Lorries - Hitting Low Bridges

There's a bridge near me that lorries have hit regularly for years. They've even had to put huge reinforcement bars either side to take the impact and save the railway bridge each time! There are height warning signs etc but people must just be retarded!
 
Our half-arsed attempt at changing to the metric system doesn't help either. Signs that, up until Nov 2014, were only required to be marked in imperial, whilst most cars handbooks etc show all measurements in metric (primarily millimetres). I think UK registered vehicles probably get dual-signs in their cabs but if you get EU vehicles in, then they probably only have metric in the cab.
 
thecremeegg said:
There's a bridge near me that lorries have hit regularly for years. They've even had to put huge reinforcement bars either side to take the impact and save the railway bridge each time! There are height warning signs etc but people must just be retarded!
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is that the wrecclesham railway bridge per chance? that one keeps getting hit - it was almost bust before they added the reinforcement things & stopped trains getting into london for a while!

There are loads of signs including a flashing electronic one that sets off for high vehicles - but still, about once a year some numpty doesn't know the hight of his truck...
 
The 403 bus service in Croydon goes on a precarious route down Sussex Road that avoids the low bridge on Selsdon Road, which itself carries the Brighton Main Line.

An old friend of mine got sacked from Arriva after stuffing his double decker into it. Its been hit a number of times.
 
Siliconslave said:
is that the wrecclesham railway bridge per chance? that one keeps getting hit - it was almost bust before they added the reinforcement things & stopped trains getting into london for a while!

There are loads of signs including a flashing electronic one that sets off for high vehicles - but still, about once a year some numpty doesn't know the hight of his truck...
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Yes it is, well deduced! One hit last week, causes chaos! I remember as a kid having to queue for hours on teh way to school a few times as a lorry was under it!
 
thecremeegg said:
Yes it is, well deduced! One hit last week, causes chaos! I remember as a kid having to queue for hours on teh way to school a few times as a lorry was under it!
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The big problem with this bridge is that it is at a slant to the main road. The reinforcing bars are smooth.

The result is that the bars don't "stop" oncoming trucks, they roll them over onto the other carriageway so the truck ends up on its side wedged under the bridge.

Anybody coming the other way is liable to be crushed and people have been killed!

I will look ahead and only go under the bridge when I am sure that no trucks are coming the other way!
 
Orionaut said:
The big problem with this bridge is that it is at a slant to the main road. The reinforcing bars are smooth.

The result is that the bars don't "stop" oncoming trucks, they roll them over onto the other carriageway so the truck ends up on its side wedged under the bridge.

Anybody coming the other way is liable to be crushed and people have been killed!

I will look ahead and only go under the bridge when I am sure that no trucks are coming the other way!
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That's true, it's an odd decision however I'm not sure if the bars were slanted that it would help?
That said, how ****ing stupid do you have to be to not know the height of your truck? Given how notorious that bridge is you'd think that there would be checking in place beforehand.
 
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