Nottingham's tram operator is looking at using more specialist equipment to recover cars from the tracks
Nottingham's tram operator is looking at using more specialist equipment to recover cars from the tracks after one vehicle recently ended up with all four wheels wedged into concrete. An incident on November 15 saw a car driving onto tram tracks on the Lenton Lane Bridge, with the vehicle ending up hundreds of metres along the track.
He said: "We're looking at what specialist equipment might be available to recover [vehicles] in a safe way but with this recent one, the car had got all four wheels wedged into the concrete so it was quite difficult because it couldn't be just pushed to one side. There are a few things that are happening in that area.
"I think we see the sun reflecting off the road surface and that could be distracting some drivers. We're only talking about one or two occurrences in that area this year, that being said we're still looking with the road safety team at the moment to change some of the road markings there." He said: "Is there any kind of analysis on whether they are joyriders, is it primarily at night when it's probably a bit more difficult to see, or are they just idiots following their sat-navs?
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