Another big rig strikes rail bridge, despite warnings as officials struggle for solutions
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2024
- A truck strikes the rail bridge again, despite warning signs and it's not the first time this week or this year.
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Is this the new 11foot8 bridge's rival?
Chicago is a truckers nightmare! Been there and did that!
@@geraldboykin6159 Have you ever encountered a railroad crossing with a "rough crossing" warning sign in Chicago?
@@trentpettit6336 : True Story - I had a co driver who was drinking Budweiser as we delivered 40,000 lbs of imported flowers. When he hit the 12' 6" bridge, I took has six pack and threw it in the embanked on the road guard rails. We had a hole in our trailer as the Thermoking sagged. While on the West Side waiting for repairs on the trailer. The guy pulls out a 12 pack from the emergency box on the tractor. I join the Budweiser party and we got back to Florida.
Been a fan of his for years!
It's even 12'6" like our old friend!
If you’re going to install a steel bumper bar before the bridge make sure you build it LOWER than the bridge, not higher.
The road curves vertically some there - it might actually be lower, but as the truck advances and rotates, the midsection rises into the bridge. Call it 'high centering from above'.
They should have also intalled it 30-50 feet before the bridge so they have time to stop before they hit the actual bridge.
The chinese have figured that one out...the warning bar also serves as a device to stop trucks cold...
@@Relkond doesnt change the math of 12' 6" to 13' 6" magically...
As a somewhat* recent video of the can opener bridge shows (garbage truck vs bridge), a breaker bar isn't enough to stop some trucks.
(* within the last two months
I'm telling your right now, based on the results at another famous crossing, that all the signs, flashing lights, and warnings in the world won't stop this from happening.
Can't argue with you.
The funniest ones are the big fancy rv’s when they get their ac units scraped off. Many times it looks like they don’t even stop, just keep on driving, ignoring it will mean it didn’t happen.
Australia actually came up with a potential solution they're using on a low-clearance tunnel: a brightly illuminated water curtain that turns on to create a visual barrier and project a giant sign against it.
It bugs me that the 11’8” bridge light up sign says “OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN”. That doesn’t convey “This means you!”, if a driver notices it, they may think it’s just a general warning like “slippery when wet”.
@@waffle911 that’s a great idea, but here the water would freeze in the winter, creating a hazard. A lot of these cases, the vehicles are actually speeding and either barely make the intersection on the yellow, or are running a red light. The solution is for everyone to just slow down and pay attention. “Put the damn phone down”
When I first started trucking about 14 months ago, I knew I was 13'6". I came across a bridge marked 13'6" near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Unfortately, the only sign that I saw was after the last possible point I couldn't made a turn to avoid it. From my vantage point after I cleared the last intersection, it did not look like I was going to clear the bridge. So I called local police, and they were able to send 2 cars out to block traffic at the 2 intersections on either side of me so that I was able to execute a u-turn and be back on my way. From start to finish, the ordeal lasted only about 30 minutes. Moral of the story, better to be safe than sorry.
If it's marked 13'6" you will fit. I'm surprised the local law didn't tell you that.
@@Notthisguyeither they didn't. But it was a rookie mistake.
@@Notthisguyeither Don't count on it. One of the bridges below Erie Ave., B St. I think it was, used to get trucks stuck quite regularly when I was a kid. If you went under the bridge and measured it, you'd get exactly what the sign said but still get trucks a couple of inches shorter than that would get stuck. The problem was that the road went up in both directions away from the bridge. The trailer would clear the bridge going in, but as the truck started rising on the other side the trailer would be pushed up into the bridge. The longer the trailer, the worse off they were. The cops eventually knew it and would just let air out of the rear trailer tires and reverse the truck out if they hadn't hit going too fast and wedged themselves.
The light was green , but I wasn't sure I could go on green , so I stopped and called the police.... and they actually let me continue to have driving privileges...have YOU actually ever measured your vehicle..you might be surprised
@@JamesWest-iu4jx we were all rookies once ;)
Did anyone see the little kid, he knew it was about to go down 😆
Thanks for pointing it out! 👍🏻
happens so often they knew lol
"Six times this year..."
Averaging about once per month -- it rivals the 12'4" "can opener" bridge in NC.
These truckers are following there GPS and not paying attention to the signs
You may be right. But that is no excuse. There are apps one can add to their GPS for truckers that shows low clearances and bridges with weight restrictions. But anyone stupid enough not to see all these warnings, probably has no clue how to add it on their system.
A good trucker GPS should stop 98% of this but if you're using your phone and Google Maps you can easily get screwed up as it always assumes you're driving a car. Still you gotta know where you're going and should take a few minutes to review the route along with any potential conflicts before ever even moving the truck.
@@thud9797 If you are driving a big rig ( CDL required ) and using your phone, you are already breaking the law. You can lose your CDL if caught doing so, in all States.
Their* 🤓
@@dallasarnold8615
Oh yeah for sure, you can't be playing with your phone going down rhe road. But before any trip while still parked, I review the route on Google Maps looking for potential conflicts like bridges, railroad tracks,, etc. and then set the phone in it's mount so it can serve as a backup and to give traffic warnings. You obviously want to follow the truck route from your GPS and Google is just a backup and can help if your GPS drops out. You should already basically know your route anyway so the phone is just a quick confirmation you're on the right road.
Even the two little kids knew he wasn't going to fit underneath that bridge. 😅
Thats funny!!!
Exactlyyyy
Ron White famously said "You can't fix stupid..."
@youtubeobserverz - No, but you can catch it under a bridge!🤣🤣🤣
Why try😅
Durham, NC: "First time?"
Join the club!
I've been to Gregson St, it's a legend! 😀
As we've seen with the 11'8+8 bridge, adding warning signs (including one that flashes if you're over height) won't solve the issue. There's a low bridge in ny hometown. Not even closing that roaf to truck traffic solved the issue.
TBF: that 11'8+8 bridge has only had one good peal since they raised it.
@@jamesphillips2285 It has had plenty of good peels since being raised.
Why can’t they just move that big yellow bar about 100ft away from the bridge so a trucker will hit that first and it would be much easier to clear that, a couple bolts and the trailer is freed, it’s much more work to in wedge a trailer from a bridge.
Ex Trucker here, there is absolutely no excuse for this, it is well marked, guess he or she cannot read English, and, warnings or not, you can tell just by looking at the overpass that’s it’s too low for a trailer that is 13’6 high! Dumb!
Most drivers now can't read or speak English. Let's thank the politicians.
Following a GPS.
@@jimbeam2705that’s your personal feelings. GPS comes in all languages and numbers are universal. Absolutely zero excuse for this trucker. It’s not 1954 anymore. Get back in the shed , Jeb.
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt Yup, they don’t know how to read a paper map, GPS is a joke, prolly not the one for big trucks!
@@workedfortheciawhenisoldrockit doesnt have to be 1954 to call out an extremely obviously FACT. Grow up and smell the coffee
Those kids on the side walk knew what was about to happen lol.
Crazy how the kids were more aware of the possibility than the guy driving it.
True 😂
He’s not stuck, he’s delivering a bridge!
The little kid knew he wasn't going to make it.
How stupid can you be the company and the driver Should be fine a lot of money
When many drivers come from third world countries and can't speak or read English.
You can fine him all you want but it doesn’t fix the issue.
They hire all these illegals to haul freight
The company found out about the drivers error AFTER it happened.
Not their fault. It’s HIS FAULT.
Should lose their license, they are clearly incompetent
Another steering wheel holder who can't read and uses a non- truck GPS or waze for navigation.
All “truck” nav is based on Google and other car mapping. It doesn’t work either. It catches some things but not everything even if you constantly update it. And BTW, that bridge height sign is not in English. It’s a symbol with Arabic numerals.
@@timtravels116Well all I can tell you is that my updated Garmin dezl 770 and common sense and being well able to read signs have kept me from doing this for 36 years. And I'm not buying that the bridge was not properly marked it must be by law. Also there are signs on that street with respect to the bridge. We drove around for years with good old Rand McNally atlas's. Bottom line where ever you drive you need to keep your head on swivel especially in the old large cities.
The truck is hauling freight from North Carolina, the home of the famous 11'-8" bridge. LOL
Everyone gets a CDL 😮
Right? 18 year olds can drive across state lines and the whole lower 48. Absolutely insane
The best drivers that can be bought
With cash
Same thing in Canada. They give out Class 1 (our license needed for a truck and trailer) to anyone and they hit bridges all the time.
What most people don’t understand is. It’s distracted driving. Cell phones and other devices. The driver can’t see past his own windshield. As long as electronic devices are allowed in the cab of the truck, this will continue to happen.
One of the first questions on written CDL test is knowing the height of your vehicle- then your road test, the instructor will ask before you start "what is the height of your vehicle?" Somewhere somehow this is not panning out for some reason
Have you been in a drivers exam I when to get a motorcycle learners permit the guy next to me was taking the drivers written exam
There was some one reading the question to him and I think him the answers it was possibly Russian
How in hell can someone get a driver's license and operate a two thousand pound or more vehicle and can't read or speak the language and if you tell me it's for ID you don't need a license the state issues a ID cards
@@douglaskerr6813 That's krazzy.. Maybe they r lowering the standards and requirements- i don't know
@@negansstuntdouble1777When I was taking my test they had a woman taking the test in there that was illiterate. So this doesn't surprise me.
My CDL was nothing but questions about drinking and driving.....
The Norfolk Southern-Gregson Street Overpass (formerly 11 foot 8 bridge) has a light that cycles to red and sign warning too tall yet still takes hits. People won't pay attention at all.
If they put up a giant sign that flashes to warn oversized drivers and inform them to turn, it will only take 2-5 years for them to understand. 11'8"+8" sends its love.
Isn't that our old friend the 11'8" bridge (now 12' 6")? If so there is even a flashing sign saying over height! Wait, it's not, it's another one! YES!
Don't waste your money on more warnings, they'll get ignored too.
NO! It is a different bridge.
@@harold1098 excellent!
The owner of the pub must pust a camera to see all the crashes! He could make some money too!
12’4” actually.
1:05 kid knew
They follow a GPS which is not for commercial use! Just plain stupid!
Aaaaaand that is a very large part of the problem. The truck and RV-specific GPS costs anywhere from 300 to 500 bucks, (Garmin) while a passenger vehicle GPS only costs about $100 to $150. A truck/RV GPS will have these low clearance bridges programmed into it so as to route AROUND the low clearance areas.
I use a Garmin dezl GPS. You input the height of your vehicle (and anyone with a CDL SHOULD - key word - know that the height of a standard 53' box trailer is 13 ft 6 in.) and the Garmin routes you around the low clearance areas.
The days of the professional driver are coming to an end they need more and higher penalties refund traffic control with tickets and fines.
My advice: Do NOT raise the bridge or lower the street below!
Lower that beam to approximately 9ft above street level.
Yes, you read that right: NINE feet!
THAT you can't unsee!
11foot 8 bridge...you'll NEVER stop people from running into it.
He said the truck was from North Carolina. It saw the low bridge sign and got all excited that it was in Durham.
In Sydney Australia heavy fines for truckers doing this have reduced this problem significantly!
Truckers so confident in their skills they can fit a 14' high truck under a 12' 6" bridge. That's not confidence, it's called delusion.
Trucker here most of the people with CDLs should not even have drivers licenses they tailgate drive aggressively and alot of them cant read the signs
Ban the rigs from using the road until a safety system is installed. Safety system is to vaporize any truck over the clearance gets vaporized a few seconds before it hits the bridge.
The impact knocked the driver's sandals off 😂
We used to have a massive bridge like this here in Minneapolis. It was near the end of the line at the passenger station. With the demise of passenger rail, the tracks were no longer needed, so they removed it. Unfortunately this bridge and others like it are on the main lines, and are very expensive to regrade/rebuild. The road can’t be lowered because of all the utilities buried under the road. So it’s entertainment for most, headaches for the locals. Checkout the “Can opener bridge” videos here in RUclips.
Learn from 11'8, electronic signs won't help. Noise warning probably won't help either.
I’m going to say the thing no one wants to, but trucking companies need to make sure their drivers can read.
I drove truck 33 years and never topped a trailer there is no excuse for driving under something lower than your truck 🤯 and it doesn't matter if it is marked or not your job depends on you knowing your truck and that means how big it is ✌️
Ahh... It would seem that the "Can Opener Bridge" has some competition.
Another so called "professional"driver who shouldnt have a cdl.There are many truckers who shouldnt have a cdl just like to many 4 wheelers who shouldnt have a license.
Rt420 means trucks can use it. Dig the roadway or raise the bridge.
Huh? It's clearly marked 12'6" and truck needs at least 13'6". Doubt they're gonna do anything, truckers gotta check the route and avoid low bridges. When you are planning your route on google satellite view any railroad crossing over a road is an immediate red flag as most especially in the northeast are low, that's just common sense 101 but unfortunately it seems to be lacking today.
I blame the bridges parents! Someone needs to be held accountable! What an entitled bridge!
I drove a truck across Canada and the USA for 45 yrs. I do not understand how this can happen, you know the trailer is 13'6" in height, anything under that height, you won't fit. It's grade school mathematics.
State route 420?!? Well there’s your problem!
If only there were an app for truckers that would plot a route based on the height of their vehicles.
Help, step-trucker . I'm stuck under a bridge!
In Chicago, they lowered the street when trucks kept getting stuck under the bridge.
We need better cameras closer to the bridge.
“I can’t make people pay more attention”
That’s the sad truth, living in a free country means you have limited options to make people do things the way you want
We have this same issue here in Augusta Georgia, it's the Olive Road bridge/overpass.
The struggle to find good truck drivers!
That 12/2 sign looks like it could be partially obscured by the street signs especially if your approaching fast in a truck and not paying close attention, they just need a bigger sign that says "warning" low clearance and they should place it before the intersection so trucks have the option to turn.
There is no approaching fast on this road. Very heavy traffic passing through a small town. Totally truckers fault. I live here.
The 11'8 bridge in Durham, NC, provides the evidence that this approach also does not work. Laser height detectors to turn the light red and activate flashing signs warning that the driver will not fit, multiple clearance signs, the yellow bar, etc, etc, INCLUDING raising the bridge have failed to prevent people destroying their vehicles and weeding themselves in.
I know this overpass. It's pretty obvious that it's too low
@@dinkeeinvestmentsllc6428 In this day and age i feel like nothing is obvious anymore, maybe they should install a giant green neon hand pointing to the height clearance sign.
"Cost is a concern…"
What's the cost of removing all these trucks? What's the cost to the town's economy?
No one listens to warning signs. They need a physical warning.
This is unacceptable!!!
My mans went clean past the height clearance sign
3 minutes to communicate what 5 slides and 10 seconds of video could convey. How do people survive these broadcasts?
Do what the 11' 8 bridge did.
I- beam as a shear bar in front of the bridge. It peals the top of the truck off so the truck can fit.
They also added an overheight warning system, traffic light tuns red and signs warn you that you are overheight , which caused the trucks to drive faster to beat the red light. Which produces great videos .before the early warning system the trucks would slow down and check to see if they could fit. Now they floor it.
They even tried raising the bridge. Triuckers outsmarted the city and ran out and bought taller trucks.
🤣🤣🤣
We've all made mistakes, but I've never done anything this stupid.
It’s a state route 420 that’s why truckers go that was they should rase the bridge or dig the roadway down so it’s 13’6!!
Up until a few years back, this bridge was 11' 8". The RR raised the bridge. For them to raise it more would take a huge effort, raising the grade starting at least a half mile back from the bridge, changing the abutments/supports...the street would get closed down for a couple months while all that took place. In reality it would be the street that would have to be changed since the RR would state that the tracks were there first, and the Feds would back the RR.
@@sheldonshogrin6736 No it is a different bridge. This is in Pennsylvania, the former 11-8 bridge is in North Carolina.
This seems like something a trucking phone app alert would be able to resolve- emitting a warning sound when approaching a bridge lower than the trucks clearance height.
I remember waiting to get loaded at a dock, some dude pulled up barely speaking english asking me to show him how to back up, I just thought 'how did you even made it this far'.
Maybe prevent truckers from going under that bridge? 😐
I got a low bridge in Chicago too. Fortunately i was able to back from under the bridge
"Recalculating!"
phila,Boston , NYC, baltimore many more in the northeast,NYC road are hardest to drive
The bridge needs to change.
It's time.
They keep trying to prove the bridge engineers wrong!
How have they not tried lowering the road level under the bridge?
Hell Yeah, brother!
The can opener strikes again 😊
At the previous junction where a big rig can turn and take a detour, redesign the road with big kerbs that a car can fit through but not a big rig to stop them at the junction, and force them to take a lane that detours them away from the bridge.
Happened in my small town many years ago. They lowered the road to rectify the issue. Was a railroad track bridge.
All across the nation, local and state governemnts spend millions upon millions to improve roads. But they never spend a dime escavating under these old bridges.
Why are we bringing firewood from North Carolina? That’s ok but if you go camping and bring wood from your back yard that’s a no no
It looks like the bridge got hit harder than the bumper bar
that business owner should file claims against the truck drivers for loss of income.
Or who made the bridge too low
Looks like the “Can Opener” in Raleigh, NC has a twin.
Good luck. This setup is similar to the 11-foot-8+8 Bridge.
That bridge has been raised (it uses to just be called the 11-foot-8 Bridge), and it's had a traffic signal installed that's hooked up to s sensor that senses overheight vehicles. The sensor turns the signal red for a full minute, and causes a sign attached to the signal to turn on and say "OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN". And it has a steel crash beam positioned in front of the bridge.
We still get to see uploads of crashes on the bridge's RUclips channel.
Put a stop sign there. Problem solved.
Put a sign across the road at the exact height, 100 feet before the bridge. Problem solved.
I know that bridge its been happening for years there, trucks used to hit it all the time years back not surprised to hear about it again.
If nobody noticed, there's a big rig stopped and apparently abandoned on the other side of the bridge.
As someone noted, there's GPS specifically for cars and trucks.
THIS isn't for trucks.
1:50 so in other words:
Hey, hes a big time twuck dwivuh... hes got places to be, hes a super trucker he dont care about bridge strikes, it shouldve been out of his way
Also at least it wasn't swift...
2:46 because of course they do with CMVs, why cant they leave it alone? Just give him a ticket for hitting the bridge and move on? But no. We gotta be all up and do lvl1 inspection
Just put the sign on the Bridge I’ve seen it done in NJ and yes I’m a truck driver.
Bet these are the same type of truckers who have "Over Size Load" Banner *while having no load*
Can't be worse than the Work Conveys that have their arrows on just because. It's like they start traffic for no reason.
Depending on drainage and what underground services are there lowering the road surface a few feet might be the practical solution, but that hill on one side of the bridge makes the grade awkward.
Theres a bridge in Radnor on KOP road where they installed "clankers" to let the morons know their trucks are too high.
What good is that bumper bar if it’s higher up that the bottom of the bridge. The trucks should be hitting that bar before the bridge so the bridge doesn’t get damaged from the impact.
Why just why and how does this happen.
Big sign on bridge "NO SEMI-TRUCKS". Shouldn't cost that much.
but it won't work
This useless cop having an opinion..smh.
First, the signage sucks. It could, and should be much clearer.
Second : the bumperbar hangs 2yards in front of the bridge. So no time to react to that.
Third : it's a busy and difficult intersection with lots going on that already requires your attention.
Fourth : they should just dig out the road a bit, so any truck not surpassing the normal height-limit can pass.
I mean this is for uears and years now. If on a daily base people keep jamming their truck under that bridge it's hard to blame the people, obviously the infrastructure is messed up. 😊
Bridge engineers behind the wheel, forget elevations.
Or just dig out the road to increase the clearence of the bridge. This is a hazard that will continue to be a problem. Why not remove the hazard and build better? Same as putting roundabouts or speed bumps in the high speed areas.
BIG HUGE SIGN ACROSS THAT BRIDGE THAT SAYS NO TRUCKS ABOVE 10FEET PERIOD!!! BUMPER needs to be further ahead and at 12feet so soon as they hit it... they can stop. Also, 2k fine to the driver who does it. It will stop. Word will spread.
Just move the yellow bar 50 ft before the bridge.
U have one small sign Right before the bridge, that says 12,6. You, you need multiple signs or one giant sign right at the bridge. It says NO TRUCKS
Take their CDL... Problem solved
What I've learned happens, bridges are under estimated in height and vehicles are overestimated in height. The trucker generally knows this and accepts that they have up to a foot more room than it says. how they use this information is the problem. Many assume they can still make it if they're only slightly over on the numbers. This is how they get caught out. It's not that they were unaware of the potential. They were not entirely oblivious. They didn't use proper caution.