Re: [Vic] Tram & Pedestrian Accident Today

["John Kerley" <deaftech@ozemail.com.au>]

Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Hook turns are the best thing since sliced bread!
> They should be introduced at more intersections outside the CBD - like
> Gertrude/Brunswick St, Chapel St/Toorak Rd, etc
>
> Otherwise people sit on the tram tracks to turn right (even though its
> actually illegal to do so at most intersections, police are generally
> either unaware of this or unwilling to enforce it and even tram drivers
> have either given up on ringing bells to insist on their priority or
> else aren't aware of it either).
>
Of course, once upon a time, all turns at controlled tram intersections were
hooked turns.

Cheers,

John Kerley