Bridge 1 -0 HGV …
About 5 seconds before hitting it he would of passed this sign…
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break 
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right over
I think it having a nap
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2 people in the car taken to hospital with injuries,don’t think HGV driver will just be losing his job,probably a court appearance to go with it too.
They put that grey bridge protector in last year due to the amount of times the bridge is hit,seems to have worked as trains still running.
Technically speaking it’s not the bridge that won, but the great big barrier just before it…
Don’t understand this…been on here for over an hour and nobody has suggested the driver may have a limp!!!
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
The height is obscured by the tree.But the sign that says Stoke ‘avoiding’ the ‘low bridge’,that’s in plain sight ahead,isn’t. 
So yet more proof that it’s more an issue of drivers forgetting about the height of the vehicle,which I’m sure he knew when he left the yard,as opposed to not seeing the low bridge and its signs.In which case another example of where putting hanging heavy chains across the road where the signs are would probably save a lot of aggro. 
Carrying scrap cars the other day, I’m normally 13’1 tall but as crushed cars poke out the trailer alot you become taller. Came up to some chains heading from Worksop to Chesterfield and put my window down to listen for the chains and hoping they wouldn’t catch on something and end up with a car axle falling off.
Eric Rambler:
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right over
The fact that it has landed on the car is probably going to result in a court appearance for careless or dangerous driving for the driver. The severity of any injuries of the car’s occupants could determine the severity of the sentence they get, potentially custodial.
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
He did have a break, he broke his Lorry [emoji4]
Glen A9:
Eric Rambler:
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right overThe fact that it has landed on the car is probably going to result in a court appearance for careless or dangerous driving for the driver. The severity of any injuries of the car’s occupants could determine the severity of the sentence they get, potentially custodial.
I totally agree but unless there was another car behind the one the truck lays on top of then why didn’t the driver slam it into reverse when they saw an artic start tipping over towards them?
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Glen A9:
Eric Rambler:
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right overThe fact that it has landed on the car is probably going to result in a court appearance for careless or dangerous driving for the driver. The severity of any injuries of the car’s occupants could determine the severity of the sentence they get, potentially custodial.
I totally agree but unless there was another car behind the one the truck lays on top of then why didn’t the driver slam it into reverse when they saw an artic start tipping over towards them?
Mind you he could’ve been behind the truck when it hit the bridge and was actually trying to get out of the way.
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
I totally agree but unless there was another car behind the one the truck lays on top of then why didn’t the driver slam it into reverse when they saw an artic start tipping over towards them?
I’d guess the time between the truck hitting the bridge and going over was less than it would have took to see it happening then react then check behind and put it into reverse.Especially if the car was moving forwards towards the line when it happened.
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Glen A9:
Eric Rambler:
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right overThe fact that it has landed on the car is probably going to result in a court appearance for careless or dangerous driving for the driver. The severity of any injuries of the car’s occupants could determine the severity of the sentence they get, potentially custodial.
I totally agree but unless there was another car behind the one the truck lays on top of then why didn’t the driver slam it into reverse when they saw an artic start tipping over towards them?
He was coming out of the side street,probably looking to his right waiting to pull out at a guess.
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Glen A9:
Eric Rambler:
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right overThe fact that it has landed on the car is probably going to result in a court appearance for careless or dangerous driving for the driver. The severity of any injuries of the car’s occupants could determine the severity of the sentence they get, potentially custodial.
I totally agree but unless there was another car behind the one the truck lays on top of then why didn’t the driver slam it into reverse when they saw an artic start tipping over towards them?
Exactly, they really should be incorporating stuff like this into the driving test, how to avoid trucks that unexpectedly fall over.
And and and, should the car have even been there, was its journey absolutely necessary ? too many ffeckers in cars just pointlessly driving about the place getting in the way and belching out climate changing pollution.
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
true,but there is a sign on the bridge right in front of him
Seems to me that…
The signs meant nothing anyway.
The road is so much better around Stoke than it used to be. I’m a born and bred Stokie, and went to school and college within a couple of miles of that bridge. Regardless of where he’d been or was going, there are far better roads to use than that.
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Carryfast:
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a breakThe height is obscured by the tree.But the sign that says Stoke ‘avoiding’ the ‘low bridge’,that’s in plain sight ahead,isn’t.
So yet more proof that it’s more an issue of drivers forgetting about the height of the vehicle,which I’m sure he knew when he left the yard,as opposed to not seeing the low bridge and its signs.In which case another example of where putting hanging heavy chains across the road where the signs are would probably save a lot of aggro.
If he’d set his adjustable height indicator in the cab correctly he shouldn’t have forgotton!