[Old Goat 67]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c0_1351184890

[PonchoV8]

Darn, I didn't want it to end. Is that wrong? I felt bad for the camper owners though.

[Tom Vaught]

Homework would eliminate a lot of the "Dumb Aszs" who tore up their Campers, etc.

Saw a lot of inexperienced people in Rental Trucks (who now have a big bill to pay).

Saw a few Truck Drivers who obviously had no experience with how tall their Trailers really were.

Lucky that more cars behind them were not hurt by the debris or by the trucks being jammed under
the bridge and stopping quickly in front of them.

Saw a lady get killed by a large Dump Truck whose ram failed and the box was 6" too high.
He jammed under the bridge and the lady ran right into the wedged box, killing her in her small import car.

Tom Vaught

[ryan389]

Read the signs!
And know the height of your vehicle!
Put a piece of tape on the dash with the vehicle height to remind you. IDIOTS!!

[rohrt]

I can totally see myself doing that.

[hurryinhoosier62]

I'm perplexed. MOST box trucks HAVE their heights POSTED in sight of the rear view mirrors. Can't people READ anymore?

[arbys]

I would have liked to see a camera on the other side of the bridge getting the drivers reaction.

[njsteve]

I put a post-it note with the truck height right on the speedometer for anyone who drives our tall trucks around. That way when they say they didnt see the height sticker I tell them "Well, that means you weren't watching your speed either!"

[A.J.]

The guy with the camper is beyond stupid, he seemed to be aware of the problem but tried to fix it by going slow and easy thru.......
Got one of thos bridges in the nearby town of Norrkoping. Many truck drivers miss both the warningsigns and lights....

[David Holmberg]

Chicago is world famous for their low bridges.

[66bonne]

Stupid is as stupid does !!

Jim

[PonchoV8]

Originally Posted by rohrt

I can totally see myself doing that.

One honest person. One.

[68lemansman]

All that damage and all they had to do is read a damn sign.

[Bob Hall]

I saw that video shortly after we bought a travel trailer and it scared the hell out of me. Dutchmen lists the exterior height of the trailer at 11' 4". Being a natural cynic, I measured the height myself and came up with 11' 7" at the top of the A/C unit. It is the original unit. Keep in mind that this is a travel trailer and not a 5th wheel camper (which is higher yet). I'd urge anyone with a camper to measure the actual height themselves just to make sure.

[Bob Timmermans]

If there are this many accidents at this point , take care of it.
re-engineer the situation , this is just ridiculous.

[68lemansman]

Well all the years I drove a truck they had the height on the winshield or on the dash. Plus they had the big yellow triangle signs as seen in the video a quarter of a mile before the bridge to tell you the height.

[The Boss]

I did that once!

When we moved from Boston to CT. we rented a u-haul in Boston, had friends on one end meet us to move everything out, then when we got to CT had friends on this end move us in. It was a long day & I had to get the truck returned before 9:00. It had snowed all day, roads were nasty and I was following my (then) wife to the rental place when she goes under a trestle. I looked at the flashing lights & sign, quickly look at the box height in my side view mirror and slam on the brakes! Too late!

The truck skidded under the trestle on the snow & ice and came to a stop underneath. I climbed out of the cab & climbed up on the hood to look at the roof that was now clean of snow, but not actually touching the rivets on the underside of the beams. Slowly I drove forward and could hear the truck & the bridge bumping each other - and luckily came out the other side with no damage and a cleaned off roof!

Dropped off the truck without damage, and went back the same way to find the bottom of the sign bent flush with the underside of the bridge! Luckily, the highway department in Stratford, CT lies about their bridges!

[loggerhead]

This is how we took care of that problem with a similar bridge in our town. This bridge was featured in an episode of Top Gear involving a Dodge Viper and a Cobra attack helicopter before it was torn down and replaced this past year.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Bob Timmermans

If there are this many accidents at this point , take care of it.
re-engineer the situation , this is just ridiculous.

X2 How about a sub grade reduction? Aka: take out the select fill and asphalt cap that's been added to over the years raising the Roadside Elevation to what it is in the current condion...

How many fatalities at this location? Note the pedestrian in the red shirt - appears they could of been hit by the shrapnel...

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by The Boss

I did that once!

When we moved from Boston to CT. we rented a u-haul in Boston, had friends on one end meet us to move everything out, then when we got to CT had friends on this end move us in. It was a long day & I had to get the truck returned before 9:00. It had snowed all day, roads were nasty and I was following my (then) wife to the rental place when she goes under a trestle. I looked at the flashing lights & sign, quickly look at the box height in my side view mirror and slam on the brakes! Too late!

The truck skidded under the trestle on the snow & ice and came to a stop underneath. I climbed out of the cab & climbed up on the hood to look at the roof that was now clean of snow, but not actually touching the rivets on the underside of the beams. Slowly I drove forward and could hear the truck & the bridge bumping each other - and luckily came out the other side with no damage and a cleaned off roof!

Dropped off the truck without damage, and went back the same way to find the bottom of the sign bent flush with the underside of the bridge! Luckily, the highway department in Stratford, CT lies about their bridges!

Sounds like you were driving on Route 15/Merritt Parkway! I grew up in southern CT. They had a restriction on trailers and commercial vehicles that no one really understood why, until they'd see the domed overpasses that are 9 feet tall in the center and 8 feet tall on the curved edges. There was nothing so satisfying as seeing one of these drivers decapitate their straightjob truck after flipping me off for trying to tell them to take the exit and get off the highway for a safer route.