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Pretty much every day someone parks their car on the tram tracks and blocks our city's tram network from operating
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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?
Why not? You'd better not commit the infraction then. You are actively damaging all of the tram passengers.
People do have bad days where they’re not fully involved in what they’re doing.
A small pinch might work better to rectify that behaviour than a noose around their neck
Perhaps they shouldn't be operating dangerous machinery if they're not fully involved in what they're doing.
Perfect world vs Real world
Because there is no opportunity for betterment. You don't deserve to lose your life for that.
You can reimburse 3000 CHF in two months of work.
You asked for the punishment to be substantially larger. Also if you are poor this may sink you. Not everybody has 1.5 grand each month to spend on extra stuff.
You have enough money to own a car and disregard rules.