines a multiple of salary.

[u/MurasakiGames → u/Thisoneissfwihope]

1 minute = 1 year salary, 2 minutes = 2 year salaries; I can get behind that.

[u/Panzerv2003 → u/BOGMTL]

Yes this is the way

[u/Hatta00 → u/BOGMTL]

There should be a cow catcher on the front of the tram that allows it push obstacles out of the way.

[u/Koalastamets → u/BOGMTL]

I mean I guess you could do that. I was thinking Mad Max style spikes to just demolish the car

[u/domine18 → u/BOGMTL]

Let’s say that train has 100 people average $15/H. $1,500/60 =$25.00 a minute dude wasted 10 mins $250 fine.

[u/Nest1ng_Doll]

The entitlement!!

[u/HankThrill69420 → u/Nest1ng_Doll]

dude really had himself a little rummage around his car, checked his hair in the mirror, wrote a novel, and brought democracy to north korea before leaving

[u/fr0st → u/HankThrill69420]

The guy apparently can't read a "no parking" sign. Bold of you to assume he can write.

[u/84theone → u/fr0st]

The state of internet discourse is evidence that people that can’t read are still capable of writing.

[u/fr0st → u/84theone]

That's true he was probably in his car texting for 30 seconds before driving off.

[u/Nevermore_Novelist → u/fr0st]

It's a speak-to-type app on his phone. The only reason it's taking so long is because his dentures don't fit properly and he makes an awful mush of most of his consonants. Turns into one big vowel movement.

[u/OR_Miata → u/HankThrill69420]

I bet in reality he had to do one of the breathalyzer tests

[u/rexeditrex]

This why they used to have cow catchers. Move that car up on to the sidewalk. Violently.

[u/stoooflatooof → u/rexeditrex]

Wheels up

[u/Try_Vegan_Please → u/rexeditrex]

Send it to the impound lot.

[u/phundrak → u/Try_Vegan_Please]

*Then send it to the impound lot

[u/FamineArcher]

Plot twist: the guy who moved the car wasn’t the owner and he took so long because he was hot wiring the car

[u/Tupcek → u/FamineArcher]

I think in addition to keeping the car, he should get wage from city transportation for doing necessary work

[u/Tak-Hendrix]

Do these trains not have horns? Engineer should have just held that shit down the second this guy started taking his time to walk to his car.

[u/Apprehensive_Win_203 → u/Tak-Hendrix]

That just punishes everyone who lives in the area and has to listen to the horn. The driver should pay a heavy fine

[u/GoldberryoTulgeyWood → u/Apprehensive_Win_203]

Why not both?

[u/wolfy994 → u/GoldberryoTulgeyWood]

They explained it. The driver is in a fairly sound-proof booth. Everyone else in the area isn't.

[u/Pretend-Region1285 → u/wolfy994]

His booth is sound proof? That doesn't sound safe or make sense

[u/RandomnessTF2 → u/Pretend-Region1285]

They're referring to the car, not the tram.

[u/Tak-Hendrix → u/Apprehensive_Win_203]

It would only be for a couple minutes. I think the driver should be shamed and heavily fined.

[u/rixilef → u/Tak-Hendrix]

Depends where it is. The do have bells in Czechia and they are pretty loud.

[u/No-Article-Particle → u/rixilef]

Dude in Czechia, the tram drivers fucking hammer that bell button as soon as you as much as hint at taking 0.2s longer than what they deem acceptable.

[u/WhyAmIpOOping → u/Tak-Hendrix]

They do. All of the time lay on the horn. I know that train and location. South Waterfront Portland Oregon. I hear it regularly.

[u/oy_says_ake]

They should have gotten everyone off the tram and flipped the dirtbag’s car upside down onto the sidewalk.

[u/rolmos → u/oy_says_ake]

[u/ea93 → u/rolmos]

Hey that’s the old Vinny Chase commercial!

[u/ChronoChigger420 → u/oy_says_ake]

Then they’d be blocking the sidewalk for everyone

[u/bjeebus → u/ChronoChigger420]

Sounds like another violation!

[u/Try_Vegan_Please → u/oy_says_ake]

Into a traffic lane

[u/ReplacementWise6878]

Should’ve called the police as soon as you saw the car

[u/Banana_Slugcat]

Should've gotten a ticket and a kick in the butt

[u/Solid-Search-3341]

I grew up in a medium size town with tramway lines. I only saw a car parked in a way that was impeding the tram once, and the situation was solved in what I thought was the best way possible. Four rugby player looking dudes (south of France, they have a distinctive look and attitude) asked the tram driver to let them off. Once outside, they just went over to the car and tipped it on its side. I can only imagine the face of the asshole when they came back to their car flipped over.

[u/TootsNYC → u/Solid-Search-3341]

brilliant! And probably a lot easier than shoving it sideways

[u/Silly-Power]

I wish the passengers had all piled out and pushed the car out of the way. Or perhaps accidentally tipped it over.

[u/Try_Vegan_Please]

This is the same person that hates cyclists.

[u/HaloGuy381 → u/Try_Vegan_Please]

Also probably votes against transit in general because it helps “the poors”.

[u/backwynd → u/Try_Vegan_Please]

For sure. They whine all about “those entitled cyclists.”

[u/kombiwombi]

US$250 fine in my dear city, with the tram dashcam as sufficient evidence.

[u/groberschnitzer]

Right around the corner where i live, the tram is getting blocked every few weeks (because the street is narrow and the cars get bigger every year). It takes just minutes until somebody from the tram company arrives to write a notice to the police. And of the driver does not come back soon, the car will be towed away quite soon after. Blocking rail traffic is quite serious here.

[u/bun-Mulberry-2493]

Don't the trams have right of way!, in which case plough into the unless shit.

[u/BromineFromine → u/bun-Mulberry-2493]

Nah that's gonna damage the tram. Better to confiscate the car and throw the guy in jail one week for every person who was delayed

[u/Its0nlyRocketScience → u/BromineFromine]

Get a cow catcher and plow through!

[u/BromineFromine → u/Its0nlyRocketScience]

The car will sell for more without scratches

[u/IAmBecomeDeath_AMA → u/Its0nlyRocketScience]

It should be policy to damage the car.

If there’s no cow catcher then give the driver a sledge hammer! Break some glass and bust up some body panels!

[u/Apprehensive_Map64 → u/BromineFromine]

You seen compilation vids of tram drivers? It seems they ram shit all the time. Pretty sure it wouldn't damage it. The driver is just being nice.

[u/heansepricis → u/Apprehensive_Map64]

I operate light rail and had a car plow in to me full tilt when i had the right of way. The only thing i felt was me hitting the track brake. We don’t even have seatbelts because the train always wins.

The car looked like an accordion and the train just needed it’s s skirt (bumper) replaced.

[u/bun-Mulberry-2493 → u/BromineFromine]

In which case I could never be a tram driver.

[u/BromineFromine → u/bun-Mulberry-2493]

Just wait a little and wreck their life even more, it's called delayed gratification and I don't practice it either

[u/Shinigami4238 → u/bun-Mulberry-2493]

Pretty sure that would damage the tram, which would cause them to have to shut it down longer while they shuttle everyone to their destination.

[u/Chimaerogriff → u/Shinigami4238]

Bad tram then. In my hometown, opening your car door so that it interferes with the tram will give you an unhinged and damaged car door and a perfectly fine tram.

[u/Shinigami4238 → u/Chimaerogriff]

This is one of the rear quarter panels, a better chance of hitting the more durable frame. It also looks like it's angled to scrape down the side of the tram, which could break the glass on the tram doors. That area may even have a rule for their drivers to stop for any obstruction if able to avoid damages that could cause shutdowns of a line.

[u/EvilTodd1970 → u/bun-Mulberry-2493]

Dumb.

[u/rusty1066]

Would be a shame if that midsize were turned into a subcompact…

[u/Hetnikik]

Reason 563 that I should never be allowed to drive a tram: I would have used the train to push the car out of the way.

[u/TootsNYC → u/Hetnikik]

Me too..

At the very least, I'd have pulled up a lot closer, just to see if I could squeeze by, at the very least. And to look threatening when he came back.

happy cake day

[u/saturnian_catboy → u/Hetnikik]

In some places you're allowed to :)

[u/Theworker82]

this asshole making everyone wait because he can't be bothered, is more then just mildly infuriating.

[u/enickma1221]

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[u/DudesSter69]

Never seen the top of those trains before. Also… don’t these trains have a horn? Would have been SCREAMING via the horn at the car.

[u/_Synt3rax]

Should lose the right to ever drive again. But we all know that wont happend and this Dickhead will do it again. After getting in and not moving after 10 Seconds you should be allowed to throw him out of his shitty Car and move it yourself.

[u/vacconesgood]

RAMMING SPEED!

[u/apkf13]

Trams should have immunity against cars.

[u/sebnukem]

Extremely infuriating.

[u/TanTone4994]

I can not stand people oblivious to anything around them...

Usually .on the phone

[u/davidjapp69]

It took him 4 business days to move the car

[u/Strange_Novel_1576]

This is Highly Infuriating!

[u/Senior-Chain7348]

I was more than mildly infuriated watching this.

[u/Tancant]

Seems like really bad idea to allow parking there in the first place.

[u/Scribe-Eros → u/Tancant]

This looks like Portland, OR, where I live, and I’m here to tell you it is easy to park in those spots without going over the line.

If you look closely, that guy is 18-24” away from the curb. I have a Dodge Ram that I occasionally have to park downtown in side spots adjacent to streetcar and MAX tracks, and it fits just fine. That guy just sucks at parking.

[u/Im_Dubaya → u/Scribe-Eros]

Second, it definitely looks Portland, and yeah, those spots are like stupid spacious.

[u/Cerber108]

Entitled motherfucker.

[u/Unhappy-Fox1017]

Good lord. Had me yelling at my phone saying “Fucking GOOOO!!! What’s taking so damn long? MOVE IT GUY!”

[u/kuemmel234]

I hate this sort of behavior, but I would love to have that sort of chill for certain situations.

What an asshole. hope they received a big fine.

[u/Onebraintwoheads]

My best buddy in college and I couldn't walk side by side down hallways; we were both into the strongman stuff. Man, it was fun to be out walking and have legit reason to move people's cars. Depended on the size, but if we both took an axle, we could get a shoulder down and push it sideways. Sometimes folks were blocked in when someone parallel parked too close, or city buses weren't able to proceed because a car was too far from the curb.

If we could get permission, we would. But in situations like this we'd grin like idiots and head out to move a car clear. Most anyone who watched was happy about it, so we never got into trouble. And it's not like we were trying to damage the car.

[u/axmv1675]

Who tf designed this road?

[u/harwarg]

I remember someone saying it was a 250 euro fine per minute delay of the tram in the netherlands if someone parked like this, dunno of its true, but i do think its a good idea!

[u/MeekerCutiePie]

I imagine interfering with a city's transportation infrastructure is a crime? The police should have been waiting for them. The idea that you can block a train for 10 minutes and its totally fine is insane

[u/personnumber316]

I suppose just hitting it wasn't an option?

[u/chessset5]

I personally vote for bumper guards. And allowing trams to ram the cars out the way

[u/Enough-Commission165 → u/chessset5]

Am a volunteer firefighter and we have been told if there ever is a vehicle blocking g a hydrant or our way to a building put our front bumper against there back bumper and push it out of the way. Have never had to do this but one day with the stupid parking it's bound to happen one day.

[u/clearly_not_an_alt]

They need to add a cow catcher to the front of these trains and just smash through idiots like this.

[u/Independent-Cow-4070]

Bicyclists fault

[u/Daydreaming_Machine → u/Independent-Cow-4070]

Need more sarcasm

[u/Inkobater]

Street cars should have cow catchers like old locomotives. You parked erroneously? Your vehicle is now totaled.

[u/elevenatx]

The city has some fault for this too. They need to extend that sidewalk or put up something so parking wouldn’t be possible in that corner.

[u/WisestAirBender]

Ok the car driver is a jerk obviously

But what is this parking spot and train line?? A car is over a couple of inches and the train can't pass?

[u/Scribe-Eros → u/WisestAirBender]

The car is 2 feet from the curb. He’s an idiot. It would have taken him 10 seconds to park properly but he couldn’t be bothered.

[u/HowieMandelEffect]

There are no rules in Portland. People park and leave their cars in the middle of the road while they run into the store.

[u/puredwige]

To be fair, the urban planner who painted this line in such a way that a car with a wheel one inch outside would block the tram did an awful job. If you design your streets under the assumption that none of the users will be stupid, then you are the most stupid of the bunch!

[u/ManateeNipples]

Omg this just gave me a visceral reaction, I actually feel panicky just thinking about doing something like this 😅

[u/Ok-Jellyfish6010]

He should be banned from driving

[u/Skeptikell1]

I turned volume on to hear him get the horn lol

[u/Bulliwyf]

Tow trucks near tracks to scoop up the idiots or cow catchers on the trains to just smash them out of the way.

/s but only a hair of it

[u/Prestigious_Ebb3167]

I was hoping that some karma would be served

[u/ChefRoyrdee]

It’s that persons world and we are just living in it

[u/apmanoj]

Idiots like this need hard lesson

[u/DGsociety]

[u/Remarkable_Award_185]

They should just run him over.

[u/CilanEAmber]

A little side question, what model Tram is it?

[u/Particular_Prompt528]

Please tell me there was a severe fucking punishment.

[u/Unpopanon]

Make a wall of shame. If a tram is delayed ten times from a certain parking spot, eliminate the spot and list the names of the drivers responsible for it.

[u/LorenzoBargioni]

Many years ago I saw this happen in Turin. The tram passengers got out and rolled the car over

[u/CookieWifeCookieKids]

Buddy just sat there recording. How about you call the cops? Would make for a much better video since thats all he was clearly after.

[u/T1m3Wizard]

No consequences?

[u/LopsidedIncident1367]

Some people should be fine for that fr, what an idiot.

[u/Mag-NL]

Also mildly infuriating: people calling a tram a train.

[u/Competitive-Ebb3816]

That would get your car towed in a hot second in San Francisco. Or rammed.

[u/feelingmyage]

I hate people.

[u/MeLikaDoTheChaCha]

If i was that train conductor I would no longer be employed because I wouldn't have stopped at all.

The restraint on that person is too damn high. They deserve a medal

[u/Bee_kind_rewind]

Honestly this tram driver is extremely patient if it was in NYC they would have been making so much noise and that car would have been completely destroyed in those 10 minutes by angry commuters and most likely the side of the tram when the conductor just gave up waiting.

[u/Cooper_224]

People’s sense of entitlement. 😒

[u/Raskreian]

r\mildlyfighting

[u/MrNakedPanda]

Install a 100$ length of tube steel on the front of the train and give them authority to ram cars out of the way. After a week it’ll never happen again

[u/Smooth-Caramel-1841]

So f#cking arrogant of the driver 😡

[u/SJExit4]

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia Friday, this video shows a city bus pushing a car down the street.

https://youtu.be/NdX1eBY64iI?si=2HR9pxCzCuGBEymo

[u/naveedkoval]

Man Logan’s Run had a good overall point

[u/Donttellhimpike1979]

What a dickhead

[u/TryItOutHmHrNw]

mildly wildlyinfuriating

[u/Texas_Inspire]

This is WAY more than “mildly” infuriating… 😡

[u/MiIllIin]

My mom was in out city shopping and noticed a tram commotion, just like this. She walks by not paying much attention to it before seeing that the car that lets the trams pile up behind it belongs to my aunt/her sister 🙄  

This was pre mobile phones so she ran from store to store nearby and fucking yelled at the top of her lungs for her, she‘s nowhere to be found… 

My mom out of desperation asks if the by standing men couldnt just… lift the car up? and move it a couple cm, which they actually did! 

Trams could continue their ride thankfully and after a while my aunt strolls back to her car with the yarn she wanted to get only to get the yelling of her life from my mom  

If it weren't so infuriating it would honestly be quite impressive how fucking stupid people (or at least this person AND my aunt) can be 

[u/Mr_Rogan_Tano]

There is no reason to have a parking there

[u/Le_DumAss]

Who designed this garbage ???? They left themselves 3 inches ? And trusting people to park PERFECTLY? Morons

[u/EpicCyclops → u/Le_DumAss]

The tram tracks in Portland were installed way after the rest of the street was and maintaining street parking was a huge point of emphasis of the people when the tracks were installed. Those tram tracks are also a live traffic lane in most of the city, so not only is that person parked on the tracks, but they are also sticking out into a lane of traffic making people have to move over and potentially encroach on the other lane when driving.

That car is way more than 3 inches over the white line. Their entire rear tire and taillight is over the line. Every other car on the block was able to parallel park with like 6 inches to spare between themselves and the line. Space is at a premium in the urban core of major cities, so tight parking situations are too be expected. I've been in the area where this is a lot in Portland, and this is not even close to being the tightest parking in the city.

[u/Scribe-Eros → u/EpicCyclops]

People aren’t looking… bro is about 2 feet off the curb.

[u/ghost_zuero]

Blocking the train? Yeah agreed

Blocking the building entry? That's just stupid, it's not blocking anything

[u/fort_wendy]

The fucking entitled. Holy shit this pissed me off so much

[u/centexgoodguy]

Start the damn car!

[u/comFive]

Oh thank god. I thought it was only Toronto drivers that were this selfishly brain-dead.

[u/NicolasNotInACage]

But if I have tints and a exposed air filter in my car im the criminal

[u/Tomorrow-69]

Is he even aware?

[u/VisibleCoat995]

I would bet real money he doesn’t even make a connection between the stopped streetcar and himself. That oblivious and up his own ass.

[u/SuperMims1]

Where police?!?

[u/unomas49]

It really infuriated me, I don't understand how there are people with so much patience, I would have punched it so hard that it would have gone from first gear to fifth gear in 0.5 seconds...

[u/rirski]

1 entitled guy blocking lots of people trying to get to work.

[u/Skye_hai_bai]

Good ol south waterfront!! Driving down there is hell because people do not know how to park x.x

[u/UnderstandingFit8324]

Bet the delay was the fucker getting some sort of social media content: "tfw you're an absolute tool #yolo" type stuff

[u/Lucky_Locks]

"Uncut footage" is subtley hilarious.

[u/hard2stayquiet]

What a douche!

[u/bophed]

he seemed oblivious to what he had done

[u/MildMannered_BearJew]

Should result in an instant repo