eagerbeaver:
I’ve made lots of mistakes mate. Replying to you was just one of them.
Happy to have talked you round, you’re welcome
If the driver has eyes - the outstanding reasons leading to the hitting of bridges are
(1) Not being able to read English
(2) Not understanding feet and inches
(3) Not understanding the height of your vehicle by comparison with the road signs (eg. vehicle height given in Meters, Bridge height in Feet and inches)
(4) Not being able to see more than 30 feet in front of you (Myopic, and too tight-fisted to visit specsavers!)
(5) Not being able to see signs in Latin script instead of Chinese/Greek/Cyrillic/Gallic etc.
(6) Driver doesn’t actually know how to drive, but managed to get an agency job with “9 points OK” or worse - “No licence needed straight away - start work on Monday!”
(7) Driver has good enough insurance that the employing yard doesn’t mind getting them to do something like this to get rid of a trailer they didn’t want anyway. 
(8) Driver didn’t realize the road had been re-surfaced, and he can’t get that 15’11 trailer under that 15’9" bridge any more.
(9) Employer didn’t know how to find, recruit, and retain a proper driver on decent wages, rather than put up with all this ■■■■■■■■.
…and of course…
(10) The road or bridge has “moved since last time the driver went down that street”… In London this isn’t as daft a notion as it sounds! 
stevieboy308:
Guessing someone did when you were born by dropping you!!
Oh no! A nasty, splenetic and deeply upsetting insult.
As much as I’d love to engage in a battle of wits with you, I’m not going to bother with someone as clearly unarmed as yourself.
Shoo!
This thread seems to be taking a different route,
That 's what the driver who hit the bridge should have done in the first place!!
yourhavingalarf:
stevieboy308:
Guessing someone did when you were born by dropping you!!Oh no! A nasty, splenetic and deeply upsetting insult.
As much as I’d love to engage in a battle of wits with you, I’m not going to bother with someone as clearly unarmed as yourself.
Shoo!
I was only having a laugh! Thought you’d understand, sorry for any offence
So what about this one, driver stuck in slow traffic on motorway and office tells him to come off at next junction then direct him a different way straight into a low bridge. English driver and big company I read all the paperwork
mac12:
So what about this one, driver stuck in slow traffic on motorway and office tells him to come off at next junction then direct him a different way straight into a low bridge. English driver and big company I read all the paperwork
That’s some technology if the office remotely took over the control of the vehicle and rammed it straight into a low bridge,seems an odd way to run a business for profit though.
xichrisxi:
mac12:
So what about this one, driver stuck in slow traffic on motorway and office tells him to come off at next junction then direct him a different way straight into a low bridge. English driver and big company I read all the paperworkThat’s some technology if the office remotely took over the control of the vehicle and rammed it straight into a low bridge,seems an odd way to run a business for profit though.
They had him on a tracker so he just followed the directions the office gave him straight into the bridge.
Notimetoulouse:
i did see a system on you tube that on approching a low bridge 1st stage was flashing lights then second stage was a smoke curtain with the word STOP projected on it that looked effective
failing that know your route know your height
This?
Great idea but I wonder if it relies on the darkness of the tunnel behind the water for visibility.
mac12:
xichrisxi:
mac12:
So what about this one, driver stuck in slow traffic on motorway and office tells him to come off at next junction then direct him a different way straight into a low bridge. English driver and big company I read all the paperworkThat’s some technology if the office remotely took over the control of the vehicle and rammed it straight into a low bridge,seems an odd way to run a business for profit though.
They had him on a tracker so he just followed the directions the office gave him straight into the bridge.
So your saying it was the offices fault? 
No drivers fault all the way, that’s what I’m trying to get at English driver and he had the office watching him on tracker and never questioned it
mac12:
xichrisxi:
mac12:
So what about this one, driver stuck in slow traffic on motorway and office tells him to come off at next junction then direct him a different way straight into a low bridge. English driver and big company I read all the paperworkThat’s some technology if the office remotely took over the control of the vehicle and rammed it straight into a low bridge,seems an odd way to run a business for profit though.
They had him on a tracker so he just followed the directions the office gave him straight into the bridge.
The driver was a cabbage. Not only because he hit a low bridge, but also evidenced by the fact that he needed the office to tell him what to do when stuck with n traffic.
eagerbeaver:
But it’s not a mistake though is it? It is sheer incompetence. It is pretty much one of the most basic requirements to drive a LGV.
- Drive on the correct side of the road.
- Know the size of your vehicle.
3.Try and close the curtains if ■■■■■■■■■■■■.So yes. I can guarantee I will not hit a bridge. Not sure about getting point no3 wrong though.
Don’t worry. You keep buying the beers, and those pictures won’t get posted here…
mac12:
xichrisxi:
mac12:
So what about this one, driver stuck in slow traffic on motorway and office tells him to come off at next junction then direct him a different way straight into a low bridge. English driver and big company I read all the paperworkThat’s some technology if the office remotely took over the control of the vehicle and rammed it straight into a low bridge,seems an odd way to run a business for profit though.
They had him on a tracker so he just followed the directions the office gave him straight into the bridge.
They turned the lights out behind for clearer water curtain visibility.
The driver only gets “An infringement”?
Either Australia really hammers the driver on infringements (eg. 1 point= $1000 fine per point) or they are being too soft here… $1000 per point is about the “fine” for being wrong on an 80 Euro contract position as well btw.
The question I have is “Surely they don’t have the problem with drivers not actually being able to read and understand the signs” like we do with EE in this country? I note you don’t see any say, Phillipino looking people in the clip…
the nodding donkey:
eagerbeaver:
But it’s not a mistake though is it? It is sheer incompetence. It is pretty much one of the most basic requirements to drive a LGV.
- Drive on the correct side of the road.
- Know the size of your vehicle.
3.Try and close the curtains if ■■■■■■■■■■■■.So yes. I can guarantee I will not hit a bridge. Not sure about getting point no3 wrong though.
Don’t worry. You keep buying the beers, and those pictures won’t get posted here…
How does that work exactly?
Phwoarr! Look at that low bridge sign! 
Keep peeps… Stick together… Apart from the obvious numptys HGV drivers run the gauntlet of bridge signs that that understate the height of the bridge… Drivers lose their jobs, the business gets humpt and after the event a study reveals the bridge was too low… Singh the petition and stick up for eachother petition.parliament.uk/petitions/154823
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Complyorcry:
Keep peeps… Stick together… Apart from the obvious numptys HGV drivers run the gauntlet of bridge signs that that understate the height of the bridge… Drivers lose their jobs, the business gets humpt and after the event a study reveals the bridge was too low… Singh the petition and stick up for eachother petition.parliament.uk/petitions/154823Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Why would we worry about a bridge signage showing the bridge as higher than it actually is?
Hypothetically, I hit a bridge, I’m not a twonk(most of the time) so I know I haven’t just driven under a bridge that is lower than my height that I measured before I set my height indicator. So that means the very first thing I’m doing after I hear the tin opening of the roof, is the actual height of the bridge…
If its wrong then my insurance company are going to be jumping for joy because they won’t have to pay out for train delays, bridge inspections, and damage to my trailer or truck. They are going to be recouping all costs from whichever body is responsible for the correct signage on the bridge!
I won’t be getting any points, or a fine, or invited to any meetings with the TC, i’d be sitting there laughing my ■■■ off and back to work tomorrow.
So this happened this morning…
chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/ … n-11741277
Nate187:
So this happened this morning…
chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/ … n-11741277
I wouldn’t say the driver misjudged the height, it’s far more likely they just didn’t give it a second thought…
Let’s just hope they are fully comp. 
Evil8Beezle:
Let’s just hope they are fully comp.
Picture the claims form where it says describe the damage to the vehicle using this diagram.As for it getting wedged under the bridge not exactly. 
Having said that it might be cheaper to re attach the torn off body to the vehicle than fix it all back together if it was shredded by hanging chains.Good attempt at a Top Gear stunt whichever.