It was forbidden for the given clip (notice the straight white line). Not to mention that the driver cut off the tram
OP did not clarify it very well. It's perfectly allowed to drive on tram tracks in some cases. For example, there are places in the city center where you are literally supposed to stay on those tracks for a left turn (because otherwise, you would block traffic)
But also there are some drivers who just drive on tram tracks when they aren't supposed to be doing that. I think the main problem in the clip was that the driver cut off the tram
Yeah, the car brand is the only thing you need here... It's the same situation all around the world, we're not immune to the BMW idiots in Bulgaria, sadly.
Nice, but the tram stop directly in a traffic is terrible and super dangerous design. In Prague they make the "Vienna tram stop" that is elevated and cars are forbidden to cross when a tram is stopped at the station.
Am I just utterly clueless or is that rule a HUGE waste of street space (not allowing cars to drive on tracks- without cutting trams off)? Are there that many trams there? Is it a measure to incentivize using public transport?
Sorry, closest tram-utilizing cities around here have dedicated (totally isolated) tracks or share with cars.
Depends! Some places trams always have the right of way and lights will change depending on their presence, even when they share the road with cars. Not the same as cars.
Always situational. There are already two lanes in this direction for cars, a third is not needed. Adding tram activated traffic lights and you have a reliable tram network.
/r/ConvenientCop
r/удобноченге 😂😂
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/r/ConvenientCop in Bulgarian. 😂
Damn 😂
But everyone driving the other way is driving on the tram tracks too?
I assume it's only those tracks, since he crossed a continuous line to get into that lane
yep, it's quite common
You did see the protected space the driver used? It was not just a continuous line. It was an entire blocked area.
It was forbidden for the given clip (notice the straight white line). Not to mention that the driver cut off the tram
OP did not clarify it very well. It's perfectly allowed to drive on tram tracks in some cases. For example, there are places in the city center where you are literally supposed to stay on those tracks for a left turn (because otherwise, you would block traffic)
But also there are some drivers who just drive on tram tracks when they aren't supposed to be doing that. I think the main problem in the clip was that the driver cut off the tram
But is there a train on those tracks
Why did the car stop? thought it was in a hurry
Ooooooh! Instant Karma! He got a TICKET!
r/ConvenientCop
When I read Sofia Bulgaria, I thought it was the actress from Modern Family for a second. 😂
BMW? 😅
Yeah, the car brand is the only thing you need here... It's the same situation all around the world, we're not immune to the BMW idiots in Bulgaria, sadly.
It baffles me how this stereotype isn't actually a stereotype. All BMW drivers are genuinely massive douchecanoes
That's the BMW LANE
Nice, but the tram stop directly in a traffic is terrible and super dangerous design. In Prague they make the "Vienna tram stop" that is elevated and cars are forbidden to cross when a tram is stopped at the station.
Sofia generally is terribly designed city
Always the BMW driver, hello from the neighborhood 🇷🇴
Tram filmed it? Drone?
The guy on the right running to catch the tram lol
In romania is called bmw line
Am I just utterly clueless or is that rule a HUGE waste of street space (not allowing cars to drive on tracks- without cutting trams off)? Are there that many trams there? Is it a measure to incentivize using public transport?
Sorry, closest tram-utilizing cities around here have dedicated (totally isolated) tracks or share with cars.
Buses and trams that share the road with cars, suffer from traffic just like cars. Trams that have a dedicated lane, do not.
Depends! Some places trams always have the right of way and lights will change depending on their presence, even when they share the road with cars. Not the same as cars.
Always situational. There are already two lanes in this direction for cars, a third is not needed. Adding tram activated traffic lights and you have a reliable tram network.
That's a 10 Euro bribe to the cop