Ok, the driver was " from Texas ". I'll bet the guy "No hable Englais " .
I've never understood how truckers can ram into bridges and tunnels. They sell atlases specifically for truckers. They give you height restrictions for major bridges and tunnels. Plus many of said tunnels have systems installed , flashing lights, hugh signs, etc , warning you well in advance of such restrictions.
As noted, this " super trucker " proceeded anyways, ignoring attempts to stop his dumbass.
Ok, the driver was “ from Texas “. I’ll bet the guy “No hable Englais “ .
My first reaction as well
Decorative ceiling tiles in a car tunnell?????????
I get it now, the driver was admiring the ceiling and didn't see the sign that said his trailer was too high.........That's to be expected.
He'd been driving for at least four years before the incident, and had a spotless safety record up to that point. Maybe he had never driven through a tunnel before.
misjudged my aching azz!!! there are SIGNS telling you the height limit and he SHOULD KNOW THE HEIGHT OF HIS TRUCK!!! it's arithmetic.
no haabala is my guess too...
Have you ever driven a rig like that in the Big Apple?
The sign says "Welcome to Manhattan", but the truck is empty. Did the cargo escape on foot?
Low clearance maps are not always accurate. Viaduct at 115th and Cottage Grove is listed as 13'6'' or better on the Low Clearance map for Chicago. The bridge is actually 12'8". Unless you drive here all the time you wouldn't know that.
Sometimes a viaduct is marked 13'6", then they repave the road and forget to remeasure and change the sign. Or an inch of compacted snow at the entrance to the viaduct can turn a 13'6" into a 13'5".
Bottom line though, the driver is responsible for every bridge he attempts to go under. G.O.A.L. Get Out And Look. No matter how many four wheelers you tick off.
But remember drivers, when asked by someone when you get stuck if you are stuck, just say, "Stuck? Heck no, I'm delivering a bridge".
And our president wants to open our borders to Mexican truckers.
If the shlub’s only been in the country for two months he’s probably still on the metric system, and doesn’t even know what the signs that give the height of the tunnel/underpass/bridge/whatever mean, much less how they apply to the truck he's driving.
The photo may be a comment about Mayor Bloomberg’s Presidential chances.
Yes, but the warnings were probably in English. The guy was from the Valley, where English is, at best, the second language. "of McAllen, Texas."
I did time in a truck years back and know personally that in New York city, they falsify the heights on bridges to keep trucks out of areas.
I remember first time I went there. I was stuck in an area that had a one way, they way I came, and three bridges. All said 13’0. I was sittin looking at my map, and all of a sudden another big truck come rollin by and right on past he went under the bridge. I got on the CB and asked him how high he was. He responded with 13’-6”.
I asked about the bridge, and all of a sudden 100 truckers come back at the same time and said, “This is New York Driver, they mark the bridges low so the majority of the Trucks do not go where they cannot get ordinances past”. I could not believe it. So, I fired up and drove my truck under the bridge marked 13’-0. I had several inches to spare...
So this may seem like a stupid thing here, but, I for one can understand that it may very well be another case of the driver not being 100% at fault here...
I'll also go out on a limb and guess that he thinks in meters not feet and inches.
Best Below 14'6"
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Guess it would help if I read the article...
Well, keep my post just in case you start a thread about this happenning with a bridge in New York... (Slithers away hoping not to be noticed!)
I'm sorry that is complete BS.
He certainly misjudged the height of the tunnel, which in itself is not that uncommon.
But, not to realize he was peeling off the entire roof of the trailer is nonsense.
He didn't care or was too afraid to stop
You know what caught my eye in that picture? The sign with Mayor Bloomingidiots and the other guys names on it. Every time there's an election, a new sign has to be made. It's a jobs program. What a waste of money.
It’s not that they don’t know English that’s the problem, it’s probably more because Mexico uses the Metric system.