BanburyBlue
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Looking out of the window at the office today, and there's a car on the tracks at St. Chads...
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Midland Metro: car on the tracks at St Chads (06/11)
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Peter Mugridge
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How far is that from the nearest road?!
swt_passenger
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Looks to be about 350m? I reckon the driver would have been running on the sleepers after about a tenth of that distance.
BanburyBlue
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The nearest road is Colmore Row. So drove past One/Two/Three Snow Hill offices, through St Chad's tram stop. and got stuck in the points the St Paul's side of St Chad's tram stop. I thought there was car traps near the Colmore Row end, but I guess managed to get past them.
All finally removed at at 13.30 today.
All finally removed at at 13.30 today.
Got that backwards, sleepers only start after the stop. Between the stop and road is green slab track
TheTallOne
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They had a fancy remote controlled thingy to move the car.
According to central news, the driver just got out and left the car there. Not the first time it’s happened either.
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Oh thanks, it’s not too clear what it is on the satellite view. So in the dark it might feel more like like a smooth surface?
TheTallOne
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Presumably they didn't see all the bollards and signs. (Assuming what is on Google maps is still present). 
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There are car traps just the other side of the No entry sign.Presumably they didn't see all the bollards and signs. (Assuming what is on Google maps is still present).
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Cross City
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Presumably they didn't see all the bollards and signs. (Assuming what is on Google maps is still present).
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Yeah this is what's still there.
You can see just around the corner is some fake grass to make it even less appealing to car drivers. I think there's an actual car-catching trough just as you get to the grassy area too, no idea how this car managed to get that far.
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Cross City
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That's it! God knows how they managed to get a car past that.
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We've been having the same discussion in the office. The drops are quite significant: 8 - 10".
We were wondering if they drove on the pavement to get around them?
Mind you, didn't James Bond manage to drive a car on railway tracks in Octopussy?
Fairly recently too. Second one this year?According to central news, the driver just got out and left the car there. Not the first time it’s happened either.