They did make it through though. That's gotta count for something.

I take exception with the description. It CLAIMS there are 'warning lights', but I don't see any at all. it CLAIMS there are warning signs, but all I see is the single small 'caution' sign with terrible placement so it blends in with the speed limit sign and the junction boxes on the telephone pole. The only noticeable sign does not indicate any low clearance, it warns of grooved pavement ahead. It would be simple for them to put up the type of system where small weighted red balls hang from above WELL BEFORE THE BRIDGE that will hit any oversized truck AND trigger flashing warning lights on the bridge itself. Instead, they put up easily missed 'warning' signs, and a camera to catch the action they know is coming. I've been seeing footage of this bridge for years, there's absolutely no excuse for them not fixing the problem, yet they have not fixed it. If I were a truck driver caught out by this bridge, I would definitely sue the city for knowingly not fixing a known issue, and knowingly not even putting up visible warnings.

I was thinking the same thing, it's hilarious - they have the whole setup there, signals, cameras... yet they haven't set it up with some sort of gauge to flash the signal to stop to such vehicles? Laziness.

A big truck like that was in front of me waiting to get on a ferry a few months ago, but they realized there's no way they could get onto it (without sinking it), so they started backing up, and as I started laying on my horn they smashed into my front end.

Big trucks seem to elicit blissful unawareness and overconfidence.

Low Bridge - 13 Crashes in 13 Months has been added as a related post - related requested by lucky760.

Speeding truck pops a wheelie at the 11foot8 bridge has been added as a related post - related requested by lucky760.

Penske Truck Peels Off Some Truck Roof.. And Warning Lights has been added as a related post - related requested by lucky760.

This is a great example of what I call the "good luck" school of Massachusetts civil engineering.

I see they didn't replace the 'low clearance' sign from the video linked in the description. What a sisyphean task that must be.

This used to happen all the time at the rail bridge at the bottom of my road. Double-deckers used to try and take shortcuts from one depo/route to another and get themselves converted into open tops pretty regularly. There is plenty of signage, I just think it is just kind of inevitable. Hasn't happened since they replaced the bridge (was a pretty impressive feat that) with a more modern one that gives better clearance.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2189263,-71.1872768,3a,75y,77.43h,82.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swhSp1Ve8aFx0SQjWC243gg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I used to live about 2 'blocks' from here, and drove under that bridge every morning to get to work. My old studio was literally directly to the right of the camera.
There are warning signs, but they're just flashing lights and regular signs. Nothing major (Maybe now, I haven't lived there for more than 6 years).
Warning signs warn you. They need to make "smart-the-fuck-up-now" signs.

Hah! You can see where the paint has been ripped off by all of the trucks hitting the bridge.

https://goo.gl/maps/eHpkV

And then what happened? Did you sue the driver?

No lawsuit necessary. There was no injury.

Just got the insurance info and had to deal with the inconvenience and wasted time of taking it in for repairs while driving a crappy rental around for a few days.