Car drives onto Powell St. cable car turnaround in S.F.

A car drove around a cable car and onto the Powell Street turnaround platform during the rainstorm in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. A car drove around a cable car and onto the Powell Street turnaround platform during the rainstorm in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Photo: SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman Photo: SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Car drives onto Powell St. cable car turnaround in S.F. 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

During this morning's heavy rainfall in San Francisco, a car inadvertently drove onto the cable car turnaround at Powell Street.

The driver apparently didn't see the signs warning traffic not to enter the closed section of the street where the city's landmark cable turn 180 degrees on a platform.

The car drove around a stopped cable car and continued down Powell Street to the turnaround. An SUV followed the car.

When drivers of both vehicles realized they couldn't go any further, they carefully backed out to Ellis Street.

Please check out the sequence of photographs above.