sharkbutt-groove
here’s a compilation of different people driving box trucks into a low bridge over and over
thetrashiestoftrash
It’s worth knowing a few fun facts, courtesy of 11foot8.com:
- They can’t raise the bridge because it’s a train trestle, and raising it would require closing and modifying miles of busy track.
- They can’t lower the road because it’s directly over a sewer main.
- They can’t ban trucks entirely because there are too many local deliveries.
- That section of road has a speed limit of 25 mph, numerous signs alerting drivers to the 11'8" limit, and recently they added a sensor that activates the stoplight and a flashing “overheight warning” sign so that drivers have to stop and think really hard about going forward.
- The clearance is actually nearly three inches more than 11'8", the maximum deviation from the signage allowed.
- Trucks have been getting stuck or damaged since the 1960s.
The guy who runs the website (and owns the cameras) says he sees a lot more trucks pull up to the stoplight, look at the warnings, and turn off onto the side road, but about once a month, someone hits the bridge.
iamthelivingdumpster
the penske business is probably sick of this shit
candybaggins
wolfnanaki
Penske, and the other rental truck companies in the area, explicitly warn customers about the bridge and don’t insure accidents from attempting to drive under it. This shit still happens anyway.
But anyway, yeah, this video is cathartic in a way.
Also, look at the protective bar in front of the bridge. Battle scars.
keepcalmandcarrieunderwood
I kept thinking “one of em has to make it….”
Side note: as a disgruntled former Cintas employee, watching the Cintas truck take it’s roof off was kind of nice
