Unintentional hilarity ... Go Bridge! =oD

How do you get so many people this dumb?
It has warning signs all over the freaking thing, and flashing lights....

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I'll bet it's really 11' 7 3/4 " and they rounded up.

I just love the confidence that so many drivers h̶a̶v̶e̶ had passing under that thing.

Why don't they put one of those dangling pipe things at the intersection with a big ass sign that says if you can't fit under this pipe you're not going to fit under the fucking bridge?

"two men and part of a truck"

You'd think that with constant hits, the warning signs should have been increased as this is an unusually low bridge - eve the bus hit it. The warning sign it has is useless since every bridge out there has a sign stating height restrictions, you see them so often that you just don't see them anymore.

Improper signage in this case is negligence on the side of the city.

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What I think is hilarious is that there is a camera fixed in on this point, expecting these accidents to happen!

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Jesus F Christ, why don't they just dig the road a foot deeper under the bridge.

0:56 - "HA HA HA LOOKIT LARRY! HE LOST THE TOP HALF OF HIS LO... oh shit."

It looks like many trucks are rented. Perhaps drivers are not aware of the size of their trucks or just not experienced enough to realize that they now have to keep in mind height.
If they can't raise that bridge or make thinner support, then they def should dig a deeper road under it.

More of the same bridge here http://videosift.com/video/Low-Bridge-13-Crashes-in-13-Months plus an interesting note there from @KnivesOut who used to work in the building from which most of the collisions were filmed.

Bridge was later caught using Performance Enhancing I-Beam. Then he was stripped of his metals.

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Awesome comment!

There is a bridge like this on the southside of Chicago. I have been down by it three times for work and two times there was a truck lodged underneath!

There are warning sensors starting at least 2 blocks up the street. Several yellow lights start flashing on each intersection next to a sign that says "OVERHEIGHT". It's really hard to not notice.

Here's the street view if you want to pretend to drive up the street.

I think for the most part people are just idiots.>> ^mxxcon:

It looks like many trucks are rented. Perhaps drivers are not aware of the size of their trucks or just not experienced enough to realize that they now have to keep in mind height.
If they can't raise that bridge or make thinner support, then they def should dig a deeper road under it.

Back in my youth, I was driving a truck once as part of a convoy and we always turned at a particular street to make it back to the yard. So one day I decided I'll just keep going up the street instead since it was a more direct route.
I made it back to the yard and one of the other guys asked "Where'd you go?".
"I kept going up Convoy. Hey, why do we always turn back there anyway?"
"Are you serious?? You went under the railroad trestle?" as he runs out to my truck. No damage. We measured, and for all intents and purposes, I should have hit it.

To this day, we still joke that my tires must not have been completely inflated.

>> ^probie:

Back in my youth, I was driving a truck once as part of a convoy and we always turned at a particular street to make it back to the yard. So one day I decided I'll just keep going up the street instead since it was a more direct route.
I made it back to the yard and one of the other guys asked "Where'd you go?".
"I kept going up Convoy. Hey, why do we always turn back there anyway?"
"Are you serious?? You went under the railroad trestle?" as he runs out to my truck. No damage. We measured, and for all intents and purposes, I should have hit it.
To this day, we still joke that my tires must not have been completely inflated.
Or you are so fat you lowered the ride of your truck

Upon closer inspection of the bridge, we find that several components had the label marked "MADE IN USA".

>> ^KnivesOut:

There are warning sensors starting at least 2 blocks up the street. Several yellow lights start flashing on each intersection next to a sign that says "OVERHEIGHT". It's really hard to not notice.
Here's the
street view if you want to pretend to drive up the street.
I think for the most part people are just idiots.>> ^mxxcon:
It looks like many trucks are rented. Perhaps drivers are not aware of the size of their trucks or just not experienced enough to realize that they now have to keep in mind height.
If they can't raise that bridge or make thinner support, then they def should dig a deeper road under it.



Oh man that would be bitchin if the Google street view car caught that semi trying to go through. Apparently he was smart enough to know to turn right and go around though.

You must be at least 11 foot 8 to get nailed by this bridge.

The bridge is too close to the intersection and trucks are supposed to turn off the road at the intersection, so they can't block them from getting to the intersection.

>> ^jimnms:

Why don't they put one of those dangling pipe things at the intersection with a big ass sign that says if you can't fit under this pipe you're not going to fit under the fucking bridge?


There is a sewer line under the road so they can't dig down... also the bridge is too used to raise it up...

>> ^CaptainObvious:

Jesus F Christ, why don't they just dig the road a foot deeper under the bridge.


Source: http://11foot8.com/

>> ^RFlagg:

The bridge is too close to the intersection and trucks are supposed to turn off the road at the intersection, so they can't block them from getting to the intersection.

Have you not seen the hanging pipe deals I'm talking about? It's a pipe hanging from rope, cable or chains at the height of some obstacle coming up. From the FAQ at 11foot8.com it says there are warning signs three blocks leading up to this intersection, so over height trucks had plenty of warning by now to turn off and go around. If they hung it right before this intersection, it wouldn't stop the trucks them from getting to the intersection and turning. They would hit the pipe, hear the noise and finally get the message that they aren't going to fit under the bridge. Since the pipe is hanging, the truck can pass under it and it will swing up and drag across the top of the truck. It would do a hell of a lot less (if any) damage to the truck than hitting beam guarding the bridge, and not send fly debris that could injure someone.

Edit: Farther down on the FAQ page it says that a low clearance bar can't be used before the intersection because trucks have to deliver supplies to the street before the bridge. Well then, put that bar after the intersection so a truck driver would hit it first, hear the noise and possibly stop before smacking the guard beam.

2:01 Oooooooooo! So close!

They probably have a state ordinance that would get in the way, but changing the flashing yellow lights to red would probably help a lot. Either that, or add illuminated flashing letters that say STOP! TOO TALL!. I agree that ultimately, it's the driver's fault, but the warning signs that are there are so commonly used that I don't think they stand out enough for something that has such a history.

The amount of money they must spend inspecting the bridge and repairing it as necessary after each smash would have gone a long way to making it taller or excavating the road to improve clearance. Short sighted civil engineering!

I bet the town's mayor also owns a truck top repair shop.

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Why don't they just change the sign to 10 feet and then put a speed bump just before it.

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