TRAM CRASHES💥 AND CLOSE CALLS (+ crazy situations) Honest Guide

[@papaquonis]

As a train driver, I have mad respect for tram drivers. Our train's stopping distance may be much longer than trams, but at least we don't have to share our tracks with road traffic.

[@4vikingr]

As a truck driver I respect them too.

[@danijelandroid]

I respect anything that has triple (3x) the weight of my car. 😎

[@Hugh.Manatee]

@@danijelandroid Triple? Do you drive a 14 ton monster truck? At 42 tons that tram is more like 30x the mass of most cars.

[@danijelandroid]

@@Hugh.Manatee - my car is about 1250 kg so anything above 3 1/2 ton I won't mess with it. They want to go first, I let them. I'll would loose in a head on collision. 😅

[@foomer5943]

@@4vikingr respect to a fellow radiohead fan!

[@Scherzkeks4104]

Resistor missed the opportunity to say “Please be careful, you have only one life, but Prague has multiple spare trams."

[@TheMennoXD]

LOL

[@justaguywithapowerpole]

?

[@kanto2281]

💀 bro

[@AtticusDenzil]

@@justaguywithapowerpole r/woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@samomuransky4455]

An important correction: Drivers are not ringing their bell in those hopeless situations. What happens is that when you apply a full brake on a tram, ring activates automatically. This is why you often hear the ring in situations where its use seems counterintuitive. It's merely a driver pulling break to the max level and the tram doing the rest ;)

[@Peti817172M]

In some cases in the video, I saw, that the brake force decreased after the crash. Or was is just an illusion?

[@miloskovac2300]

​@@Peti817172M mean what is the point of braking hard after collision? Crap has already taken place and the only thing braking hard after that would achieve is make more passangers fall and possibly injure themselves.

[@cieludbjrg4706]

@@miloskovac2300 Once you hit emergency braking, you tend to let the tram do the rest. And it’s also how tram brakes work. In Oslo, service braking is 1,2 m/second squared, emergency braking 3 m/s squared. Anybody foolish enough not to hold on to something when standing, deserves to kiss the floor, a tram is not the living room (or hotel room). In Graz, there’s posters in the trams reminding you of this fact…

[@miloskovac2300]

@@cieludbjrg4706 well in CZ the emergancy braking is the last position on the controller and you can release it anytime, its not a button that you cannot do anything about once you use it till it stops the tram, and also in the czech republic most people fall when the tram stops using the emergancy brake, since the sudden hard stop is really harsh. I have experianced it myself tons of times in Brno.

[@salmonhead8280]

we don't have trams, but can someone explain how can something so huge and is fixed on tracks be so hard to see?

[@Momo_Kawashima]

What did I learn: -the Czech Republic has two cities, Prague and Brno -trams are unstoppable, unless they meet a bus -when threatened the tram will ring its bell as an attempt to scare its attacker away

[@salmonhead8280]

Well, it was just mentioned later in the video. this is actually the best tram video I've seen where driver is actually trying their best to stop such heavy vehicle. the other video just don't care like it happens all the time.

[@PouLS]

"Brno - the other Czech city" Should be the city motto.

[@thatonecountryballanimator]

Tram Family - Lightosrailus Species - Streetranus Trams are a bit nervous and shy creatures. They tend to move on guided rails. When threatened, the tram will ring its bell in order to scare its attacker away. When being aggressive, it rams its attacker at full speed blowing its horn as a warning.

[@AFK7Music]

yeah, it absolutely shocked me that a bus not only stopped the tram, but wrecked it and clean off the track at that! It's like the opposite of the bus vs train meme!

[@floseatyard8063]

​@christophershaird5862 there was a crash where a double decker bus hit a tram in Ireland, both were like equally damaged where hit and the tram was literally launched of the tracks as it was facing like 30-40 degrees to the right hand side of the track

[@falomobil]

As an tram driver in Bergen Norway, i see this everyday. Rush hour´s and drunk people in the weekend´s is the worst. Hard job, and you need to be 100% focus all the time. We have 70km/h as max speed outside the city and 20-40km/h in the city. The weight is between 56- 85 tons depending on how many passengers onbord

[@theGreenChangeling]

As someone who has taken Bybanen a lot, I'm baffled at how people can be so oblivious. It takes at most five seconds to check if there's a tram coming, which is nothing compared to what a collision will cost. I was taught to look voth ways before I cross the street, heavy vehicles take longer to break, and neither light- nor heavy rails can stop on a dime on their own. TL;DR - Morons. Morons everywhere.

[@stratfordbaby]

Sorry sir but the weight of the tram is hardly dependent on the number of passengers onboard. The weight is dependent on the size/dimensions of the train. The weight of the passengers is negligent.

[@cooltwittertag]

​@@stratfordbabyyou need to check your maths. 200 passengers of standard weight (70KG) add 14 Tons of weight to a tram.

[@angelreyes6087]

Wow, how’s life on the other side of the world bro, I’m a truck drivers here in the US

[@vintageradio3404]

@@stratfordbaby The weight of the passengers makes a big difference. 12 average adults = a tonne. I don't know what your trams hold but some of Sydney's coupled trams hold up to 440 people. That's 35 tonnes by the law of averages.

[@whatchulookinat5890]

“Please be careful, you have only one life. See you in Prague.” - Resistor 2021

[@hedgehound9720]

Ten spíš vypadá jak Jágr :D

[@tatolefty7667]

What about budist? They say they can respawn or was another religion I don't know

[@peyuko5960]

As simple as that

[@j2m3_raiden5]

@@tatolefty7667 its reincarnation. But not neccesarily as a human.

[@reconzero5699]

@@tatolefty7667 ffffff

[@idoit119]

America: Two girls one cup Brno: Two trams one car

[@pelda1778]

True

[@shanethrelfall416]

Two girls one cup? I don’t think I’ve seen that yet 😂😂 💩

[@jettonjets1557]

@@DrObvious111 Why?

[@mathias_764]

@@jettonjets1557 just dont

[@reBlink]

Brasilia

[@maunohorttanainen5450]

The drivers should Czech if there's a tram approaching them

[@geistables]

thats a pretty good one

[@edwwi]

😂😂

[@TheWarrior1256]

I facepalmed with disgust and clapped a moment later.

[@AaronsVlogTube]

Otherwise they would be in the hospital bed saying “Oman I should have seen that tram coming!”

[@tallll70]

I was told ones i can't go to applebee's cause they don't except checks, lol ... whaaaatever edit: once once

[@Berkham1995]

2:49 i love how the first four crashes matched with the music

[@michaeljgarforth1439]

As a retired bus driver of 36yrs ive seen and been in some crashes . Much Respect to the Tram Drivers.

[@Pidalin]

Very important thing he forgot to mention - pedestrians have NO priority on crossing over tram, so be careful, especially tourists from countries where they don't have trams are really suiciders. And tram is not car, not all laws and directions are same for car and rail vehicles, if you have driver license here, you have to know that, but if you are from other country, you maybe don't know about that - car and rail vehicle is something completely different by law.

[@acceleratedsloth]

Except when the tram is turning and pedestrians have a green light. In that situation, pedestrians have priority and it is very dangerous if some of them stop and let the tram pass while there are other people in front pf the tram.

[@drdewott9154]

@@acceleratedsloth Well if pedestrians had a green light, that'd obviously mean a Tram would have a red light to compensate so that it wouldn't even be able to continue legally until that pedestrian ligth went red. (I know that tram signals use lines and symbols instead of colors but I'm just simplifying it so that most can understand what I'm saying)

[@DavidMulderOne]

Yeah, this in combination with the double conflicting green for cars and pedestrians are the two most dangerous things the Czech republic came up with in my book. Who came up with the idea that a - nationally speaking - very rare vehicle with whom only a couple hundred people have direct experience will get it's completely own rule set 🤦‍♀️. Like I am in favor of prioritising public transport, but it just doesn't make sense to give trams different rules than for example buses, just because one runs on rails whilst they still share the exact same space.

[@Thomas.Deverell]

@@DavidMulderOne Trams are heavier and they can't manoeuvre. After all it is a railway kind of transport, so it definitely should have a priority over a pedestrian. It is much easier for a pedestrian to stop rather than to stop a two-carriage tram full of people, especially when it is skidding. And trams are not a rare vehicle in most European countries!

[@DavidMulderOne]

@@Thomas.Deverell Trams are indeed slightly heavier than big buses, but that can be easily accommodated with slower maximum speeds and adequate breaking solutions. Trams are absolutely a rare vehicle, in the czech republic there are less than 1500 trams versus 8 000 000 cars. In traffic in a lot of countries you have 'cars', 'cyclists' and 'pedestrians'. And that's giving people already a hard enough time. The idea that on a pedestrian crossing it's actually 'trams first' makes zero sense, as the entire idea of those is to give priority to pedestrians. If a tram wants to function like a train then it should just run on it's own tracks (rather than share the same road as the rest of traffic does). In Prague that's the case for most tracks and that's good, but inside the city center you have trams waiting for cars that wait for pedestrians on a pedestrian crossing, but if the car doesn't stop the way it legally should then suddenly the tram has priority.

[@atmatthew9699]

4:07 Tram: *Prepare for trouble* The other tram: *And make it double!*

[@florjanbrudar692]

To protect the citizens from tragedy To unite all trams within our company To denounce the evil of injury and death To extend our family around the whole city

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@florjanbrudar692 well played sir well played

[@SCRM_Rail]

Team Tram blasting off again!

[@ayush885]

@@SCRM_Rail apply brakes now, or prepare to crash

[@Boom-g4e]

Derby be like:

[@jezzaRTW]

Showed this to my 8 year old daughter (czech-American) to make sure she understands the trams here in Prague and how they can’t stop fast! Thanks as always to you both!

[@jeremyclarkson412]

The trams actually have pretty good brakes to be honest

[@petermikus2363]

One of they'r breaks literally works by magnets slamming it onto the rail i think.

[@saultheblueofficial]

Man at 1:28 "Alright if I cross this tramtrack I can finally make it to my once in a life time interview... Tram goes *Ringeringering* Man "I think I choose comfort instead of money...."

[@bucklandlover]

“Well that was nice” Big bruh moment

[@alfie2891]

69th like

[@samyacoub4858]

We use lots of ironic language

[@WelsyCZ]

It sounded more sarcastic in czech than that but still Bruh

[@Seguji]

420th like

[@layla-fx2dp]

Have u never heard of sarcasm?

[@uamee]

Never expect honest guide to make a Russian style dash cam compilation video

[@TenPinďa]

uamme wth Are you doing here. I like your songs :)

[@uamee]

@@TenPinďa you see me everywhere there is slav videos

[@TenPinďa]

@@uamee sure :D

[@Kaka-xr8uh]

Copak copak co děláte pane jak jste se tady ocitl ?

[@TenPinďa]

@@Kaka-xr8uh bruh on ti asi nebude rozumět když to napíšeš česky a je nejspíš z Ruska ( nevím odkud uamee pochází :) )

[@withpikachu2402]

The best physics lesson I saw today. Buses are really scary even for trams, so respect!

[@elukok]

Not really. Tram is still multiple times heavier. In case of head-on collision, tram would still survive in much better condition. It is just that that it is heavy enough to derail it.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@elukok you say that but buses are really heavy too. A Mercedes Capacity like the ones used in my city weigh 19 tonnes empty. That is about half of the tram.

[@PreNeanderthal]

@@almerindaromeira8352 And a tram (just a Bombardier 4000 with three sections) weighs about 40 tones.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@PreNeanderthal yes, he says so in the video 42t for the ones in Prague. So?

[@2712animefreak]

@@almerindaromeira8352 As you say, it can depend on the model. Older high-floor trams seem to cause more damage to vehicles than the new low-floor ones. I think that it this is because most of the mass is then concentrated in the bottom half of the tram so a car gets hit by a brick of metal rather than a hollow box. Also, the older trams are somehow built to be incredibly sturdy.

[@lilcxsx6002]

1:13 Let's appreciate those "smart"phone users 3:00 My man beeing true

[@guesepecz9191]

4:26 The max speed in Prague for trams is 65km/h, but in streets it depends on traffic signs.

[@merlinnajman2015]

as someone who lived in czech half my life i would say that pedestrians almost getting hit is 10000% always the pedestrians fault

[@labscience8271]

Wdym? I came here as a tourist and man... The traffic sucks. - Cars skip zebra lines (When people are already walking) - Trams block the way and even worse: The view - Signs are wiped out and traffic lights are not always available or visible. - Even czech people mess up the traffic so it's the system's fault 🤷‍♂️

[@fallout8516]

@@labscience8271 - you should never cross zebras when cars from both sides didn't stop / aren't slowing down - well, no way that's the systems fault - I have never seen such signs/intersections - nobody is perfect I guess..? But, blame the system xd

[@labscience8271]

@@fallout8516 - Cars have to slow down at zebra lines to see pedestrians (At least in Germany). And also: if you're already crossing, the cars in the next lane should stop to let you cross. When to cross when nobody stops for you? - How not? Trams are just not suitable for cities. They are like trains in cities. I would rather to have buses (Personal preference). - How long have you actually been in the Czech Republic? I've been there for a week, and I already saw wiped out signs in Brno. - If you live and drive there for years, you should actually drive like normal people. Sure, accidents and reckless drivers exist, but they should not be at that high rate. Since you might have stayed there for longer (maybe a lifetime) than I did, you can actually understand the system better than I do...

[@fallout8516]

@@labscience8271 - when at crossing, usually 2 or less cars cross the zebra, then the car on my left starts stopping, which is almost always followed by the car on my right slowing down as well, so I start crossing the street - I'm not living in a city with a tram, but a tram can block a way the same as a car/truck/bus can do, and this is just the drivers fault entering the intersection while unsure if he can make it through. There are buses as well as trams in Prague, so you can choose what you want. I'd say trams are better since they have a (mostly) seperate lane for themselves. - well it's Brno, duh - by 'czech people mess up the traffic' I imagined something like going the wrong way on a roundabout or idk. Reckless drivers' crashes aren't the system's fault either since that's just people being.. reckless

[@G1NZOU]

@@labscience8271 If a tram is blocking your view then it's your responsibility not to walk out to an area you don't have a good view of, that's common sense. I agree with you about the cars on zebras, but that's not the traffic system's fault, that's drivers ignoring the traffic rules and driving dangerously. And what do you even mean trams aren't suitable for cities? They were literally designed for cities.

[@dickjohnson4447]

Hats off to the tram drivers, they're very skilled and alert all the time. The tram's braking distance is so long due to the low friction which also makes the trams very energy efficient but they can dump sand on the track if needed at hard braking to increase the friction between the wheels and track so the braking distance decreases

[@florjanbrudar692]

Is tram braking the same as train braking?

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@florjanbrudar692 yes because its metal wheels on a metal track.

[@daveb0789]

@@southaussiegarbo2054 they should have magnetic brakes as well.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@daveb0789 yeah then its a risk of safety and stuff.

[@MiloslavBrada]

​@@daveb0789 yes, they do have magnetic brakes

Look, it's a dashcam compilation! 😀

[@FakeJake]

Tvoje videa snad pouštět nebudou, to by turisty spíš odstrašilo x)

@@FakeJake To by mi nevadilo, aspoň by se nemotali na koloběžkách a kolech po silnici 😉

[@sheri_licious3655]

Tram: You can't defeat me Cars: I know but he can BUS 3:50

[@heacimteburka4311]

4:20. 44 tons. With passenger 50, or 60 tons. Tram with 4 section weight will be 60-80 tons. Maybe weight 100 tons.

[@y540017]

Respect for Tram and other public transport drivers for their continued efforts during this bad period. They always stop extra 5 seconds longer for someone running to catch the tram/bus/metro, always helping the elderly and disabled people. Massive respect!! Love from an Indian living in Prague

[@Keeping_IT_Simple]

As a bus driver from the UK i can recognise a lot of these situations from my personal experiences. Few car drivers / pedestrians realise quite how far it takes to stop large passenger vehicles. What they also fail to take into account is that by forcing the passenger vehicle driver to brake hard , passengers on the bus/coach etc are quite often thrown off their seats & injured. In the case of elderly or vulnerable passengers this can lead to serious injury or even death. Please car drivers / pedestrians / cyclists etc TAKE EXTRA CARE especially if you are in a non familiar area or even country!!

[@AuriForda]

Exactly! I experienced this kind of situation as a passenger in a Prague bus and it was quite terrible (luckily, we all got just some bruises and slight shock). But I thing many car drivers here don't know this because they don't usually use trams and buses.

[@37372]

Agreed mate. I'll certainly brake but I won't absolutely slam on the anchors. I'd rather do damage to the offending vehicle than send s load of passengers flying and cause injury.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

When I lived in NJ, a light rail rammed a fire truck.... a firefighter suffered a broken arm and ribs as a result of the collision. Another suffered a leg fracture. Goes to show you how powerful a light rail/tram is. They are not something you want to mess with

[@MrToradragon]

And their couplers are very effective car impalers.

[@becheroteka9.a525]

So how much comments on how much topics do you have? This guy: *yes*

[@ethandouro4334]

​@@becheroteka9.a525 this guy is in every politics, cartoons and whatever thing I check, it's insane lmao

[@karaokeitaliano]

Just came back from Prague! I've followed religiously your suggestions, and it's been great. I was there 3 days for work, so no much tourism but I've used the trams and the metro a lot, only took a taxi on my way back to the airport because i didn't want to carry my luggage and I've only spent 20 euros. Thanks for the great work!

[@tomvandijk9706]

As a resident of Amsterdam, a city that also has trams. I keep the rule of thumb too always pass a tram in the back

[@AntonioVillagomez]

"Please be careful, you only have one life" Easy to follow and straight to the point advice.

[@MrMajsterixx]

i mean, depends on religion :DD

[@AntonioVillagomez]

@@MrMajsterixx lol

[@MetroManCL]

@@MrMajsterixx either way xD, if you resurrect you won't likely remember what happened before and it owuld be like living as another person, I don't believe in resurrections but if they existed it would be the same as living different separate stories of two different people, and more

[@bigstackD]

Something different and I loved it 👊🏻😁🍻🍻🇦🇺

[@nixenvines007]

Sir I am your big fan

[@BeaCassidy]

The trams are my favourite part about Prague. As someone from the UK, being in Europe in a country which doesn't use trams generally (I'm talking about London (although Croydon and Manchester have trams)), it's so refreshing to be in a city with them. I just love hearing the bell in the background of the busy city life.

[@Pidalin]

I am originally from Prague, now I live in village and tram bell is really retro and nostalgic sounds for me, everytime when I am in Prague and hear that, I feel like kid again. :-D But today trams have different sounds than old trams, I miss that old vzzzzzzz when tram is accelerating. When I was in Poland, I was really like little kid because they still have many of that older types with sounds from my childhood, not in Warsaw, but in other cities, especially in Gdańsk, it was like someone teleported me to 90s in Prague. :-D

[@BeaCassidy]

@@Pidalin Sometimes you can’t top those nostalgic sounds!

[@davidwebb4904]

Lots of cities in the UK have trams

[@drdewott9154]

Not to mention they're probably the best form of getting around a city. You can always tell if a route is nearby thanks to the tracks being there and from that it's just stepping into the stop and away you go on the next one, zooming through the streets. Much nicer than having to try and figure bus routes out, looking for metro stops and then spending several minutes going deeper and deeper underground, and better than having to unlock a bike and if good bike lanes aren't there, try to navigate in and around the cars!

[@epender]

​@@davidwebb4904 There are only 7 in the UK and most of them aren't major and only serve a small part of a city.

[@huub948]

The intro made my heart drop dude I tought it was a person

[@georgiancrossroads]

I have a friend who was seriously hurt by a tram in Budapest. He was actually in a coma for months. I think that people who come from places without trams, like myself, should remain wide-eyed and extra alert when visiting places that do. Thanks for the PSA guides!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

We have plenty of Czechoslovak trams on the streets of Pyongyang they still work like a charm

[@Notxnn]

Those wheels are tires

[@wasserdrucker6227]

Build by Skoda?

[@robfriedrich2822]

@@wasserdrucker6227 not the older ones.

[@trinity6880]

lol

[@mipuist]

@@wasserdrucker6227 Tatra

[@turkrene]

2:48 Is nobody gonna talk about the perfect beat😂😂

[@whatchulookinat5890]

Yup, whoever did the editing is a legend.

[@archivushka]

3:02 this guy

[@mbo191]

Oh yes, I know it all too well after 22 years as a tram Driver in Stockholm Sweden and Dublin Ireland. You need to have very strong nerves to do this job. I heard a comparison some years ago that explains it fairly well - If you hit an empty soda can with your car you don't notice much of it, right? Well if you for some reason end up in front of a Tram with your car it is you in the car who is the soda can and the Tram is the car. / B.

[@elliott8175]

Also, Prague trams are very silent compared to many other places (here in Melbourne they bump along the track and are generally slow and noisy). I had a friend visit me in Prague and was almost run over on the corner of Narodni and Spalena (near Narodni Trida station) - the track there really cuts the corner, which can be unintuitive for a foreigner. Watch out for those trams!

[@Detrabot]

Melbourne isn’t that bad, it’s just some neglected tram routes ig

[@ProxyBuks]

Janek: Nobody was hurt Crash Dummy: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!

[@teritran_theTurtleTraveler]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@firestorm165]

Ano

[@fetchstixRHD]

“Well, you are a bit of a dummy...”

[@Mainline421]

It's crazy how so many drivers seem to stop on the tracks as if they expect the tram to steer out to of the way!

[@rajnadar6555]

I think they get paralyzed with fear and don't know what to do...back up or go forward.

[@37372]

Greetings to Prague tram drivers! As a tram driver in the UK non of these video clips surprise me sadly. So many cars and pedestrians that don't look where they are going! Stay safe folks.

[@RockSteadyPlays]

It got me when he said “Prague trum drivers” instead of Prague tram drivers 😂

[@DashCamGenovaNCC]

One of the millions of videos of tram crashed explained in the best and great way

[@darth_yoda]

We have started building trams here in Denmark again.. We have a line in the city Aarhus and since it opened it have a number of encounters with cars.. And naturally lots of people are complaining that the trams systems are safe enough.. The problem is 9 out of 10 times it turns out the cars TURNED in front of the tram AND not the tram going to fast of traffic lights not working

[@MrToradragon]

Do they follow historic routs with that renewed system?

[@darth_yoda]

@@MrToradragon No they building new tracks that go places that are not historical

[@NetAndyCz]

Btw the aftermath for the trams is often a big deal, the damage may look small, but the repairs can be quite expensive... especially the modern trams have really big and expensive windscreen

[@mateuszzimon8216]

Sometimes all process can take a long time because in ue we must go via public offer route, and this is long and convoluted process

[@PavelSkollSuk]

T3 - circa 15t KT8 - 38t T6A5 - circa 18t Škoda 14T - circa 38t There are not blind spots, but blind areas and steel on steel coefficient of friction is not amongst the greatest. Being a tram driver is being with one leg already in jail.

[@abyssstrider2547]

They should have some immunity because trams can't stop right away. Plus they drive them on predetermined routes.

[@PavelSkollSuk]

@@abyssstrider2547 They have. And also no sane driver would try to challenge a tram even if they had right to go first.

[@strobi0001]

I've never seen a tram driver that ever gave a shit about a zebra crossing. However they should stop there. Obviously they are heavier but that is not a good argument at the court.

[@PavelSkollSuk]

@@strobi0001 IDK. In CZ tram is the one which goes first, next pedestrians and last cars.

[@Jackson_DGaming]

Can we appreciate everything that he puts on his channel? People have gave us a reminder not to get too close to the train..

[@railway197240]

I was a tram car driver in Osaka, JAPAN. have an experience of Crash like 3:00

[@sagarpuri3037]

The way you tell about Prague is amazing . Keep up the good work .

[@paisano-mf2yx]

Mad respect to the tram drivers... I hope they are enjoying the break from the drunk tourists.

[@Sun_or_Lions]

btw. the first footage 0:14 in the intro is also from Brno. The kid in grey hoodie is from my school. He got hit but he is fine

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

There was a tram vs person crash last year in an aera i know well. They got hit on the level crossing(walked around boom gates) tram driver pulled emergency break but still hit them.they ended up about 50 meters away with a few broken bones.

[@followthedamntraincj5058]

to add just a bit of safety, trams in Munich will ring the bell for a moment when they pass each other, just in case there might be someone walking across the track right after the tram in one direction went through, not expecting, hearing or seeing the other tram going the other direction

[@csontkovacs]

There is a tram driver guy in Budapest whose channel is called nohabviktor , who made Life of a Tram Driver compilation series from Budapest, he has uploaded many close-call situations from his dashcam. He already has 6 parts with 10-20 minutes each of scary situations we frequently have to endure. Greetings from Budapest, dear Prague tram driver colleagues, I feel ya and respect ya. Wish I could try your Tatras, too, besides our T5C5 and our refurbished T5C5K :D

[@philipcooper8297]

In Czech republic, red does not mean stop. Red means look left, look right, look behind you, ... no police in sight, go.

[@Pidalin]

same in southern europe :-D

[@blossy_random_staff]

I thought red has this meaning only in Russia...

[@drdewott9154]

@@blossy_random_staff I mean lets not forget that the Czech Republic was on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain. They might have shared a few ideas around there when they weren't obsessed about trying to present themselves as the better side to the other side.

[@Pidalin]

@@drdewott9154 40 years of communism is not enough to delete culture and behavior of nation and completely change it, in 1989 when communism fell, people who remembered Austria-Hungary and first republic were still alive. 40 years is short time in whole history, but some damage was caused ofcourse. I think lights are respected on average level, not great not terrible, in southern europe, people don't respect it at all, we are somewhere between german-austrian behavior and east, but I would say more to west. And that stereotypical German who respects all laws is also only myth, people are very similar everywhere.

[@nightbotisahuman7388]

The title of the video should be "why being a tram driver is the hardest and painful job in Europe".

[@chiefkeefgaming2005]

@KanKan Some of the tram drivers get traumatized

[@vojtsn]

imagine being squeezed between two trams going opposite directions... game over

[@WhereWhatHuh]

imagine trying to get out of the car, and then imagine trying to explain to your insurance company...

[@S0umin]

not in this case. Lucker got just some light injuries. btw video how they got him out: tv.idnes.cz/krimi/tramvaje-mezi-sebou-zmackly-auto.V191216_151957_idnestv_jda

[@Django45]

@@S0umin one complete moron is hard work for dozen people. Unnecessary accident.

[@yobb1n544]

Surprised they haven't supplemented the bells with air horns yet.

[@empanada65]

The amount of people that can’t decide between left and right when in front of the tram is insane. One of those pedestrians did a whole shuffle like they didn’t know where the tram was going

[@TheTraveler2222]

That was traumatic to watch to say the least! People need to take their time, live in the present moment and not rush to their destinations, because it may well be their very last!

[@heathertruskinger6214]

I have seen crazy footage like this happen in my home town of Melbourne Australia. They have a big tram network too, and it's amazing, even though trams have "right of way" ...how many others think they can " beat " it through an intersection.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

Same in adelaide.

[@ondrejsedlak4935]

I like how you added "legal speed". I seem to recall that on the Bila Hora route, the trams would take the straight sections uncomfortably quickly...

[@tallll70]

obviously, if they were going faster, they were riding in Mexico

[@MrToradragon]

They are build for something like 60 or 80 kmph, but that is used only on segregated lines build with standard S49 rails, not on sections shared with cars.

[@TheByard]

We used to have a lot of tram routes in London UK back in the 1940/50. I remember my big brother coming home with his face all cut and carrying his thin wheeled racing push bike. His wheels dropped into the tram track slots and over the handlebars he went.

[@adampoultney8737]

Just moved to Nottingham for uni (UK East Midlands), we have trams here and you very quickly learn to respect them. A lot of road is actually closed off to cars with convoluted detours of one way streets which can be quite irritating as a driver but the trams are very good

[@klokanjosef97]

That lime scooter one made me LOL 😂

[@szoftverhiba]

3:05 It's funny, we say "uh-oh" in the same way in Hungarian. :D

[@harmanapalyan]

🇭🇺🇭🇺

[@adi3587]

Ajaj! :'DD

[@jamesaulner]

BOJLER ELADÓ

[@alexjenkins1079]

If only the DPP had cameras on all their trams, and just uploaded all the footage of all the crashes and close calls their drivers see and go through every day. It'd be really interesting to see just how crazy it can get

[@Adrenaline_chaser]

I very much liked the type of trams in the thumbnail as it seems like the perfect tram to me! Like, from an engineering standpoint, It's a proper tram with long carriages (so high-capacity), thus reduced junction points which may result in failure points AND also articulated bogies, therefore reducing the overall maintenence costs. Seems like the perfect combination to get the most out of ur bucks..😅

[@richardseverijns9904]

Nice footage and nice comments. As a cyclist I can relate to the tram drivers. I also encounter "idiot car driver" that don't pay attention to cyclists on bike paths parallel with their lane. When cycling I have to be focused on their unexpected moves. There is a big difference… If the car driver doesn't pay attention to the tram it ends bad for the car (and its occupants) but when the car driver doesn't pay attention to the cyclists it mostly ends bad for the cyclist. And it might seem strange, but pedestrians are sometimes also a menace to cyclists. They also cross the bike path without looking or use it as an extension of the sidewalk. Ringing my bell doesn’t always help because of the earpods or headphones they are using. They don’t hear the traffic around them. In both cases (car drivers and pedestrians) I use a referee whistle to “wake them up” and avoid collisions.

[@maerklin29800]

The Tesla at 3:40 surely has some footage of this on his built in dashcam :D

[@SohailAhmed-ub4sr]

I visited Prague several times and I really want to say that Trams drivers are doing a great job. Stay safe and God bless all of them.

[@groundzero_-lm4md]

You see crazy stuff in Toronto with the streetcars as well. Especially when a car drives into the streetcar tunnel that connects with the subway.

[@RealCristiano]

first clip scared the shit out of me because i wasnt fully paying attention

[@blotski]

I am pretty horrified that the guy in the blue jacket 01:45 just stared at the little kid on the tram lines without saying anything or doing anything. I'd be yelling at him to get back or even going down and getting him!!

[@jayrap94]

“Hello Friends, please be careful, you have only one life. See you in Prague.” Out of context, that almost sounds scary 😅

[@innocentguyfromeurope1476]

4:06-well, this could Besip use for another ad called Car vs. Šalina.

[@RalphyRoots]

3:14 DANG THAT WAS A HARD ONE COMPARED TO THE OTHERS!

[@zardzewialy]

That Rezistor greeting was almost like a hidden death threat :D

[@sideshowbob]

Decades ago as an Obnoxious Young 'Murican Pot Tourist in Amsterdam I tried to run diagonally across a crazy intersection of 2 tram lines & almost got sandwiched between 2 trams which appeared SO suddenly out of what seemed like Nowhere, requiring them both to slam on the brakes & ding their bells frantically (I had no idea where to even run to, I was in the middle of a spaghetti bowl of intersecting tracks & couldn't even figure out which way either tram was going). I've felt like quite a Fool for so long over that few seconds of Idiocracy - in much subsequent travels to Europe & elsewhere I learned to be a much better Guest. But seeing these video's of locals making similarly stupid moves on a daily basis put my mind at rest just a little - Thanks!

[@HessenYeti]

English is not my mother language, nevertheless, I try to express my thougts - hopefully understandable: many, many thanks for the video and what you're saying during it. I am a tram diver in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and experience exactly the same situations each and every day. I will never understand, why people (pedestrians as well as drivers) act this way. A small kid doesn't know it better - but an adult should. Hope, that many people will watch your video and listen to it. Many thanks again!!!

[@jankvidovesely190]

Straßenbahnfahrer aller Länder, verenigt euch!

[@seikibrian8641]

My grandmother was born in Kutná Hora, in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. I really hope to visit Czechia someday; it looks like a beautiful country. (And I'll watch out for the trams!)

[@thatonepole]

I want honest news back Btw. Most of the crash or near crash situations' footages are from the Rezistor channel, he has much cool videos Edit 1: oh wait he mentioned him

[@LR2k8]

Love this channel and the beautiful city of Prague. ❤ Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@陳秉軒-c9b]

2:59 I know I shouldn't say this, but that was REALLY satisfying...

[@filipnestelsamuelsson4689]

here in sweden we also have trams it is a very familier situvation too have a close call with a tram

[@ChakatNightspark]

0:09 What talking about? Someone Body was Hurt. That Dummy was Hurt when it got hit by the Train.

[@orange3567]

What goes through peoples brains? How don't you check and see if there's a tram on the way

[@juststeve5542]

I've had a near miss with trams in Warsaw, I'm English, so I naturally look the wrong way because I'm used to driving on the left! I've had to train myself to *really* look both way before I move off the pavement!

[@mrkv4k]

I know what you mean. I lived near Manchaster for almost an year and it took me at least 14 days to get used to this. I even had the same problem when I moved back. I would wait for the tram on the wrong side of the road and so on.

[@kamilb.3643]

In Warsaw at least, if you were on a crosswalk, trams would not try to kill you (at least in theory)! In Poland - unlike the Czech Republic - if you have already entered the crosswalk, all vehicles (including trams) have to let you safely reach the other side of the road. That's why I'm scared by many dashcam footage from Prague :x But I know what you feel, I had the same when I was in London. I kept walking for the wrong bus stop, the one for the opposite direction!

[@mrkv4k]

@@kamilb.3643 It's impossible to stop tram on the spot, that is why they have the right of way even on crosswalks. What you are saying is nice in teory, but very possibly more dangerous in reality.

[@JBuddis]

Great. My city is opening a tram service this august, so I'm looking forward to all of this happening around here as well.

[@dzxstche6864]

pro tip: look both ways before crossing

[@5T3F4N_I]

whooa his name is Rezistor! How cool! Imma change my name to Capacitor

[@mrkv4k]

It's a nickname he has been using for a long time, he is a well known Prague tram driver who does videos in czech.

[@wf2465]

His name is Josef Chodounský. He has a very nice KZbin channel called Rezistor.

[@Neumini.s]

Flux capacitator :) ?

[@WhereWhatHuh]

It's good to be a resistor. If you have no resistance, you'll soon be Ohmless.

[@kristynajiraskova5621]

Maybe Inductor.

[@CZpersi]

Remember: Trams do not stop. They ring!

[@Aschult42]

I am a pedestrian. Oh look a tram is coming. Let’s try and race in front of it. What’s the worst that can happen? And the next candidate for the Darwin awards is?

[@namcat53]

Thanks to you guys we are glad to know there are some very cool people in Praha. We have great respect for the hardworking tram drivers. Cheers!!!!

[@microusb42069]

0:15 *Runs in front of tram *Sees tram coming at him *Continue to runs in front of tram instead of continuing to go forward or backing up *Congratulations, you win a Darwin award*

[@Hockenheim68]

from my experience a pretty usual behaviour

[@WolfGamingClipd]

5:03 He sounds like he is hunting me

[@MostBasedManAlive]

2:19 he disconnected. Meme

[@Lwize]

Vigilance, people! Trams will always win.

[@mafin_official]

i only clicked on this video because i saw a prague tram itin the thumbnail. i come from prague and i recognise ALL of the places you showed in this video

[@robfriedrich2822]

Usually rail vehicles takes longer to brake, it's steel wheel on steel rail and not rubber on stone.