Street Car Hijinks

The TTC started relaying the street car tracks on Roncesvalles last week (Finally!). So far they are only at the south end, but already its making me have to pull all sorts of interesting parking manoeuvers to get to some places. Benna's Bakery and The Film Buff are both in the construction zone and both are shops that I frequent.

Anyway, today there was a bit of chaos on the street. Some guy pulling a really long trailer was trying to get from one of the side streets onto Ronces. With the big ditch in the middle right now, there was no way that he could do it simply. By the time I came on site it already looked like he had been stuck for a good 10-20 minutes. The cops had to shut down the only lane going north and try to direct him, back and forth, gradually turning inch by inch into the street. There were several close calls as his wheels almost dropped into the construction ditch. Finally they gave up and decided to lift the whole thing. As I was heading from The Film Buff, they were placing the trailer onto blocks and reading a large Bobcat to lift the rear end and swing it over into the street.

I wish I had my camera with me. It was quite a sight, with tons of people gathered around for a look. The moral of this story is, if the sign at the far end of a one way street says "Local Traffic Only", it might be a good idea to pay attention and not drive in with a 50 foot trailer. I would have hated to be the driver, total embarassment!