I’ve seen some strange things here.
For example, there was the live parrot in the taxi some time ago.
Then there was the rioting. And the winds that blew down the scaffolding in front of a 7 or 8 storey block of flats.
Then there was, one time, I saw a car driving on the tram track.
But this morning was, to be honest, amazing.
The trams run on rails. Sometimes, the rails run through roads and there, the top of the tram rails is the same height as the road. Obviously.
In some places, however, the road is at the side of the rails and the rails resemble normal train rails – i.e. the rails are not set at the height of the surrounding grass or small stones. Especially where the tracks have recently been re-done.
Like on Viale Regina Giovanna. The road is so wide (Viale meaning Avenue) that the road is split with dedicated tram tracks in the centre, lined with trees. The tracks have recently been relaid and, whereas before, the grass areas between the tracks were only slightly below the top of the rails, now the small stones are well below the top of the rails.
So, it would be really stupid to try to drive say, a car, down the tracks. Unless, maybe you had a 4×4?
Not least, it would be stupid because to enter the tram-exclusive area is not easy. I mean, you really have to make a concious effort to do so and you would have to be a) completely unaware of the trams and b) actually turn onto the tracks as opposed to following the road.
And, yet, this morning, holding up the trams, was an nice new Audi, stuck, with the rail being so high as to make the wheels ineffective.
There were about 3 or 4 guys trying to push the car backwards to, I guess, a place where the wheels would have some grip.
The shame was that I was in traffic so I couldn’t stop the car and take a photograph.
I wonder how long it was before he managed to get out. And, how embarrassing it must have been.
Mind you, some people are just plain stupid.
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