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The 11 foot 8 bridge [Update: Now 12'4" and open again]
- Thread starter DrFunk
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Drove a moving truck from Seattle to San Diego and was terrified about low bridges, but thankfully there weren't any along our route.
I've only driven/owned small cars, I don't like big ass vehicles but with my third kid I ended up taking over the payments on my parent's Land Rover, I remember being scared of the 7 foot height clearance at the hospital parking garage lol.
I like to think that something else they added to keep people from hitting it is a speaker that yells "That will fuck your shit up bro"
That last one is amazing.
"Shit, I went the wrong way, it's the other way to hit the bridge."
Then he just taps it.
Also, the one at 0:25 is the greatest fakeout in film history.
I mean they have
- lights
- a strike bar that you hit before the bridge
- overheight laser detectors (which is what the overheight sign turns on for)
- if it detects overheight, it cycles the traffic light to red just in case
and people still hit it
Seeing this thread for the first time. Thanks everybody. This gave me lots of joy.
"That will fuck your shit up bro" made me giggle like a schoolgirl.
"That will fuck your shit up bro" made me giggle like a schoolgirl.
Holy FUCKING SHIT
That curb was fucking people up even cars. That was a fucking FILTHY crash collection!
That is the funniest. The dude reversed into traffic just to make sure that he could turn around and hit the bridge. Not the most damage, but easily the funniest with the dedication they needed.
I love the ones where the cars behind aren't going to stop and help the moron, they U-turn and nope out of there.
This, is, amazing.
We here in Perth, Western Australia, have a very similar "low lying" bridge. It even has its own website for days since the last incident!
https://howmanydayssincebayswaterbridgehasbeenhit.com
As you can see, locals still don't get the hint.
We here in Perth, Western Australia, have a very similar "low lying" bridge. It even has its own website for days since the last incident!
https://howmanydayssincebayswaterbridgehasbeenhit.com
As you can see, locals still don't get the hint.
They need to rebuild that bridge, it's clearly causing problems and wasting peoples time and money.
These videos are both sad and amusing to me.
See, I am a professional truck driver. And it is true that some low bridges don't give you much in the way of warning before you get to them, so a driver always has to be alert if they're on a road they've never been on before. But this one ain't one of those. There are more than enough warnings before you get there so it's the drivers fault.
The really shit one was a few years ago in New Jersey the state repaved a round under a low bridge, which added a few inches of height. But they forgot to change the sign, so you had a bridge with a sign that said 13' 8" but it was actually 13' 4". A standard semi box trailer is 13' 6". I understand the state ended up paying out a lot of money to cover damaged trucks.
See, I am a professional truck driver. And it is true that some low bridges don't give you much in the way of warning before you get to them, so a driver always has to be alert if they're on a road they've never been on before. But this one ain't one of those. There are more than enough warnings before you get there so it's the drivers fault.
The really shit one was a few years ago in New Jersey the state repaved a round under a low bridge, which added a few inches of height. But they forgot to change the sign, so you had a bridge with a sign that said 13' 8" but it was actually 13' 4". A standard semi box trailer is 13' 6". I understand the state ended up paying out a lot of money to cover damaged trucks.
I got better idea - people need to learn how to drive properly. With reading signs etc, you know, driving. Bridge has so many signs that even monkey behind wheel will notice something is wrong.
I don't know much about that company but I wouldn't doubt they are shitty judging from the fact they hit it at least twice. If they couldn't learn the first time that they need to find a way around it I really doubt their competence.
That one infuriated me. Talk about entitled driver. Let's back up in the wrong direction in the middle of a busy streeet. Block everyone so I can not have to drive further. Now let's be an idiot and go under this too low bridge. And then block people some more while I decide what to do. None of the other people's time matters, only me. And to make it worse his truck comes out relatively Unscathed so he doesn't even get much punishment out of it.
Surely there has to be fines, strikes against one's license, tickets, etc, other legal problems for people who hit this bridge, right?
I mean it's blatant Reckless Driving ignoring all those road signs telling drivers to fuck off and turn.
And honestly I do wonder about the career health of truckers who hit bridges like this - Worse yet, the repair-bills a truck-renter is gonna get slammed with for putting a Moving Truck through a can-opener like that.
I mean it's blatant Reckless Driving ignoring all those road signs telling drivers to fuck off and turn.
And honestly I do wonder about the career health of truckers who hit bridges like this - Worse yet, the repair-bills a truck-renter is gonna get slammed with for putting a Moving Truck through a can-opener like that.
I love the 'back-ups and drive aways of shame'.
I'm sure when anyone sees a truck driving around with a completely annihilated back-end in this area, they probably know exactly where it's been.
It has a protection barrier in front of it. Trucks crash into that one instead of the bridge itself.
there's not a lot of structural integrity to those trailers. I would like to see what happens if a sea container hit it though.
Thanks! Great videos lol and it looks like no one is getting hurt which is good. People need to pay more attention!