Years ago I worked at a cold storage warehouse in Los Angeles, and more than one driver told me about hating to get into certain parts of the Chicago warehouse district....seems some bridges had low clearance, and some rigs would have to do the tire deflating thing to get in and out.
HUGE SIGNS...FLASHING YELLOW LIGHTS...POLICE BULL HORN
Then I think back to when the CDL first came into effect. They had to offer VERBAL CDL testing down in Philadelphia. Previous comments well taken...no se habla, engrish.
Every driver thats been on the road in NNJ KNOWS you gotta go in one of the bridges if you are 13’6” (normal height of 95% of box trailers).
I’m just wondering if this was a dry run for something else. The trailer appeared empty. Trailers don’t go INTO Manhattan empty.....any moron over 5 could have heard the trailer peeling back...not to mention the increased load of dragging the ceiling of the tunnel.
Folks, stay the hell away from trucks..times have changed..the white knights are mostly gone. They let ANYONE drive 80K lbs. down the highway now...
The majority of CDL holders get around fine, but since Boston's a big educational center, you get all the out-of-towners moving in for the school year, and those with their rent-a-trucks make life miserable for everybody, failing to plan out the route.
I heard one story about a daughter of a computer biz giant doing just that.
Do those sat navigation companies take into account clearance restrictions when giving you directions? (snow and repaving excluded, of course)