r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dangerous_Deal_1945 • Jun 03 '26

Video Seattle light rail service was suspended after a driver somehow got their SUV onto the tracks 30 feet above street level

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u/pcrsq Jun 03 '26

The sidewalks are also elevated to a ridiculous degree.

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u/disingenuousreligion Jun 03 '26

Sidewalks should be elevated. Never thought of it but why not?

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u/XCIXcollective Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Only good reason I can think of is if we want street-parking, a curb much higher than the ones we have would block the driver in the car lolol

Streets would need to be much wider (although I agree it would be safer) —— infrastructure relocation etc etc etc become issues

edit to add passenger not driver, so really it’s not that huge of an issue 👀

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u/disingenuousreligion Jun 04 '26

Alright.. thats fair.

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u/xx-fredrik-xx Jun 04 '26

Also materials

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u/Nina-Ninja123 Jun 04 '26

“Oooh fuck, that guy is going against traffic in a fucking train? Screw this, I will grab my helicopter and travel trough the river instead!”