PRRTrainguy posted:trolley tracks in street do not help in ice storm.
They could be treacherous even in snow. Our family had a newspaper deliver business for many years. In 1968, around 4:30 AM one snowy Sunday morning, my 18 year old brother was driving us down Germantown Avenue to pick up the papers. He was driving a brand new Jeep Wagoneer like an 18 year old, he skidded on the trolley tracks which launched us head on into a trolley catenary support pole. Did a job on the Wagoneer.