madforit:
This ones from the local paper
ilkestonadvertiser.co.uk/new … -1-5617860
Not the best pic but shows what was done
so 54 likes is going viral is it? 
markwill:
when you look at your pics from flickr, that trailer of peppers don’t seem to be more than a 4.2 mtr
Some Peppers trailers are over 15ft.
MikeCunn:
truckyboy:
ALL bridges have height markers/signs,No, they don’t, Mr Professional.
I was under the impression that if a bridge is below the standard height of 16ft 6" it must have a marker to indicate its height. If it doesn’t then that is a problem for the highways agency or rail company to rectify. In that case it was not the fault of the driver.
markwill:
Dieseldoforme:
Not today’s incident but apparantly it’s a regular target for tall drivers.Lorry in low-height bridge collision at Trowell, Notts | Flickr
when you look at your pics from flickr, that trailer of peppers don’t seem to be more than a 4.2 mtr
It definitely isn’t now
madmossy:
MikeCunn:
truckyboy:
ALL bridges have height markers/signs,No, they don’t, Mr Professional.
I was under the impression that if a bridge is below the standard height of 16ft 6" it must have a marker to indicate its height. If it doesn’t then that is a problem for the highways agency or rail company to rectify. In that case it was not the fault of the driver.
direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg … 191921.pdf
Correct. ALL bridges under about 5 metres or 16’ 6" should be marked. Not as was stated by truckyboy, who doesn’t make mistakes.
truckyboy:
ALL bridges have height markers/signs,
MikeCunn:
psv8:
Anyone else see this numpty try fit double decker under 14,6 bridge in trowell the tractor unit was completly off the floor driver didnt look to botherd sign posted for around 5miles and divershion signs someone got to have some decent pics i got one but [zb]Ha ha! Yeah, let’s all laugh at the numpty driver who made a genuine mistake and will probably lose his job. Isn’t it funny when people [zb] up.
It’s a small mistake or lapse of concentration with big consequences. In most professions, mistakes are easily covered up or at least not public. If we make a mistake, it could lead to serious injuries to us and others and thousands or even hundreds of thousands of pounds in damage.
Yet here we are with drivers willing to work for poxy wages, 80 hour weeks and laughing at another drivers serious misfortune.
Yes mate, you said it.
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Not a small mistake really is itYes, it is. As I said, ‘It’s a small mistake or lapse of concentration with big consequences.’
It can be very easily done when you’re lost, to miss a sign or take a wrong turn. As another poster said, the speed he went under gives the impression he thought the trailer was smaller.
I hope you never make a mistake and do something wrong, then all of your fellow drivers will be lining up to laugh at your misfortune and let you know in no uncertain terms that they are better than you.
No wonder we don’t have a strong Union when we have a thread with ‘lol’ in the title about a truck hitting a bridge.
last time i looked on the headboard of a trailer it had in big letters and numbers the height of said trailer. now it aint hard to work out you’re trailer height to the height of any bridges on the route you are going to take. i do make mistakes and do things wrong but not to these extremes. have you heard of a thing called the Phillips Truckers Atlas?? only £10 off Amazon and it gives you thousands of bridge heights,width limits and weight limits any trucker with half an ounce of brain matter will have one and use it if as you say he may have been lost.
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Not a small mistake really is itYes, it is. As I said, ‘It’s a small mistake or lapse of concentration with big consequences.’
It can be very easily done when you’re lost, to miss a sign or take a wrong turn. As another poster said, the speed he went under gives the impression he thought the trailer was smaller.
I hope you never make a mistake and do something wrong, then all of your fellow drivers will be lining up to laugh at your misfortune and let you know in no uncertain terms that they are better than you.
No wonder we don’t have a strong Union when we have a thread with ‘lol’ in the title about a truck hitting a bridge.
last time i looked on the headboard of a trailer it had in big letters and numbers the height of said trailer. now it aint hard to work out you’re trailer height to the height of any bridges on the route you are going to take. i do make mistakes and do things wrong but not to these extremes. have you heard of a thing called the Phillips Truckers Atlas?? only £10 off Amazon and it gives you thousands of bridge heights,width limits and weight limits any trucker with half an ounce of brain matter will have one and use it if as you say he may have been lost.
My trailer says “4.880m high based on a 1250mm 5th wheel”…
So, I have to measure my 5th wheel height…
Then I approach a bridge that says 15’9"… Hmm. No metre height written on it?
4.88m = approx. 16’2, but according to B+M’s trailers, 4.88m = 16’… So, do I go under a 16’ bridge or not?
maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll … 82,0,8.36
For example.
waynedl:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Not a small mistake really is itYes, it is. As I said, ‘It’s a small mistake or lapse of concentration with big consequences.’
It can be very easily done when you’re lost, to miss a sign or take a wrong turn. As another poster said, the speed he went under gives the impression he thought the trailer was smaller.
I hope you never make a mistake and do something wrong, then all of your fellow drivers will be lining up to laugh at your misfortune and let you know in no uncertain terms that they are better than you.
No wonder we don’t have a strong Union when we have a thread with ‘lol’ in the title about a truck hitting a bridge.
last time i looked on the headboard of a trailer it had in big letters and numbers the height of said trailer. now it aint hard to work out you’re trailer height to the height of any bridges on the route you are going to take. i do make mistakes and do things wrong but not to these extremes. have you heard of a thing called the Phillips Truckers Atlas?? only £10 off Amazon and it gives you thousands of bridge heights,width limits and weight limits any trucker with half an ounce of brain matter will have one and use it if as you say he may have been lost.
My trailer says “4.880m high based on a 1250mm 5th wheel”…
So, I have to measure my 5th wheel height…
Then I approach a bridge that says 15’9"… Hmm. No metre height written on it?4.88m = approx. 16’2, but according to B+M’s trailers, 4.88m = 16’… So, do I go under a 16’ bridge or not?
maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll … 82,0,8.36
For example.
i usually wont risk going under a bridge an inch or two higher as my unit depending on location,if bridge is arched,etc also if the road has been resurfaced in the past can you be sure that the council have not put more tarmac down than there was before or if they have re-messured the height of the bridge?
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
waynedl:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Not a small mistake really is itYes, it is. As I said, ‘It’s a small mistake or lapse of concentration with big consequences.’
It can be very easily done when you’re lost, to miss a sign or take a wrong turn. As another poster said, the speed he went under gives the impression he thought the trailer was smaller.
I hope you never make a mistake and do something wrong, then all of your fellow drivers will be lining up to laugh at your misfortune and let you know in no uncertain terms that they are better than you.
No wonder we don’t have a strong Union when we have a thread with ‘lol’ in the title about a truck hitting a bridge.
last time i looked on the headboard of a trailer it had in big letters and numbers the height of said trailer. now it aint hard to work out you’re trailer height to the height of any bridges on the route you are going to take. i do make mistakes and do things wrong but not to these extremes. have you heard of a thing called the Phillips Truckers Atlas?? only £10 off Amazon and it gives you thousands of bridge heights,width limits and weight limits any trucker with half an ounce of brain matter will have one and use it if as you say he may have been lost.
My trailer says “4.880m high based on a 1250mm 5th wheel”…
So, I have to measure my 5th wheel height…
Then I approach a bridge that says 15’9"… Hmm. No metre height written on it?4.88m = approx. 16’2, but according to B+M’s trailers, 4.88m = 16’… So, do I go under a 16’ bridge or not?
maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll … 82,0,8.36
For example.
i usually wont risk going under a bridge an inch or two higher as my unit depending on location,if bridge is arched,etc also if the road has been resurfaced in the past can you be sure that the council have not put more tarmac down than there was before or if they have re-messured the height of the bridge?
So, you’d divert around a bridge you can legally and safely go under, burning fuel and wasting time, possibly costing the company lots of money, because you think the council MAY re-surface the road and MAY not re-measure the bridge?
If my truck is 16’ and the bridge is marked at 16’, I’m going under it.
My question was more about the metres and feet thing.
Also, lack of bridge warning signs before the bridge, as posted earlier in the thread
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
i do make mistakes and do things wrong but not to these extremes.
so just before you make a mistake you stop and decide if it’s a big mistake or a little one, little one - crack on, ooops. big one - whoa, back up before you ■■■■ up.
sorry dude, mistakes don’t work that way
waynedl:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
waynedl:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Not a small mistake really is itYes, it is. As I said, ‘It’s a small mistake or lapse of concentration with big consequences.’
It can be very easily done when you’re lost, to miss a sign or take a wrong turn. As another poster said, the speed he went under gives the impression he thought the trailer was smaller.
I hope you never make a mistake and do something wrong, then all of your fellow drivers will be lining up to laugh at your misfortune and let you know in no uncertain terms that they are better than you.
No wonder we don’t have a strong Union when we have a thread with ‘lol’ in the title about a truck hitting a bridge.
last time i looked on the headboard of a trailer it had in big letters and numbers the height of said trailer. now it aint hard to work out you’re trailer height to the height of any bridges on the route you are going to take. i do make mistakes and do things wrong but not to these extremes. have you heard of a thing called the Phillips Truckers Atlas?? only £10 off Amazon and it gives you thousands of bridge heights,width limits and weight limits any trucker with half an ounce of brain matter will have one and use it if as you say he may have been lost.
My trailer says “4.880m high based on a 1250mm 5th wheel”…
So, I have to measure my 5th wheel height…
Then I approach a bridge that says 15’9"… Hmm. No metre height written on it?4.88m = approx. 16’2, but according to B+M’s trailers, 4.88m = 16’… So, do I go under a 16’ bridge or not?
maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll … 82,0,8.36
For example.
i usually wont risk going under a bridge an inch or two higher as my unit depending on location,if bridge is arched,etc also if the road has been resurfaced in the past can you be sure that the council have not put more tarmac down than there was before or if they have re-messured the height of the bridge?
So, you’d divert around a bridge you can legally and safely go under, burning fuel and wasting time, possibly costing the company lots of money, because you think the council MAY re-surface the road and MAY not re-measure the bridge?
If my truck is 16’ and the bridge is marked at 16’, I’m going under it.
My question was more about the metres and feet thing.
Also, lack of bridge warning signs before the bridge, as posted earlier in the thread
do you know of the bridge on the A96 on the s bend just above Inverurie?? this bridge is arched and marked up at something like 14 foot 3 inch but it is actually higher than our trailers which are 14 foot 11inch but you have to go under it exactly right or else you hit the bridge or get stuck under it. Thus causeing damage to the bridge,your trailer and costing your firm thousands of pounds because the trains have to be stopped. Now you tell me is my way of thinking wrong in that situation because the diversion route marked out for HGVS is at least 10-15mile around it and thats what i do?? I said “I USUALLY” wouldn’t go under a bridge thats an inch or two higher than my trailer depending on location etc. This sort of bridge is a perfect example.
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
do you know of the bridge on the A96 on the s bend just above Inverurie?? this bridge is arched and marked up at something like 14 foot 3 inch but it is actually higher than our trailers which are 14 foot 11inch but you have to go under it exactly right or else you hit the bridge or get stuck under it. Thus causeing damage to the bridge,your trailer and costing your firm thousands of pounds because the trains have to be stopped. Now you tell me is my way of thinking wrong in that situation because the diversion route marked out for HGVS is at least 10-15mile around it and thats what i do?? I said “I USUALLY” wouldn’t go under a bridge thats an inch or two higher than my trailer depending on location etc. This sort of bridge is a perfect example.
This one?
Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire AB51 5DX, UK
goo.gl/maps/k7Q5x
This one is marked at 15’ 3" and I’d go under with a 14’ 11" trailer. I wouldn’t try to go under a 14’ 3" bridge with a 14’ 11" trailer though.
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
do you know of the bridge on the A96 on the s bend just above Inverurie?? this bridge is arched and marked up at something like 14 foot 3 inch but it is actually higher than our trailers which are 14 foot 11inch but you have to go under it exactly right or else you hit the bridge or get stuck under it. Thus causeing damage to the bridge,your trailer and costing your firm thousands of pounds because the trains have to be stopped. Now you tell me is my way of thinking wrong in that situation because the diversion route marked out for HGVS is at least 10-15mile around it and thats what i do?? I said “I USUALLY” wouldn’t go under a bridge thats an inch or two higher than my trailer depending on location etc. This sort of bridge is a perfect example.This one?
Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire AB51 5DX, UK
goo.gl/maps/k7Q5xThis one is marked at 15’ 3" and I’d go under with a 14’ 11" trailer. I wouldn’t try to go under a 14’ 3" bridge with a 14’ 11" trailer though.
if you come from Inverness towards Aberdeen they have signs up marked a lot lower than 15’3" as i have said it is an arched bridge they have put them signs up to stop trucks attempting to go under it and striking it as there have been a few in the past.
I know it’s a 15’3" bridge and its marked up as that on the bridge sign but that is at it’s highest point plus you have to get you’re positioning spot on to get through it.
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
I know it’s a 15’3" bridge and its marked up as that on the bridge sign but that is at it’s highest point plus you have to get you’re positioning spot on to get through it.
No, that is what height of vehicle can pass under safely if you stick under the white markings. At its highest point, the tip of the arch, it’s probably 16’. I’d still do it.
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
I know it’s a 15’3" bridge and its marked up as that on the bridge sign but that is at it’s highest point plus you have to get you’re positioning spot on to get through it.No, that is what height of vehicle can pass under safely if you stick under the white markings. At its highest point, the tip of the arch, it’s probably 16’. I’d still do it.
Arch bridges always, I thought, have a marking with the height in a goal post type sign, stick within it and no problem, I really do not understand what makes someone hit a bridge at full tilt, stupidity. drugs, alcohol, all 3 maybe
MikeCunn:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
I know it’s a 15’3" bridge and its marked up as that on the bridge sign but that is at it’s highest point plus you have to get you’re positioning spot on to get through it.No, that is what height of vehicle can pass under safely if you stick under the white markings. At its highest point, the tip of the arch, it’s probably 16’. I’d still do it.
I’ve been through it once with one of our 14’11" trailers the first time i was up that way and got through but my arse was clenching up a bit! 
i get up that way regular i’d rather use the diversion route now because one slight and i mean slight mistake going under that bridge and you are ■■■■■■! plus with it being on an s bend makes it a lot worse. They only put them signs up maybe 2-3 year ago(there’s also one coming from Aberdeen towards Inverness,it’s on the roundabout near to the Morrisons supermarket where it tells trucks over either 14’3" or 14’6" i’ve forgot which to turn right and follow the truck signs. I doubt very much that the bridge could be 16’ with a 15’3" marker sign up thats a 9’ difference 
markwill:
Dieseldoforme:
Not today’s incident but apparantly it’s a regular target for tall drivers.Lorry in low-height bridge collision at Trowell, Notts | Flickr
when you look at your pics from flickr, that trailer of peppers don’t seem to be more than a 4.2 mtr
i worked for peppers these trailers are 15ft 4"
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
I know it’s a 15’3" bridge and its marked up as that on the bridge sign but that is at it’s highest pointI doubt very much that the bridge could be 16’ with a 15’3" marker sign up thats a 9’ difference
As it’s an arched bridge, the highest point is the top middle of the arch. However, because you have to take the width of the vehicle into account, they paint on the goal posts. The corners of the trailer will pass with a few inches to spare while the middle will probably have about 6"-2 feet spare depending on the curve of the arch. Oh and it’s a 9" difference, not 9’. 
Back to the main point though, we all make mistakes and to have one driver laugh at another for making a mistake and hitting the bridge ■■■■■■ me off.