Car rolls onto the sidewalk. Crushes a pedestrian.
Car had a baby in it. Baby dies.
Car belongs to beloved old man neighbor. Whole city now hates the train and gets it removed.
This suggestion keeps coming up, and it never gets less juvenile. The solution is simple - aggressively fine these people. Scale the fine based on income. If it sits there for more than a minute, call a tow truck to move it like an adult. And then install a knee high concrete barrier around the tracks to stop cars from getting there in the first place.
Here in KC they’ve started fining heavily for people who block the rails.
Me? I’d rather they put a cowcatcher on the front and destroy the cars instead.
Car rolls onto the sidewalk. Crushes a pedestrian.
Car had a baby in it. Baby dies.
Car belongs to beloved old man neighbor. Whole city now hates the train and gets it removed.
This suggestion keeps coming up, and it never gets less juvenile. The solution is simple - aggressively fine these people. Scale the fine based on income. If it sits there for more than a minute, call a tow truck to move it like an adult. And then install a knee high concrete barrier around the tracks to stop cars from getting there in the first place.