Bridge Bashing Club.
This is the one that was hit twice in two hours earlier this year…
Bridge struck twice in one day - UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS / THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE) - Trucknet UK
Luckily the driver of the archaic artic outfit obviously didn’t think it’s only 2m high.Ironically the same problem then as now high trucks instead of longer trucks and lower trucks.Should be 4.0m clearance max.
Over 4.0 metres clearance required should be STGO movements.
These bridge strikes are seemingly occurring on a daily basis, what goes through a driver’s mind, how can it happen?
An atlas with bridge heights are available everywhere or online.
Or did Dave from the yard say it’s ok, used that route for years, just go steady , you will fit under it?
I only know one bloke who hit a bridge. He owned an R600 and had been working local, carting 44 gallon drums crossing town on multiple occasions over two days. On the last load on the second day, he had to place a 20’ container in the middle of his 40’ trailer, with 44s either end. Unfortunately, out of habit he took the short cut under the Boggo Rd. bridge.
No excuse, but I can see how easily it happened.
Good story SDU, where I used to work they had an an empty trailer storage yard with trailers of all different heights, as an example if the day driver, casual relief driver or an agency driver was assigned to do factory shunting all day using different trailers it was an accident waiting to happen.
On the route to the factory there are two low bridges, so they could easily forget they had a high trailer, being complacent could made a good day end very badly.