Life of a Tram driver in a Nutshell

[@KeithH02]

Easy mistake to make ! We all know how hard to spot 120 tons of fluorescent yellow tram is, blaring its horn while you’re in its way on the track

[@WouterTV]

120 tons 😂?

[@Danz-Man]

There more around 50-45 tons but still

[@NR.gamer241]

Are you talking about a train car

[@unitedrail-mainchannel8991]

500th like

[@LoyalisterMcUlster]

Manchester?

[@bobotett4320]

I like the way the driver reaction is " here we go again" and apparently they get something like two weeks off when they have a bump on full pay

[@Obi-WanKenobi-q1g]

If 2 plus 2 is 4 than i’ll split the difference with my friend and his shitty car to bump me once a month

[@Pomeranc470]

Why the hell would they get 2 weeks off?

[@ash-ok6dr]

@@Pomeranc470 its more for when they hit a real person and kill them, causing a crash could be traumatic for a driver in general, but they've probably seen everything by now.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

@@Pomeranc470 Trams are trains. Small trains, but still trains. The average train driver impacts and kills at least one human being on the job within their first two years of employment. That isn't easy to come to terms with.

[@Pomeranc470]

@@pretzelbomb6105 Yeah, but they absolutely don’t get more than 1 day off. Their employer might pay for therapy but that's it.

[@lostlogic6911]

Pro tip hack: There's a revolutionary piece of tech that can help detect Trams and other oncoming traffic: It's called a Side Mirror. And all cars are equipped with at least 2.

[@Archaneleo]

LOL!!! love this comment

[@jamfam1000]

I expected you to say eyes haha. Those also help

[@straightpipediesel]

Actually, no. Most ex-Soviet/Eastern European only have a driver's side mirror. This was common even in the US through the 90's, extremely cheap cars like the Geo Metro only had a passenger-side mirror as an added option. This is actually still allowed by US law: you need a driver side and either a rear-view or passenger mirror.

[@user-ejxomyq]

@@straightpipedieselThere's also turning around and looking

[@milesprower567]

They don't even show any emotion. They've fucking seen everything

[@yahorka_yt]

it's Belarus, not Russia :)

[@UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal]

Pone_ Ikr

[@jaderalves65]

Pone_ F Y

[@dacooker_1448]

thousand tram stare

[@mohammadnaser4330]

As a tram driver, it's not easy to be involved in such accidents..... It's traumatizing even just a near miss.... We have to compose ourselves immediately before resuming movement.

[@crashy6320]

I Love how the tram drivers dont even say anything, just put the tram on its brakes and watch how the tram hits the car lol.

[@progamer679]

The trams are so powerful they didn't even get hurt

[@undeadpeak]

Nothing else they can do, a friend of mine who works the coal trains told me once “if there’s something on the tracks all you can do is slam on the emergency breaks, blast the horn, close your eyes and hope you don’t feel a hit” a fully laden coal train has a 2+ km stopping distance when it’s cruising along open track.

[@jurgenrieger6286]

Was soll er denn sonst machen? Ich bin Lokführer und kenne diese Situationen sehr gut. In diesem Moment weisst du ein paar Sekunden vorher: Ok, jetzt ist es soweit! Ab dann funktionierst du nur noch. Jeder Schritt danach ist genau geschult.

[@weeardguy]

@@undeadpeak But a tram can't be compared to a train when it comes to braking power and weight. Trams in Europe usually feature magnet brakes (the trams in this video don't seem to feature them), just friction brakes that drop down onto the rails and create a shitload of friction and thus braking power. Braking is so violent that it could injure passengers inside, especially standing passengers if they aren't holding on to something. I've been through a number of those stops and it's the reason I always try to find a backwards facing seat.

[@mikewizz1895]

nobody elses fault except the car drivers

[@mr.wyrzykowski7522]

agreed

[@Smartlion1]

Yeah the cars are not allowed in the lane and must be cautious and because the trrams are non agile, the tram drivers cant do sh!t about it

[@broadclothjack]

The tram should have a horn so he can warn the cars if they look like they may pose a danger

[@kibukaj2956]

@@broadclothjack they do

[@杜忠晏]

​@@kibukaj2956 Perhaps he is talking about the cone-shaped sort of thing.

[@MattPat427]

I like how all the drivers take a one second pause to take a breather and just cool down a bit and then get up.

[@RaijinKaze]

They have to prepare themselves for the drivers antics. They also have to make mental notes for the situation report they would undoubtedly have to write up at the end of their shift.

[@handywijaya3689]

I mean they are basically in an armoured tank that can't deviate from its path. You gotta just accept the fate of the idiots thinking they can make it 🤷‍♀️

[@idk8466]

It all began when the trams were equipped with build in molecular phase-shifting invisible technology

[@vealmissile7282]

idk wow you stole this straight from the other video

[@Random-channel123_coolguy]

​@@vealmissile7282and?

[@marsthepro3546]

I guess a lot of ppl would apply for this job if they started an ad campaign sayin „teach entitled car drivers a lesson. Fuck them up for good“

[@moufakos]

😂😂😂😂😂 that is aggressive advertising 😂😂😂😂😂

[@EvoXoverdrive]

Where do i sign up? xD

[@auggith]

i like how nonchalant the guy at 1:10 was. he just looks away with the knowing look of paperwork in his eyes.

[@cosmicdude8282]

Lol fr, he looks pissed because he knows he'll do some paperwork at the end of his shift

[@kat.nicolette]

I feel bad for tram drivers because most accidents aren’t their fault and one idiot’s reckless behavior will scar the tram driver for life.

[@josephd.2725]

I mean, it can't be the tram driver's fault unless they break a light, they're on tracks! It's people driving cars who turn into them or get on the tracks. A tram is 10 to 20 times heavier than a car. It's no contest.

[@kat.nicolette]

@@josephd.2725 I never once said it was the tram driver’s fault??

[@josephd.2725]

@@kat.nicolette Was adding a comment in support of your post, which I also gave the thumbs up, not arguing with it. But I suppose a lot of people do like to argue on the Internet, so it's easy to get on the defensive.

[@kat.nicolette]

@@josephd.2725 I apologize. Your addition to my comment sounded more like you were thinking I thought it was the tram driver’s fault.

[@enolp]

I appreciate this interaction

[@Ylir]

0:55 This guy is like "there we go again"

[@JumpOverYourShadow]

you can clearly see his sigh :D

[@manugalaxy14]

Ylir true 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pablosamuel9823]

Calmly he looks left, "alright, only one dumb car"..

[@cosmicdude8282]

He's like "Don't do it, don't do it, oh you're doing it...yes you did it"

[@apossessedbagel]

"See that, Denis? Absolute wanker driving that one!"

[@anonims7004]

I love how the tram drivers act normaly, cause they probably feature it everyday lol

[@theyellowman9625]

The oof sound on pedestrian hits is diabolical and I’m losing it.

[@Pensushets]

I feel like at this point, they're just waiting to see how long it'll take for them to run over some idiot 😂😂

[@Luketho132]

1:51 *strike*

[@john-doe842]

Lmao

[@evanafton3829]

BRO THE SOUND IS SO SIMILAR AHAHAHAHAH

[@sanzhikdg883]

And how calm she was,bro I can’t🤣

[@Dekko-chan]

I love how the drivers just take it like another day at the job

[@carleeeen]

I mean literally no one is looking to check if the tram is coming before crossing

[@chivarrreee]

i would've been so embarrassed if i ever get ran over by a tram 💀💀

[@TechGroupF430i]

1:05 - "Okay, y'all see this shit, right?"

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

It's like he knew he's going to have thousands of audience on the internet 🤣

[@zebraneighbor6383]

Homegirl at 0:38 made the pose like she just stepped in water with her socks on.

[@namenlos8140]

You drive a tram: Kalm You hit a car: Kalm

[@AreeSloth]

that oof really got me

[@HarjaapSingh-nh1vk]

Hope the kid didn't dye 0:45

[@memethief4113]

@@HarjaapSingh-nh1vk I think he was uninjured luckily

[@bestmusic33]

How do you turn into the side of a moving tram?

[@josephd.2725]

It's amazing how many people don't do shoulder checks or even look in their mirrors before making a move. Clearly they should be forced to do their driving test again to get their licence back. That is if the tram hasn't made a pancake out of them.

[@Sebastian-hg3xc]

Many people aren't like us. They don't feel the urge to look before they are going places. Stuff is just going slower in their heads. Some also don't care and think they own road, therefore others will wait and let them pass.

[@whiskeywight7844]

You can tell they deal with crashes and collisons like this on a regular basis

[@pannoniamaps8829]

MIRRORS! They were invented for a reason.

[@Lauwergames]

*Love the causal reactions*

[@pablosamuel9823]

Maybe this happens a lot, they don't bother anymore...

[@sunnybits-com]

1:48 Playing with high latency

[@WalwRafii]

Yeah, I'm surprised how long it took to come to a stop

[@spearsblog]

Looks like she is not having a good day hahaha

[@UnePintade]

@@WalwRafii rain

[@tag2412]

I remember being on a Birmingham tram one day. Some idiot driver decided to pull out in front of the tram and the driver slammed his brakes on. Luckily there was no accident, just some whiplash. The driver got out of the cab to ask if everyone was alright before carrying on to Edgbaston Village.

[@THYLONIX1]

First Lady has foreseen the idiotic car driver turning left. Great reaction 😄

[@amarb8217]

They dont even make any reaction to every accident, *they* *did* *this* *a* *lot*

[@John_Crudd]

Why is it so difficult for anyone to just look at their blind spot twice LMAO

[@weeardguy]

If you take notice of the world around you, you don't even need the blind spot check to see a TRAM as you will either have spot them before you reach a crossing or because those things are long vehicles that will always show up in your side view mirrors and if they don't show up there, they are right in front of you. A tram does not disappear in a blind spot. If it does, your mirrors are ridiculously maladjusted.

[@redsol3629]

That last one felt so good.

[@MarcoBonato306]

I shouldn’t be laughing at a child being hit by a tram😂

[@AngryDavid808]

1:23 Ah... there we go again. XD

[@J_B1987]

Love the last one, she froze a second thinking : "Great, now I have to get out and deal with stupidity." She needed a moment to mentally prepare for that.

[@99.sn5]

1:05 “ok so kids you see this shit, ye don’t ever do that when you grow up”.

[@transportlegendshorts]

Every single Tram driver in this video: Oh for fuck sake not again 🙄

[@eryonzane]

love how the red car just kept driving like nothing happened

[@GodisGood-m4zxwell1]

I like how the tram drivers feel no impact so they are calm lol

[@nathaniels428]

Recently, Edmonton where I live in Alberta, Canada has a system like this man this is crazy

[@Meh_Lone_Bah]

😑Car crossing, no emotion, standard protocol to report. 😬People crossing, immediate panic and hands flying around buttons to stop.

[@NickPlaysomegames]

I swear some people believe that trams can swerve

[@A_couple_of_cakepies]

*tram crashes car* Tram driver: ah shit, anyways..

[@cheese-travels]

i love how the drivers manage to keep their cool. its as if this happens way too often

[@CosmocraftGaming]

was they expecting the tram to swerve out the way! 🤣🤣

[@masteryoda7207]

I hope that child was okay.

[@cpdf1764]

Trains have been around for 200 years but we still cant figure out how to NOT get hit by them

[@B-Man-69]

I like they're unfazed by any of the hits......they prolly seen these a thousand times

[@davicitoman]

The oof sound effect is wild 💀

[@DysfunctionalBubble]

The kids running around like they are in an open feild. It's crazy.

[@jkwrplayz]

I swear idk if these pedestrians are all deaf because if i cross tram rails i check to see if a tram is coming or not.

[@henrikmanitski1061]

These pedestrians are also like racing horses with blinders, they see only what is directly in front of them.

[@ayahanda1745]

is it just me that heard when the tram hit a car,it sound like a bowling ball hit the pin🧐🧐

[@Bibobbb]

Why this is so satisfying to watch

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

I love the “oof” sound effects thrown here and there 😂

[@PedroOliveira-wp7pw]

The lady on the last one was so unbothered

[@liberalfarid]

The last one was the best. Her calm demeanor and how she continued for a little bit.

[@jenniferkoster1942]

The one that struck me(pun intended) was the idiot kid with the skateboard, who was clearly about to cross a rail and didn’t bother to look to see if anything was coming, at this point some of these are just a form of natural selection at work.

[@josephd.2725]

The kids running wild on tram tracks without even looking must be brain dead. I know teenagers minds aren't fully developed, but come on...

[@ploco282]

"ain't my fault if I am in the right track" -tram

[@glencoconut]

omg the kid one was so scary. he was walking in a straight line and just curved out of no where 😭

[@ccooper8785]

Is it not weird that all these countries have developed a tram network but none of them have discovered the warning horn ?

[@thaoremchan9234]

you will hear AND feel a 30 ton vehicle coming your way. People are just idiot

[@weeardguy]

We don't use horns in Europe, but bells. And trust me that you will hear them warning you and if you're next to them without you knowing it, you will get a decent jumpscare. Horns are for trains.

[@mill-i-am]

The tram operator is never going to be able to prevent harm once someone's had the bright idea to go in front of the tram. All they can do is mitigate harm, and they well know it. Can you imagine how nerve-shredding it must be to watch a child running onto the rails and knowing you're helpless to protect them, but can only do your best to make sure they don't die? Hoping a lost leg is the best outcome? Fuck.

[@Zebzu00]

*Sorry folks, some guy thought he could just push the train off the track*

[@davidrockstroh6279]

The fact that some tram drivers barely has a reaction it’s like it’s a normal thing now

[@beekaGo]

the music is phenomenal

[@juls_99_]

Tesla Cybertruck: TOO DANGEROUS Subway: too dangerous, let's add more doors. Meanwhile Trams: yeah seems okay. Another killed kid.

[@KenanTurkiye]

Interesting, don't you all enjoy railroad trams, trains etc are just so cool take a ride in my ''transportation'' folder, (folder 2 in playlists) :)

[@imimpostor5221]

Why the trams and traffic very unsynchronized? In some of the clips, seems like those drivers deliberately crash their cars to the tram.

[@royal__twistt12cringealert91]

Only suicidal people would deliberately crash into a tram. By trying to beat a tram you're literally risking your life. Luckily everyone in this video survived with the only injuries being at 0:39 and 1:51 (they were minor by the way)

[@hipstercrab5886]

as a tram driver myself, i can confirm it

[@Cristiano160]

1:50 *just hit a car and probably the driver has several injuries* Driver - we do not care 🗿

[@CheriTheBery]

Might as well be called "people being idiots" compilation.

[@niBBunn]

This is why we have side mirrors.

[@TwistedPink199]

The music and the oof.. i can’t..

[@C_Okyanus]

Is there a Light for a trams? When there is a cross

[@99.sn5]

Most of them don’t even care that they hit a car

[@tlt_fan]

1:15 was like:No,i didnt see anything

[@Gaborio1]

The ones with the pedestrians gave me anxiety...

[@ElijahPanzarspavegan]

It’s all fun and games until someone keeps knifeing u

[@BeamFan_2023]

lil bro could not spot 20 tons of steel

[@markdevonport3274]

There's a helpful term for situations like these: "look before you leap." People are f*cking stupid if they're really gonna try to take on a giant metal death machine.

[@JackNancarrowEBNYKTOTAUS]

They seem like it always happens

[@shankewang5802]

Dumb ways to die is literally made for this

[@enolp]

But the funny thing is that you’re actually pretty spot on with that 😂

[@Xtremguy]

i remeber a woman here in the netherlands geetting her leg stuck on the wheels or something of a tram and getting in the news XD

[@woahdudeitsme9742]

That kid ran onto the tracks and stopped.

[@EsmeeHulskamp]

Thanks for playing everything twice in case i missed it 😒

[@WatermelonCatLeo]

I like how some of these are the same fucking tram drivers

[@olivierb7377]

1:44 Quelle carnage 😂

[@fireblaze1994]

most of these look like insurance fraud

[@nunopereira265]

People understand that rail veichals have priority

[@c.n.i7105]

0:39 To quote Ivan Drago: “If he dies, he dies”

[@mohammadnaser4330]

As a tram driver, it's not easy to be involved in such accidents..... It's traumatizing even just a near miss.... We have to compose ourselves immediately before resuming movement.

[@grayling944]

But why does the tram not have a horn?

[@marceldarkbill1986]

they got a Ring Bell

[@EliIsDumb]

Not a tram, but I was in a bus accident in San An. Some idiot ran a red. His car? Wrecked. The bus? Just some minor scratches.

[@alley4126]

I have seen an another video of Prague tram....they literally brake every time .... But these trams are much better not even brake a single time. ..

[@poesdestrojermusic8259]

Alistair K they know what will come

[@elbertlim2872]

They did. But looks like the brake for tram can’t stop directly.

[@Iss3n]

They do brake if you watch them pull the lever back. But the distance for a tram to stop is way longer than a car. It's insane how people got no respect for a 50ton vehicle coming at them.

[@FuriousFire898]

This Darwin guy was clever

[@pizzasubs]

those those need some sort of horns built into them,,,,,,,LOL......

[@shafafsaiaf]

1:02 thug life

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Very nice video, likes from me)))