Bridges will and always will be an issue for as long as incompetence exists amongst drivers. Aside from the fact it should be marked it doesn’t take much to glance, anyone worth their salt with a little spacial awareness should be able to look and go “bugger that’s low”. Sometimes though signs on route are so poor or non existent that your not to blame for suddenly being faced by a low bridge.
That being said however I always carry a tape measure and on the rural roads if it’s quiet have measured bridges. I came accords one last year marked as 14”6 but when I measured it was closer to 15”6 so it does go both ways.
IronEddie:
I don’t get it. The height has to be displayed in the cab and driver should check.
If using a truck sat nav or map you can route to avoid low bridges.
If you still happen upon one it’s usually signed on approach and the bridge will be signed. So you stop and turn around. Appreciate that’s not always easy but better than hitting the bridge surely?
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Not always easy, it’s not always possible sometimes without having to call the police to close the road to let you back up. I’m not saying that’s an excuse to just go for it and hope you’ll get under, but just saying
Rowley, you are really missing the point here , along with a lot of other posters I must add!
You shouldn’t be at “the point of”…
Not being able to turn around,
Looking for a place to turn around,
Having to reverse for however many yards/metres/miles/kms to find that point
Having to call the police to hold up the traffic while you turn around because you’re stuck
It’s moronic to actually get into that situation in the first place!!
Really? I’ve driven down roads before that had no warning at the end of a low bridge and nowhere to turn round. I knew I was ok from my map. But what if your in a diversion or just got lost and you’ve not been able to stop yet due to red routes or the fact you’d just block the whole road If you did. All adds up to a potential stressful situation.
There are 2 categories here.
Te guys who ■■■■ up, maybe take the wrong road by mistake, or even come up against a bridge while trying to re.route around another (done that before)
and
The oblivious ones who do not notice signs, warnings…and the actual bridge, and just teararse through it.
The latter are the '‘Stupid lorry drivers’ as thread title.
There is a world of difference.
The moose:
Bridges will and always will be an issue for as long as incompetence exists amongst drivers. Aside from the fact it should be marked it doesn’t take much to glance, anyone worth their salt with a little spacial awareness should be able to look and go “bugger that’s low”. Sometimes though signs on route are so poor or non existent that your not to blame for suddenly being faced by a low bridge.
That being said however I always carry a tape measure and on the rural roads if it’s quiet have measured bridges. I came accords one last year marked as 14”6 but when I measured it was closer to 15”6 so it does go both ways.
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How did you manage to determine the lowest part of the bridge, and measure that?
toda152010:
going on by wrong height in st marys platt there is also a bridge marked up 15ft or 4.4m so which height do you listen to i decided to go around when i phone the local council and asked what the height was they couldnt tell me other then what the sign said and after pointing out it was wrong i got the old nothing to do with us bs
The railway bridge on the A25 is marked at 4.5m, not 4.4m…
And to prove my point about drivers for the bigger companies paying no attention to either their height or all the H & S posters, at 04.45 this morning there is Mr DHL trying to get an overheight trailer through the left hand Dartford Tunnel. No matter which yard he has come from there will be pictures of previous DHL bridge strikes, posters warning of bridge strikes as well as a chart doing the height conversions for him plastered all over the walls of his transport office, might as well just up posters saying “you don’t have to be an idiot to work here but we’ll employ you if you are”.
m1cks:
the Ruislip was a 16’2 trailer under a marked 15’ bridge. Most surprising thing was that it went all the way through. The power of the agency driver
There’s a bridge on the A77 southbound near Maybole in Ayrshire marked 14’ 3" & we can get a 16’ 2" decker thru it. Northbound it’s marked 16’ 4"
The moose:
Bridges will and always will be an issue for as long as incompetence exists amongst drivers. Aside from the fact it should be marked it doesn’t take much to glance, anyone worth their salt with a little spacial awareness should be able to look and go “bugger that’s low”. Sometimes though signs on route are so poor or non existent that your not to blame for suddenly being faced by a low bridge.
That being said however I always carry a tape measure and on the rural roads if it’s quiet have measured bridges. I came accords one last year marked as 14”6 but when I measured it was closer to 15”6 so it does go both ways.
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How did you manage to determine the lowest part of the bridge, and measure that?
I just took what I perceived to be the lowest part. Given I’m 14”10 on average and it was easily 15”6 at the lowest perceived point. I did take about 3 measurements though.
toda152010:
even so 4.5 m is not 15ft i blame fat fingers for pushing wrong button but ether way point is valid which one is correct
They are both correct. The method used to arrive at the figure to be painted on the sign is different for metric and imperial units (mainly due to the metric signs going in increments of 100cm (or 4 inches) while the imperial signs are marked in increments of 3"). A 15 foot trailer will safely pass under it, as will a 4.5m trailer.
toda152010:
even so 4.5 m is not 15ft i blame fat fingers for pushing wrong button but ether way point is valid which one is correct
They are both correct. The method used to arrive at the figure to be painted on the sign is different for metric and imperial units (mainly due to the metric signs going in increments of 10cm (or 4 inches) while the imperial signs are marked in increments of 3"). A 15 foot trailer will safely pass under it, as will a 4.5m trailer.
toda152010:
even so 4.5 m is not 15ft i blame fat fingers for pushing wrong button but ether way point is valid which one is correct
They are both correct. The method used to arrive at the figure to be painted on the sign is different for metric and imperial units (mainly due to the metric signs going in increments of 100cm (or 4 inches) while the imperial signs are marked in increments of 3"). A 15 foot trailer will safely pass under it, as will a 4.5m trailer…
well every days a learning day but i still rather be on the safe side and go around we run 4.55m trailers or 14ft 11 better to be safe then sorry in my book saves me explaining if i was to go under it and catch it imo i wont go near anything less then 4.6m or 15ft corrispoding
and just teararse through it.
