Not gonna get away from this one by “letting the tyres down” I reckon… 
They don’t even appear to slow down, they certainly don’t climb up the skip to check the height.
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Like any skip driver he probably thought it’s ok load over top of the skip. As it will just blow off while driving anyway .
I liked this from a concerned motorist, but he got his 30secs of fame.
Soon after the accident I made a U-turn and drove off.
'Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to check if the driver was okay or not.
At least he put his hazards on when wedged.
And also not missing the chance to illuminate his high intensity LED beacons
Two bridges obviously different heights but seems to be only one sign showing 14’ 4’’ just before the bridge/s and one showing 14’ 6’’ at the turning into the road from Royal College street.Bearing in mind he obviously got under the higher of the two bridges with no problem.
Carryfast:
Two bridges obviously different heights but seems to be only one sign showing 14’ 4’’ just before the bridge/s and one showing 14’ 6’’ at the turning into the road from Royal College street.Bearing in mind he obviously got under the higher of the two bridges with no problem.
Only one sign AFAICS - showing 14’ 4" just a few yards before the bridge. Don’t see any advance warnings at all on Royal College Street. Can’t figure out how they managed to get to the figure of 14’ 4" anyway - if they’d followed the procedure laid down in the Traffic Signs Manual it would show a multiple of 3" (either 14’, 14’ 3" or 14’ 6", depending on the actual measured height)…
Roymondo:
Carryfast:
Two bridges obviously different heights but seems to be only one sign showing 14’ 4’’ just before the bridge/s and one showing 14’ 6’’ at the turning into the road from Royal College street.Bearing in mind he obviously got under the higher of the two bridges with no problem.Only one sign AFAICS - showing 14’ 4" just a few yards before the bridge. Don’t see any advance warnings at all on Royal College Street.
Both helpfully inconspicuous & angled away from the road! Saying that, doesn’t look like it’d be >16ft either !
Chris1207:
Both helpfully inconspicuous & angled away from the road!
The 14’6’’ one seems to be angled to warn traffic turning left into the road and so probably fair enough.While the bulker seems to have had no problem at that height.Which leaves only a 2’’ margin in terms of advanced warning between a hit or a miss of the lower bridge regardless.When surely both signs should be rounded down to 14’ to clear the lower bridge with a reasonable safety margin.
Carryfast:
Chris1207:
Both helpfully inconspicuous & angled away from the road!The 14’6’’ one seems to be angled to warn traffic turning left into the road and so probably fair enough.
But Royal College Street is one-way (except for cycles, most of which are well under 14 feet…) so there shouldn’t be any traffic turning left towards the bridge!
Roymondo:
Carryfast:
Chris1207:
Both helpfully inconspicuous & angled away from the road!The 14’6’’ one seems to be angled to warn traffic turning left into the road and so probably fair enough.
But Royal College Street is one-way (except for cycles, most of which are well under 14 feet…) so there shouldn’t be any traffic turning left towards the bridge!
Blimey we’ve got a sign showing 14’6’’ that’s facing the wrong way for anyone to see it turning into Randolph Street.Then we’ve got a sign showing 14’4’’ just before the two bridge/s one of which is lower than the other.Then we’ve got a truck that’s low enough to get under the higher of the two bridges but not the lower one.TnetCSI can’t explain this one unless the truck approached the turn into Randolph Street from the wrong direction along a one way street or the lower bridge ain’t 14’4’’ high bearing in mind that 2 inches seems like an unrealistic margin regardless. 
Carryfast:
Roymondo:
Carryfast:
Chris1207:
Both helpfully inconspicuous & angled away from the road!The 14’6’’ one seems to be angled to warn traffic turning left into the road and so probably fair enough.
But Royal College Street is one-way (except for cycles, most of which are well under 14 feet…) so there shouldn’t be any traffic turning left towards the bridge!
Blimey we’ve got a sign showing 14’6’’ that’s facing the wrong way for anyone to see it turning into Randolph Street.
or the lower bridge ain’t 14’4’’ high bearing in mind that 2 inches seems like an unrealistic margin regardless.
That looks like closer to a foot difference in height than 2 inches.So is it 14’6’’ or 13’6’’ ?.
Carryfast:
Roymondo:
Carryfast:
Chris1207:
Both helpfully inconspicuous & angled away from the road!The 14’6’’ one seems to be angled to warn traffic turning left into the road and so probably fair enough.
But Royal College Street is one-way (except for cycles, most of which are well under 14 feet…) so there shouldn’t be any traffic turning left towards the bridge!
Blimey we’ve got a sign showing 14’6’’ that’s facing the wrong way for anyone to see it turning into Randolph Street.Then we’ve got a sign showing 14’4’’ just before the two bridge/s one of which is lower than the other.Then we’ve got a truck that’s low enough to get under the higher of the two bridges but not the lower one.TnetCSI can’t explain this one unless the truck approached the turn into Randolph Street from the wrong direction along a one way street or the lower bridge ain’t 14’4’’ high bearing in mind that 2 inches seems like an unrealistic margin regardless.
It’s also quite possible (likely, I’d suggest) that the two signs both refer to the lower of the two bridges. As they are a matter of feet apart - effectively one bridge - there would be no point at all in signing them separately. One of the signs is a warning sign, the other one a prohibition. The latter would require a Traffic Order to have any legal standing. It’s quite feasible that whoever installed the 14’ 4" warning sign was working to a different set of criteria than the legal bod who specified the 14’ 6" prohibition - e.g. “Simpkins, go measure the clearance under that bridge, knock 6 inches off for safety and stick a warning sign up with the appropriate measurement.” Simpkins measures it at 14’ 10" and produces a 14’ 4" warning sign. The legal types however apply the Traffic Signs manual procedure and knock 3 inches off for clearance then round down to the next whole multiple of 3", arriving at 14’ 6" for their prohibition sign.