Just came up on Twitter, be buggered if I can copy the link.
mobile.twitter.com/lichfieldbridge?lang=en
It’s so popular at getting him it’s got its own twitter account 
xichrisxi:
https://mobile.twitter.com/lichfieldbridge?lang=enIt’s so popular at getting him it’s got its own twitter account
I’m a follower.
bridge strike –@LichfieldBridge
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xichrisxi:
https://mobile.twitter.com/lichfieldbridge?lang=enIt’s so popular at getting him it’s got its own twitter account
I’m a follower.
Just don’t join the club
xichrisxi:
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xichrisxi:
https://mobile.twitter.com/lichfieldbridge?lang=enIt’s so popular at getting him it’s got its own twitter account
I’m a follower.
Just don’t join the club
Er no thanks it’s a one off membership.
What tf is going on exactly with some ‘‘drivers’’ today exactly??
Reading one of those tweets the public are now actually advising ‘‘professional drivers’’ to ‘‘Check their heights’’ before going under bridges. 
These pathetic, ■■■■ poor, sorry arsed, inept f/whits are really enhancing our reputation eh? 
Ban these effin knobheads for 2 years with a heavy fine, then re.test them and clean up the reputation of the industry. 
I wonder if anyone who has hit a bridge has ever kept his/her job… unless he/she is the owner of course. I presume the larger companies would have disciplinary procedures in place with dismissal the norm, but smaller family hauliers may react differently?
Why are some bridges frequently hit and other aren’t? There must be a reason behind that.
I always wonder if some bridge strikes are caused by drivers being told by other drivers or the office, yeah yeah yeah your fine to get under that bridge with that trailer. Others do it, or it’s been done before. But then all it takes is the road to be resurfaced or the driver running with the axle lifted or his air left up accidentally.
DickyNick:
Why are some bridges frequently hit and other aren’t? There must be a reason behind that.I always wonder if some bridge strikes are caused by drivers being told by other drivers or the office, yeah yeah yeah your fine to get under that bridge with that trailer. Others do it, or it’s been done before. But then all it takes is the road to be resurfaced or the driver running with the axle lifted or his air left up accidentally.
But that’s no excuse is it.
I don’t know about you, but if I had the least doubt whether or not it would ‘‘squeeze under’’, no matter what anybody said, I would still crawl under with head and shoulders out of window.
robroy:
DickyNick:
Why are some bridges frequently hit and other aren’t? There must be a reason behind that.I always wonder if some bridge strikes are caused by drivers being told by other drivers or the office, yeah yeah yeah your fine to get under that bridge with that trailer. Others do it, or it’s been done before. But then all it takes is the road to be resurfaced or the driver running with the axle lifted or his air left up accidentally.
But that’s no excuse is it.
I don’t know about you, but if I had the least doubt whether or not it would ‘‘squeeze under’’, no matter what anybody said, I would still crawl under with head and shoulders out of window.
Of course it’s not an excuse!
I’m just trying to think of any posssibke reasons why it happens. I would only attempt it if it was the only way to a drop that I know we’ve done before, and even then like you and double check the suspension level, and mid lift, and crawl under. If someone tells me I can go under but there is an alternative route I’ll take the alternative route.
At least it’ll fit next time!
Is this a hit and run? the tweet hints that it is. Disgraceful if it is.
cav551:
Is this a hit and run? the tweet hints that it is. Disgraceful if it is.
no, its just the unit and trailer are not sign written.
this bridge is 5 mins away from where I live and cant believe it gets hit as much as it does.
DickyNick:
Why are some bridges frequently hit and other aren’t? There must be a reason behind that.I always wonder if some bridge strikes are caused by drivers being told by other drivers or the office, yeah yeah yeah your fine to get under that bridge with that trailer. Others do it, or it’s been done before. But then all it takes is the road to be resurfaced or the driver running with the axle lifted or his air left up accidentally.
I think the reason is simply that there’s no advance warning of upcoming low bridges - they seem to assume everyone has a sat-nav that will direct them round the hazard. Lichfield is a perfect example; no advance warnings at the important turnings (e.g. by the school on the north side). All approaches should have signs telling drivers the way to the A51 and Rugeley and, importantly, why they can’t go through the town centre.
The other reason is just that we get to pull different trailers all the time - some companies have a rag-bag of different trailers, some 4.2m, some 4.5m, and sometimes people just forget. I go through Litchfield for Amazon and I never have a low trailer so I always go along Clappers Lane but I can understand if it’s your fifth trailer that day.
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But whether it’s your 5th or 15th trailer that day it’s part of driving artics to know what the height is. If it’s not marked on the trailer, then ask. If no one knows then either drive everywhere with the assumption you are 16ft, otherwise tell the office you’re refusing to take it until someone can confirm the height.
DickyNick:
But whether it’s your 5th or 15th trailer that day it’s part of driving artics to know what the height is. If it’s not marked on the trailer, then ask. If no one knows then either drive everywhere with the assumption you are 16ft, otherwise tell the office you’re refusing to take it until someone can confirm the height.
Or get a tape measure out and check it yourself.
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El Deano:
Or get a tape measure out and check it yourself.
The trailer I’ve got on right now says 14’ 9" on the headboard but I measured it this morning and it’s 15’ 3" so there’s a ■■■ storm waiting to happen.
El Deano:
DickyNick:
But whether it’s your 5th or 15th trailer that day it’s part of driving artics to know what the height is. If it’s not marked on the trailer, then ask. If no one knows then either drive everywhere with the assumption you are 16ft, otherwise tell the office you’re refusing to take it until someone can confirm the height.Or get a tape measure out and check it yourself.
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You certainly could. Personally I don’t carry a tape measure, and I don’t think I’m in the minority there, I’d guess I’m in the majority.
I’ve picked up a trailer once where the height wasn’t marked on it. I was 400 miles from base, no tape measure, I asked someone from the company who owned the trailer (a clueless manager it was) his answer was I’m not sure, it’s only a low one though…that was a manager. I could see the height of the trailer in comparison to the unit it was probably a little over 14ft but definitely under 15ft. But as I was unsure I set my height indicator and sat nav to 16ft to ensure no bridge could catch me out.
robroy:
What tf is going on exactly with some ‘‘drivers’’ today exactly??
Reading one of those tweets the public are now actually advising ‘‘professional drivers’’ to ‘‘Check their heights’’ before going under bridges.
These pathetic, ■■■■ poor, sorry arsed, inept f/whits are really enhancing our reputation eh?
Ban these effin knobheads for 2 years with a heavy fine, then re.test them and clean up the reputation of the industry.
Rob, if you want to bring your p.i.s.s. to a nice rolling boil then click the twitter link and scroll down a little to a clip that you can play even if you’re not on twitter, it’s some local radio bod doing a piece about the bridge always being hit when it gets hit as he’s recording, he grabbed the driver for a word…yep, you guessed it, he didn’t see the signs and it was his first time down that road 