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?
If I’m not mistaken, that’s the case in Brussels:
Trams ALWAYS have priority. Whatever happens, if a car collid with a tram, the car is at fault.A friend who used to live there told me its true even if the car is empty and the tram hit it… Repeteadly…Edit: see below comment, much more complete answer!