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Another reefer truck hits 11 foot 8 bridge- crash #98 (Original Post) snooper2 Oct 2015 OP
I love that site geomon666 Oct 2015 #1
I hope the guy in the pickup 1939 Oct 2015 #2
Geeze, if he'd just let a few pounds of air out of his tires he'd have made it! Scuba Oct 2015 #3
I done that in Independence, Mo once. B Calm Oct 2015 #9
Durham, NC DURHAM D Oct 2015 #4
Another win for the Can Opener! n/t backscatter712 Oct 2015 #5
I'm waiting for the truck that stops, backs up then tries it again. randome Oct 2015 #6
The worst is when a rental truck driver does it. MineralMan Oct 2015 #7
what are you trying to do, ruin one of my favorite YouTube subscriptions? snooper2 Oct 2015 #8
They had one here where somebody drove a roach coach into a parking garage. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #10

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
4. Durham, NC
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:04 PM
Oct 2015

I was shopping in Morgan Imports (location of 2nd camera) one day when a truck got a hair cut. It was scary loud.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
6. I'm waiting for the truck that stops, backs up then tries it again.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:10 PM
Oct 2015

It's bound to happen!
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MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
7. The worst is when a rental truck driver does it.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 01:13 PM
Oct 2015

Unless you paid for the insurance waiver, you're stuck with the damages. Most rental places don't bother to tell you how high the truck is, either. And then, people forget what they're driving. Bank drive-through lanes get slammed all the time by people in rental trucks. Warning signs don't work. People just forget how high the vehicle is that they're driving.

That 11' 8" railroad bridge needs to be replaced, or the road lowered to provide a clear 12'. That will take care of most trucks, but will still catch the air conditioners on some big motor homes.

They also need to move the headache bar back from the crossing, far enough to provide a real warning in time to allow the driver to stop.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
10. They had one here where somebody drove a roach coach into a parking garage.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 02:07 PM
Oct 2015

They not only had to let the air out of the tires but it took TWO tow trucks to unjam it and pull it out.

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