What idiot designed arched bridges

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What kind of idiot canā€™t read a height sign and know the height his vehicle is and then hit an arched bridge that has probably been there for a long long time.

I bet a custard cream that wouldā€™ve fitted if heā€™d drive down the middle. The middle with the painted lines. Plum

I know maybe the same guy that cant see dotcom vans :smiley: :smiley: :laughing: :laughing: :wink:

Colin_scottish:
I know maybe the same guy that cant see dotcom vans :smiley: :smiley: :laughing: :laughing: :wink:

ā€¦ or tower cranes :wink:

Dare I say it; the person who designed the arched bridge was far from being an idiot.

Steve-o:
Dare I say it; the person who designed the arched bridge was far from being an idiot.

Indeed you may say it. Iā€™d go so far as calling them a genius that changed the world. Who did invent them? Was it one person?

Should read ā€œWhich idiot drives into Arched Bridgesā€ or any for that matter.
Bit like the arched bridge at Churchbridge Island in Cannock been whacked on many an occasion few stuck under there aswell.

Goes from 13ā€™3 to 8ā€™6 if you stay in lane.

switchlogic:

Steve-o:
Dare I say it; the person who designed the arched bridge was far from being an idiot.

Indeed you may say it. Iā€™d go so far as calling them a genius that changed the world. Who did invent them? Was it one person?

Ancient Greeks, perfected by the Romans.

What have the Romans ever done for usā€¦

Steve-o:
Dare I say it; the person who designed the arched bridge was far from being an idiot.

I guess many an arched shape bridge will outlast many modern day bridges.

Why donā€™t they make trucks with arched roofs ?

or may be a special test to see if the potential driver has understanding of shapes

start at 8:47
youtu.be/ZWPBj4xiNRk?list=PLPYc ā€¦ OczS&t=527

Yeah, I mean, whether it be ancient greeks, romans, or even Victorians, they should have foreseen the advent of modern day articulated lorries. What utter muppets.

peterm:
Why donā€™t they make trucks with arched roofs ?

Like the East Riding double decker buses that were routed through the arch at Beverley?

they have worked ok for hundreds of years, its just recently that idiots have discovered them

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Why donā€™t they make trucks with arched roofs ?

Ripponden and District did have trucks with arched roofs in order to get through the arched entrances to mils in Yorkshire.

Isnā€™t a truck with an arched roof called a tanker?

Some of the early railway engineers werenā€™t idiots, they built a viaduct down south where the piers were just the right distance apart to get the M25 through, and similarly near Stockport thereā€™s another where the M60 fits through a treat. :laughing:

AndieHyde:

switchlogic:

Steve-o:
Dare I say it; the person who designed the arched bridge was far from being an idiot.

Indeed you may say it. Iā€™d go so far as calling them a genius that changed the world. Who did invent them? Was it one person?

Ancient Greeks, perfected by the Romans.

What have the Romans ever done for usā€¦

theres similar arched bridges in edinburgh on the rail approach to waverly station underneath the castle.though the logic of why anyone would want to build a castle on top of a railway station somewhat escapes meā€¦ :confused:
after doing some research ive discovered it was the irish that invented them by accident as being irish they are masters of all aspects of shovellingā€¦they were designed as underpasses but by the time the drawings reached the site,they had them upside down,and voila!!!,the arched bridge was duly invented. :slight_smile:

Who is the idiot?

The bloke who designed a bridge which has stayed standing for hundreds of years and it was designed before any vehicle that heavy was around yet many can still withstand hundreds of tons on it at any one time all day long.

Or

The driver who ignores or misses road signs, follows a car sat nav when driving a truck, hes heard in an rdc waiting room that someone has seen a double decker go under that 13 foot bridge so it will be reet, or he canā€™t move to the middle of the road for an arch which he can get under.

Whoā€™s the real idiot there??