Comments | boywhocantsayno: Snowed in? HA!

boywhocantsayno

Snowed in? HA!

Dec 16, 2007 20:55

I'm sitting here all warm and toasty in my living room, unable to see across the street due to the layer of frost that coats my windows. The headache that I've had since last night seems to have abated for now. I hope it stays away - it was so bad that it woke me at 7 this morning. I stumbled into the bathroom and took an Excedrin for migraine - ( Read more... )

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the_pirate_show December 17 2007, 03:00:33 UTC

Snowed in? Worse... I got snowed out. Three friends and I were making the trip home to the Annex from Scarborough this afternoon, and it took us over three hours. First the subway was down, then the shuttlebuses only went halfway downtown, when we finally caught a streetcar going more or less the right way it hit a frigging parked car... I wish I'd managed to be as productive as you.

boywhocantsayno December 17 2007, 04:15:25 UTC

Yikes. slaughteredewok posted that he was also caught in the subway shutdown from Kennedy to Woodbine and had to wait for the shuttle bus. I don't know why the TTC can't do a better job of planning for these kinds of weather emergencies where they know there's going to be a problem. After all, this storm was predicted a couple of days ago.

The only things I can think of are a) most of the buses are in use during the day already, or b) union issues preventing the drivers from being able to work overtime. (Or not enough drivers being willing to come in on their off-days.)

And how the hell does a streetcar hit a parked car? Either the car was parked in the middle of the road (incredibly stupid, not to mention illegal) or the streetcar derailed. I suspect it's not the latter as you would no doubt have specifically mentioned it. ;)

Aren't there laws against parking on major streets during snowstorms, anyway? (Personally, if I were a driver, I wouldn't want to park on a major street during a snowstorm like this one, as I'd be afraid of being plowed

the_pirate_show December 17 2007, 04:48:20 UTC

boywhocantsayno December 17 2007, 04:53:57 UTC

It seems that someone parked next to the monster snowbank on freshly-plowed Gerrard Street, assuming the the curb was in there somewhere since the lines on the pavement (and, presumably, the streetcar tracks) were good and buried. This positioned it smack in the line of fire of our vehicle.

Okay, I can kind of see that happening.

The mystery for me is that the streetcar driver failed to notice a parked car on the tracks...

Yeah, that's quite strange. Maybe he was distracted by a passenger being in the way, or visibility was poor? I suspect he probably won't be driving streetcars again any time soon.

legostargateman December 17 2007, 13:56:41 UTC

Okay, I can kind of see that happening.Bah, I find it amusing the number of people who think it's their right to park on the side of a street in the middle of winter when there is no room due to snow banks, thus causing traffic hell as people can’t get by or situations like this (how many people could not get to their destinations because this streetcar, and all those behind it, were stuck for a while ( ... )

moon_custafer December 18 2007, 04:15:55 UTC

Some years ago, green_trilobite and a bunch of other passengers had to get out and push a parked car aside so that their streetcar could get through.

legostargateman December 18 2007, 13:53:18 UTC

That's just sad & pathetic on the part of the owner of the car.

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