9 thoughts on “Gotta wonder how many idiots hit the bridge…”
When I lived in Marietta, OH, there was a bridge that had been built just after the 1913 floods that was low rated (less than 15 tons) and there was a beam placed over the ends of the bridge to keep trucks off the bridge by limiting height. About once a week, someone would hit one of the beams, regardless of the signs and flashing lights. I knew the County Engineer who was responsible for the bridge, and it constant headache until the replacement was built and the old bridge closed.
Here is a link to a website showing collisions with a low bridge. As you noted, in spite of all the warnings.
That looks like Columbus Texas. they have that on the north side of I10. Next to the Whataburger, IIRC…
Yeah, you hope folks will think, but….
The road in front of my old house at times doubled as an alternate highway.
About 2 miles in from the main highway was a RR bridge. Every bit of that two miles was peppered with road signs in bright colors advising low bridge and narrow roadbed ahead. The signs included the height and width. 9’2″ H, 8′ 3″ W
Two or three times per month a wrecker had to come pull the cork out of the bottle. It was always some trucker in a semi who apparently thought the signs were kidding.
Some years later I lived at a home that had a long driveway, the first section paved with asphalt. The driveway aligned with a straight section of a public road. The public road turned where the road intersected my drive.
A large, glaring sign
STOP
BEFORE PROCEEDING, READ THE FOLLOWING …
DEAD END
NO TURNAROUND
A bit further on the driveway was another similar sign.
Still, maybe once or twice oer month, I or a neighbor would guide a semi to back up nearly one mile back to the public road. Most of the drivers denied seeing any such signs. These were bald faced lies.
Gotta wonder how many morons hit the sign and then hit the bridge….
All of them
I have come to the sad conclusion that the General Motoring Public cannot read. If they CAN read, they cannot think. You know the conclusion to this line of thinking, I’ll omit the rest.
Your Mileage Won’t Vary.
That’s because a significan’t portion of the General Motoring Public can’t read ENGLISH.
When I lived in Marietta, OH, there was a bridge that had been built just after the 1913 floods that was low rated (less than 15 tons) and there was a beam placed over the ends of the bridge to keep trucks off the bridge by limiting height. About once a week, someone would hit one of the beams, regardless of the signs and flashing lights. I knew the County Engineer who was responsible for the bridge, and it constant headache until the replacement was built and the old bridge closed.
Here is a link to a website showing collisions with a low bridge. As you noted, in spite of all the warnings.
That looks like Columbus Texas. they have that on the north side of I10. Next to the Whataburger, IIRC…
Yeah, you hope folks will think, but….
The road in front of my old house at times doubled as an alternate highway.
About 2 miles in from the main highway was a RR bridge. Every bit of that two miles was peppered with road signs in bright colors advising low bridge and narrow roadbed ahead. The signs included the height and width. 9’2″ H, 8′ 3″ W
Two or three times per month a wrecker had to come pull the cork out of the bottle. It was always some trucker in a semi who apparently thought the signs were kidding.
Some years later I lived at a home that had a long driveway, the first section paved with asphalt. The driveway aligned with a straight section of a public road. The public road turned where the road intersected my drive.
A large, glaring sign
STOP
BEFORE PROCEEDING, READ THE FOLLOWING …
DEAD END
NO TURNAROUND
A bit further on the driveway was another similar sign.
Still, maybe once or twice oer month, I or a neighbor would guide a semi to back up nearly one mile back to the public road. Most of the drivers denied seeing any such signs. These were bald faced lies.
Gotta wonder how many morons hit the sign and then hit the bridge….
All of them
I have come to the sad conclusion that the General Motoring Public cannot read. If they CAN read, they cannot think. You know the conclusion to this line of thinking, I’ll omit the rest.
Your Mileage Won’t Vary.
That’s because a significan’t portion of the General Motoring Public can’t read ENGLISH.
Que?