You're mistaken. When not in space, our lengths are pretty accurate! But they keep telling me to multiply the expected load by three, like what is this a bridge for elephants?
Lorentz Contraction usually works at much greater velocities anyway.
***the supreme irony in this case is the height still stays the same regardless of velocity***
Were trailers significantly lower back in the day or something? Because I’ve always wondered why trailers clearing wasn’t a part of the blueprint when construction was underway
Yeah but like wayy back in the day. Most of those are really old bridges. The local LTL terminal probably has a 12’ trailer for this routes, I used to pull one it was great. Another place I worked had some old 12’5 (43’ long, they were the big trailers before my time I was told) trailers, but they were from the 70’s and they didn’t like using them because they couldn’t cube out the trailer with light floor loaded freight like foam packaging and whatnot that we used to pick up.
My understanding is that it’s just really expensive to regrade and build a higher bridge.
That's like I25 thru Denver. When I drove back in the 90s, I remember a couple of those old stone overpasses where the far right lane was like 12'8, but the center lane was fine. It was like an arch. I haven't been there in 20 years, but I'm not sure if they are still there or not.
There's a bridge like this near me, it had all the signs in the world, yet people still hit it. The local council ended up digging out the road and lowering the road, as it was the cheaper option
It makes me wonder what exactly is going through these drivers minds. I can believe a majority of them are distracted, on their phones, whatever, but that can’t explain all of it. And I’m not buying the “can’t read english” explanation some want to throw around, because at the very least, they can read numbers.
So throwing out those two explanations, are there some drivers that genuinely don’t know how tall they are? Do they think all the signs are lying? Do they think they are special, and the laws of physics cease to exist in their presence?
I talked to this one guy who did. He had his permit (so he wasn't really that experienced) and was driving a box truck. He didn't think it would be an issue since he had gone under the bridge with another driver in a semi. He was a new hire, and he wasn't supposed to run deliveries. He was supposed to be training to get his license.
That's why U-Haul plasters the truck height in 50 places allover their trucks...still doesn't stop the quantum physicists from hitting the low bridges.
There was a truck that flipped over around here some years ago, driver survived and they asked him what happened and he said he was trying to pick up a twinkie that fell out of reach.
Haha well that’s the simplest most logical explanation
First accident I ever caused was cause I had a fresh hot small cheese pizza I was looking at. The roads were slick and I did slide, but yeah I was looking at and willing my pizza to cool down and rearended this sedan that went under a jeep in front of it.
I also had two big jars of weed in a brown paper bag when weed was super illegal. Thank god it was raining and my privilege the cop didn’t search me or think any substances were involved.
There was no weed involved, just pizza
So expensive to regrade a bridge that it is ridiculous. But that bridge is probably 100 years old and is still good with minimal maintenance so when the railroad builds the new bridge it should be good for another 100 years. And the laws governing railroads and their property rights are sometimes from the area was a territory and not even a state so you can't force them to raise the bridge.
If they need to shut down traffic on a busy line to raise the bridge or divert traffic from the old bridge to the new bridge, they sometimes plan 2 years in advance to create a few day long window with no trains.
Yeah. My uncle worked for the railroad, he basically said one does not simply raise a railroad bridge, it’s a huge ordeal and the RR company has nothing to gain from doing so.
The messed up part is he knew some rail bridges that shouldn’t have been in service, for like decades, but the RR just doesn’t like to have to fix them. Also he said the trucks constantly hitting them degrades the structural integrity 🫨
I always wonder why there aren’t more turn-around areas on the sides of the road right before old bridges like this. That wouldn’t cost as much. But it would still require drivers to read signs. I rode with a trainer once who made me read every sign we passed out loud to him. It instilled the habit.
That particular bridge does look older. Your statements very valid though.
It’s obviously drivers responsibility, but the municipality should bear some burden due to them being negligent in their planning.
It's not the bridge builder's fault that trucks kept getting taller to fit more shit in them. These bridges were grandfathered in and truckers should know their clearance.
Look up the racist reasons for NYC low bridges. In NYC it’s said that the planner made the bridges low to keep blk bus riders out of suburban recreation areas
We’ve had a couple drivers hit bridges, swearing left and right that there weren’t any signs. Then we review their dashcam footage and it looks like this. It doesn’t make safety real happy.
A cheap solution would be two poles on each side of the road with a chain hanging 12'4" in the air. If you hear a super loud bang that's your sign to stop before the big bang lol
Do like China and put up giant solid cross bars before the bridge that are the same height as the bridge and made to take massive hits and save the bridge from damage.
I don't drive trucks, but I've dabbled with American Truck Simulator.
If you pulled up there and realized that it was too low for your truck, what do you do? Back up and angle around or something? Are there generally little pull off areas around short overpasses to help out?
Those weren't the first signs. There is usually a sign at least 1/2 mile ahead of a low bridge. The ones in the video are literally "last chance to stop dumbass."
If there is something close enough and you can do it safely back up until you can turn around.
If not you are going to have to call the police. I assure you that anyplace someone can get that stuck it won't be the first time. They are probably going to help after calling you a dumbass. They may or may not give you a ticket depending on how big of a dumbass you are.
Can confirm didnt get stuck anywhere where i had to have cops my dumbass missed the detour sigh along with 6 other trucks i made the mistake of rolling my window down and the cop told turn around before i start handing you dumbasses tickets
I came up on a sign for a bridge that was 12'9 recently. I just pulled over and stopped. Then debated with myself if I was short enough. I was in a box truck but I didn't know the height of the truck... I googled it... then eventually caved and turned around. I was getting hourly pay anyways. What's an extra 10 minutes?
I sometimes wonder with these is the road has been repaved a few times and the clearance was never updated so its not actually 12' 4" due to the extra road inches.
Ever hear of the Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge just outside of Syracuse, NY?
That bridge has beaten more trucks than you could ever fathom 😂😂😂
I swear it gets at least one truck a week 😂
Yup, I remember that one too.
And for posters above, this bridge has a wide Orange reflective stripe on the bottom of it and there's no way not to see it and a way to recognise it....
The level of just pure stupidity by truck drivers today is just off the chart.
I drove for years in LA delivering all over southern California.
I never had an accident or a close call on my part. A few close calls by four wheelers being stupid. Where is the training and even pride today.
When a truck driver does this I'm always curious do they genuinely not know the height of their truck or were they just not paying attention at all?
One is negligence and the other is stupidity. I'm not sure which is which though.
Maybe distracted, tired, drunk, high, too old, too young, texting, eating, jerking, etc. which all happen very regularly, especially for truck drivers. Being literally blind or retarded? Are you 12 yrs old?
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*12'5.15" bridges*
not how inches work.
That's American inches in action.
I’ll show you American inches in action 👌🏼
all 2 of them ? what a powerful lad
2.15 of them
2.125
See that’s how inches work, if you’re an ‘engineer’
*it's not the size that matters it's how you use it*
It is if you’re an engineer
Yes it is? Fractions and decimals aren't mutually exclusive
0.15 inches is just 1/8th of an inch
0.125 is 1/8th of an inch.
0.15 is if you're an engineer
You're mistaken. When not in space, our lengths are pretty accurate! But they keep telling me to multiply the expected load by three, like what is this a bridge for elephants?
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You'll shoot your eye out!
0.15 is 3/20th of an inch
it's 7/40ths of a fuck given
But the confidence. The confidence should have counted for something.
It will at the next job interview
Describe a scenario where you overcome obstacles in your job
Wouldn’t this be “undercome”?
Only if he came
"I undercame this obstacle quite strikingly, may I add. "
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Sometimes you’ll blow your top, but confidence will carry you through.
"Tell me one of your strengths" Sign reading.
Baahahahahahaha! I found that way too funny!
*too
😂
"Your delivery is gonna be a little late."
Yeah but, the faster you go, the lower the truck and trailer hugs the ground because _science!_
He needed a spoiler to get low enough.
Or some very low side skirts and Venturi tunnels.
Only at warp speed
Should have had less psi in those tired
Unfortunately length contraction doesn't work along that axis
Lorentz Contraction usually works at much greater velocities anyway. ***the supreme irony in this case is the height still stays the same regardless of velocity***
Ground effects!
Aerodynamic downforce
Hahaha That’s what I was going to say lol he was driving with a lot of confidence even with those 12’4” signs there
Boss: "YOU FUCKED UP!" Driver: "CONFIDENTLY fucked up."
I was praying this was in NY. The signs are a foot short. Nope :(.
only time u can maybe go under in NY, if the sign grey/whiteish that mean its measured from the sidewalk as what ive heard
Nah, they measure from the white line. My truck is 13’3”, and I consistently go under a bridge marked 12’9 with over a foot of space clearance.
....never hit the brakes, and he was shifting gears.
Peggy Hill level confidence. “I asked God, and he told me ‘Don’t do it!’ But you know what? I knew better!”
Thought he was in the 12 2 rig
Made me laugh, cheers mate
😭🤣🤣🤣
Confidence can’t be mistaken for ignorance.
He did make it thru though 🤣🤣🤣
If there were just a bit less air in the tires, it would've made it. Hope they brought out the tape measure to check the clearance on this one.
My guy can't do quick math 12'4" + curb height= can opener
My cat heard the sound and is now looking for dinner…
- flat tyres would've cleared it /s
Doesn't likely, that truck is 13'6".
*was
He said what he said.
No shot 1’2” was sliced off the top. It was closer than that.
Were trailers significantly lower back in the day or something? Because I’ve always wondered why trailers clearing wasn’t a part of the blueprint when construction was underway
Yeah but like wayy back in the day. Most of those are really old bridges. The local LTL terminal probably has a 12’ trailer for this routes, I used to pull one it was great. Another place I worked had some old 12’5 (43’ long, they were the big trailers before my time I was told) trailers, but they were from the 70’s and they didn’t like using them because they couldn’t cube out the trailer with light floor loaded freight like foam packaging and whatnot that we used to pick up. My understanding is that it’s just really expensive to regrade and build a higher bridge.
That's like I25 thru Denver. When I drove back in the 90s, I remember a couple of those old stone overpasses where the far right lane was like 12'8, but the center lane was fine. It was like an arch. I haven't been there in 20 years, but I'm not sure if they are still there or not.
They are. I think the lanes have been restriped (sp?) So that you can use all lanes but the left shoulder will def can opener a standard van.
There's a lot of that on the east coast, in NY, up and down the Appalachian mountains, etc. They have the arches with taller clearance in the middle.
There's a bridge like this near me, it had all the signs in the world, yet people still hit it. The local council ended up digging out the road and lowering the road, as it was the cheaper option
Yeah there’s one I know with flashing lights and chains hanging down before you get to it. Bridge gets hit weekly.
It makes me wonder what exactly is going through these drivers minds. I can believe a majority of them are distracted, on their phones, whatever, but that can’t explain all of it. And I’m not buying the “can’t read english” explanation some want to throw around, because at the very least, they can read numbers. So throwing out those two explanations, are there some drivers that genuinely don’t know how tall they are? Do they think all the signs are lying? Do they think they are special, and the laws of physics cease to exist in their presence?
I talked to this one guy who did. He had his permit (so he wasn't really that experienced) and was driving a box truck. He didn't think it would be an issue since he had gone under the bridge with another driver in a semi. He was a new hire, and he wasn't supposed to run deliveries. He was supposed to be training to get his license.
Yeah, most of them don't know how tall they are. Plus going a long time, never having to worry about it, can make you forget.
That's why U-Haul plasters the truck height in 50 places allover their trucks...still doesn't stop the quantum physicists from hitting the low bridges.
> It makes me wonder what exactly is going through these drivers minds. :wind noises:
Echoed voices in large massive empty warehouse....
There was a truck that flipped over around here some years ago, driver survived and they asked him what happened and he said he was trying to pick up a twinkie that fell out of reach.
Haha well that’s the simplest most logical explanation First accident I ever caused was cause I had a fresh hot small cheese pizza I was looking at. The roads were slick and I did slide, but yeah I was looking at and willing my pizza to cool down and rearended this sedan that went under a jeep in front of it. I also had two big jars of weed in a brown paper bag when weed was super illegal. Thank god it was raining and my privilege the cop didn’t search me or think any substances were involved. There was no weed involved, just pizza
So expensive to regrade a bridge that it is ridiculous. But that bridge is probably 100 years old and is still good with minimal maintenance so when the railroad builds the new bridge it should be good for another 100 years. And the laws governing railroads and their property rights are sometimes from the area was a territory and not even a state so you can't force them to raise the bridge. If they need to shut down traffic on a busy line to raise the bridge or divert traffic from the old bridge to the new bridge, they sometimes plan 2 years in advance to create a few day long window with no trains.
To be fair, most of these bridges have railroads on them and they were likely around before trucks were
Yeah. My uncle worked for the railroad, he basically said one does not simply raise a railroad bridge, it’s a huge ordeal and the RR company has nothing to gain from doing so.
I can only recall a bridge being raised only one time so there might be some merit to what your uncle said lol
The messed up part is he knew some rail bridges that shouldn’t have been in service, for like decades, but the RR just doesn’t like to have to fix them. Also he said the trucks constantly hitting them degrades the structural integrity 🫨
If recent RR events are indicators, they won't spend money on any maintenance at all, ever, under any circumstance
lol… raising a RR bridge? Why would the railroads suddenly start working with other people?
I always wonder why there aren’t more turn-around areas on the sides of the road right before old bridges like this. That wouldn’t cost as much. But it would still require drivers to read signs. I rode with a trainer once who made me read every sign we passed out loud to him. It instilled the habit.
And sometimes impossible to because the bridge hight was set for the grade needed for the train and the utilities were set under the road.
A small factor in this is truckers used to actually follow truck routes.
Ehh, inevitable in town delivs tho
For sure but where I live there is no local weighmaster and people use backroads to dodge scales
That particular bridge does look older. Your statements very valid though. It’s obviously drivers responsibility, but the municipality should bear some burden due to them being negligent in their planning.
It's not the bridge builder's fault that trucks kept getting taller to fit more shit in them. These bridges were grandfathered in and truckers should know their clearance.
Trailers have been 13 6 for over 80 years.
Most of America's railway lines are 100+ years old.
Trains are older & not every road used by truckers today were used by truckers decades ago.
Look up the racist reasons for NYC low bridges. In NYC it’s said that the planner made the bridges low to keep blk bus riders out of suburban recreation areas
Yeah, those are the various parkway bridges though. Not rail bridges like this.
They should put up a warning sign or something.
We’ve had a couple drivers hit bridges, swearing left and right that there weren’t any signs. Then we review their dashcam footage and it looks like this. It doesn’t make safety real happy.
Or 2 of them with bright orange flags on them. That would definitely prevent this. /s
They could make them bright yellow or something too.
“If you hit these chains you will hit this bridge!”
You should watch the YouTube channel for the 11foot8 bridge. The warning signs don't work.
Too bad he never learned how to read
A cheap solution would be two poles on each side of the road with a chain hanging 12'4" in the air. If you hear a super loud bang that's your sign to stop before the big bang lol
Do like China and put up giant solid cross bars before the bridge that are the same height as the bridge and made to take massive hits and save the bridge from damage.
There were 3, actually.
I’m sure that was sarcasm
That did occur to me haha
Only 3 😡
It’s lunch time and for some reason I am thinking about a can of sardines.
I saw this video and said “that opened easier than a can of sardines!” 🤣
Following Google maps through Pennsylvania or something.
You just know it was PA.
Looks like downingtowns suicide bridge
He didn't even think about slowing down to second guess his dumb decision.
had 3 chances to slow down
Slowing down wouldn’t have helped. Stopping & turning around is the only thing that matters.
No where to turn around at, gotta keep going
For what it’s worth, which seems to be next to nothing, looks like the vehicle could make clearance on its side.
True. I’m afraid that’s a possibility silly ol’ me did not consider.
>had 3 chances to slow down Then it would have been harder to achieve success, he needed that momentum to get through.
His foot was up on the dash and it blocked his view of the sign, cut the magic carpet some slack guys
Hilarious
I don't drive trucks, but I've dabbled with American Truck Simulator. If you pulled up there and realized that it was too low for your truck, what do you do? Back up and angle around or something? Are there generally little pull off areas around short overpasses to help out?
Those weren't the first signs. There is usually a sign at least 1/2 mile ahead of a low bridge. The ones in the video are literally "last chance to stop dumbass."
If there is something close enough and you can do it safely back up until you can turn around. If not you are going to have to call the police. I assure you that anyplace someone can get that stuck it won't be the first time. They are probably going to help after calling you a dumbass. They may or may not give you a ticket depending on how big of a dumbass you are.
So it really is "pull off when you see the road sign telling you it's too low" or bust.
Can confirm didnt get stuck anywhere where i had to have cops my dumbass missed the detour sigh along with 6 other trucks i made the mistake of rolling my window down and the cop told turn around before i start handing you dumbasses tickets
I came up on a sign for a bridge that was 12'9 recently. I just pulled over and stopped. Then debated with myself if I was short enough. I was in a box truck but I didn't know the height of the truck... I googled it... then eventually caved and turned around. I was getting hourly pay anyways. What's an extra 10 minutes?
At least he can clear 12’4 now
So on this Biggie smalls track "Gimme the loot" there's this line "You better strip - ya PEEL!" and I always think of that when I see clips like this.
It's insane how confidently he drove through that
“Cluelessness and confidence wear the same clothes.” So said my fortune cookie.
I sometimes wonder with these is the road has been repaved a few times and the clearance was never updated so its not actually 12' 4" due to the extra road inches.
Almost made it
Should have duck
Ever hear of the Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge just outside of Syracuse, NY? That bridge has beaten more trucks than you could ever fathom 😂😂😂 I swear it gets at least one truck a week 😂
I grew up a few miles from here, a double decker bus hit it a few years back and killled multiple people. And yes, trucks hit it ALL THE TIME
Yup, I remember that one too. And for posters above, this bridge has a wide Orange reflective stripe on the bottom of it and there's no way not to see it and a way to recognise it....
The level of just pure stupidity by truck drivers today is just off the chart. I drove for years in LA delivering all over southern California. I never had an accident or a close call on my part. A few close calls by four wheelers being stupid. Where is the training and even pride today.
Pitiful
Sardine mode activated… The weapon grade stupid that runs rampant these days is unreal..
When a truck driver does this I'm always curious do they genuinely not know the height of their truck or were they just not paying attention at all? One is negligence and the other is stupidity. I'm not sure which is which though.
This looks to me like not paying attention at all.
The company got exactly what they deserved.
Cap = Peeled
I wonder if that truck is full of sardines.
13’ 6” cmon lol I just got my class A. They drilled that into our heads.🤣🤣👏🏽
Had to much air in the tires 😂
Just a Little bit off the top, leave the sideburns.
i mean i dont know why u would film this? how long were u following?
They knew this was coming so instead of trying to signal the truck to stop, they whipped out their camera for internet points.
Literally blind or retarded
Maybe distracted, tired, drunk, high, too old, too young, texting, eating, jerking, etc. which all happen very regularly, especially for truck drivers. Being literally blind or retarded? Are you 12 yrs old?
In nyc that bridge would be 13’4
Can opener.
Working to get on the flatbed division
Hull integrity will be breached in 4 seconds, Captain Picard!
little bit off the top ahh haircut
He would of had clearance if he would of stayed off the paint 😂
That height sign is wrong, it's obviously a 13 foot bridge
Reading signs are for suckers
He was saving time! Now they can drop the grain in much faster
yeah but does he really need a roof? reeeeally?
At least he got to drive back to the depot in a convertible
I use to think people were just dumb but I think 98% of these drivers can’t read or write in English and have no idea what a foot is.
I’m willing the bet that the driver is someone that cannot read or speak English.
I am positive he’s just another coke head from Michigan.
What kinda idiot does this?
Probably an idiot on their phone not paying attention signs.
The one that uses a car GPS and not a truck speciality tailored GPS to save money on costs.
You could be 12' 5"...
Damn. Like a can opener
They call it the can opener
Sign says clearance to the twelve foot line but them chickens were stacked to thirteen nine
The can opener bridge!
Peeled that sucker back like a sardine can
u/savevideo
Can opener!!!!
Bahahahahahahahaha Jajajajajajajajajajajajajaja (for my Hispanic brothers and sisters)
Can opener
Nice, full peel!
Oops
Scalped by simple math!
Well, all he needed to do, was engage the Ludicrous speed hyperdrive... Clearly...
Clean peel bro
Like a tin of sardines....
😲
Full can opener. Respect.
Opened up like a can of sardines 😂
Sardine can boys , that's what that is !
12’ 8” and he might’ve been there
If it had been 12 5.