A streetcar is stopped ahead of you at a stop where a raised area beside the tracks has been set aside for passengers to wait and board. Does the usual two-metre rule apply here?

Correct answer: A. No — you may pass, but at a reasonable speed and ready for pedestrians to step out unexpectedly

No — that is the one exception. Normally, at a streetcar stop you must "stay at least two metres behind the rear doors where passengers are getting off or on," because passengers step straight down into your lane. The Handbook then adds: "This rule does not apply at stops where an area has been set aside for streetcar passengers." At those stops the raised platform keeps people out of your path, so you may drive past — but the Handbook is emphatic about how: "Always pass these areas at a reasonable speed and be prepared for pedestrians to make sudden or unexpected moves." You are being released from a fixed distance, not from the duty to expect someone to step off the platform.

Source: MTO Driver's Handbook: Changing positions — Passing streetcars, stops with a set-aside passenger area