I worked in the building that this was filmed from for about 18 months. We had an ongoing pool called "The Truck Game" where you put money on days of each month, and you'd win the pool if a truck collided with the bridge on that day.

I won once (like 48 bucks.)

The best collision ever was when a Dollar Tree truck (an 18-wheeler) sliced the roof off its trailor, spraying dollar-tree crap all over the place. Either that, or when a shredding company truck smashed into it, making instant confetti.

That was the best part of that shitty job.

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That is one strong bridge

Looks like they sould raise the bridge to 11'9" and prevent 1/2 of the accidents!

It'd be easier to lower the pavement an inch.

I live up the road from a railway bridge with a clearance of 12ft. Not quite a crash a month, but everytime a Double Decker bus tried to take a shortcut it would lose its roof. Fortunately they never had passengers. We also had a Skip Truck tip itself over on the bridge and a 18 Wheeler rip its top off.

Oh, and whenever it rained too hard it flooded under the bridge and you'd always get a couple of people that didnt think the puddle was too deep. They didn't always make it across.

>> ^lucky760:

It'd be easier to lower the pavement an inch.


Lucky's the 11-year-old girl of Videosift.

>> ^shuac:
>> ^lucky760:
It'd be easier to lower the pavement an inch.

Lucky's the 11-year-old girl of Videosift.


What's wrong with that solution? Blows your mind with it's simple, elegant logic?

Looks like *terrible city planning to me...

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Odd, the video have no tags for a reason?

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>> ^Payback:

What's wrong with that solution? Blows your mind with it's simple, elegant logic?


I knew someone would take this the wrong way. Adding an explanation WITH the comment would have sullied the comment. So now I get to explain myself separately.

There's an old tale of a truck that gets stuck in a tunnel. Many experts and municipal planners arrive to theorize how to unwedge the vehicle and clear up the piling traffic. Nothing works.

Suddenly, along comes an 11 year old girl, who innocently says, "why not just let the air out of the tires?" They try it and it works.

So you see, kids. I was actually paying Lucky a compliment, albeit one that required having knowledge of that story.

The End.

The surf music is perfect. That bridge catches some tubular nar-nars on a few zaboobs.

I'm not feeling very sympathetic. It's posted and there's flashing lights. If you're in a truck, isn't it your job to be on the lookout for stuff like that and know your truck's height to the inch?

>> ^Croccydile:

That is one strong bridge


Those truck boxes are the shipping equivalent of a balsa wood plane. The aluminum and fiberglass shell is just there to keep the rain off.

Two Men and a Truck Moving Company

Huge props to the one guy who stopped right before the bridge.

It should also be noted that there are very visible signs that start at least a mile before the bridge. Also, starting 2 blocks up Gregson there are sensors that will start some lights flashing if a truck is over-height.

There's really no excuse for any of these accidents.

Is there also a metal bar hanging horizontal at the height of the bridge before the bridge? It's something I see often at the entrances to parking structures (there so vehicles will be alerted by bumping the bar before reaching the structure) and in some of the footage it seems like maybe there's something similar there.

Human ignorance is incredible sometimes. Thanks for all the insider info, @KnivesOut!

Yes, the trucks are impacting with a horizontal I-beam that isn't actually attached to the bridge. It was put in place for this exact reason. Check the google street view link below:

Google Street View

I bet those truckers use the metric system and don't know wtf 11'8'' is in meters.

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Where I live there is a 9ft 6in clearance under a railway line bridge. The warning signs, the sensors, flashing lights etc. still do not stop drivers colliding with it. It gets hit about once a week and the local police have stopped treating it as an accident, it is now a careless driving charge. Every time the bridge is hit the rail company shut the line. It causes chaos. High vehicles use a 'level crossing' to cross the tracks and they they regularly drive through the barriers. Once again, the line gets closed. Google Ely Cambridgeshire UK streetview and see for yourself.

William

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