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Route 36 trolley accident |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Dec 14 17:20:20 2007 After riding SEPTA with Trolley driver Bill on the 36 inbound, my friend Leon on the 75 , and then back on the 36 outbound, we had some excitement. Harry D.& I were saying what a good operator this was (not Bill) and almost at the end of the trip, some idiot tries to make a right turn along side the trolley. We were approaching Island Road and Lindbergh Blvd. in Philly. The lane the guy was trying to turn from was the center express lane on Island road and there are big NO Right Turn signs at the corner. He started turning into the trolley and hit it. If you look at my quick picture, you will see a red van stuck next to the trolley on the inside. We filled out incident cards and we will back up this trolley driver 100%.Scene of accident  Backed up trolleys headed towards Center City. 
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Re: Route 36 trolley accident |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Fri Dec 14 23:37:13 2007, in response to Route 36 trolley accident, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Dec 14 17:20:20 2007. Another case of an idiot driver and streetcars on PRW.By any chance, did the offending vehicle have NJ tags? |
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Re: Route 36 trolley accident |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Dec 15 05:57:42 2007, in response to Re: Route 36 trolley accident, posted by Dan Lawrence on Fri Dec 14 23:37:13 2007. Another case of an idiot driver and streetcars on PRW.By any chance, did the offending vehicle have NJ tags? Bob Vogel told me it looked like Houston. I didn't get the license plate of the car, I took my picture from too far away. There were too many "important" people at the accident scene. Harry D. was consoling the operator and told him we'd fill out incident cards. The operator asked Harry, "How many passengers did I have on board, 80?". Harry told him , "No , about 30, he'd guess". A slight disparity there., the operator was upset. A woman passenger said she was on a trolley accident last week out here, SEPTA is going to think she is a professional complainer. Some one else yelled she was tired of these dumb m-f's that don't know how to drive. I am too but I don't think I would expressed myself with those words. There should be a system that when a trolley approaches an intersection, ALL the traffic lights turn RED , so no one tries anything stupid in either direction. We have the technology for that, they just refuse to install it. It's called Transit First. Harry D. reminded me of that. |
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Re: Route 36 trolley accident |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat Dec 15 09:04:07 2007, in response to Re: Route 36 trolley accident, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Dec 15 05:57:42 2007. "There should be a system that when a trolley approaches an intersection, ALL the traffic lights turn RED , so no one tries anything stupid in either direction"Houston had to do that, but I don't think it helped 100%. |
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Re: Route 36 trolley accident |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Dec 15 17:41:31 2007, in response to Route 36 trolley accident, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Dec 14 17:20:20 2007. that sucks. thx for teh pix. |
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Re: Route 36 trolley accident |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Dec 17 19:49:00 2007, in response to Re: Route 36 trolley accident, posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Dec 15 17:41:31 2007. You are welcome.Sorry for the late reply. |
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