The linked article from Today's Wall Street Journal is tangential, but "three a day" pass over this structure. Read and watch what happens with all too many that pass under:
While I admit to having "taken 30" on one, the remaining five mishaps I've had coming to mind, were pure and simple negligence by another party that all "took 100".
Posted by yukon11 (Member # 2997) on :
This past summer, it was determined that the newest French SNCF passenger trains could not pass through Italian tunnels. The clearance, of the Italian tunnels, is just a few millimeters too low for the French trains.
Richard
Posted by Vincent206 (Member # 15447) on :
"The Difference Between Stupidity and Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits" attributed to Einstein, Dumas and others
It seems that a "bang bar" is needed somewhere before the bridge. Bang bars are those light weight tubes that hang above the roadway and make a loud noise when struck but they do little damage to the vehicle. I also wonder how many of those drivers are blindly following GPS directions without remembering the height of their vehicle. Maybe the insurance companies would be willing to chip in and buy a bang bar for that underpass.
I frequently pass under an old MILW railroad bridge that is barely 8' above the roadway. That underpass, however, is clearly marked and protected so that accidents are rare.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Mr. Vincent, with insurance, we all pay for the idiots out there; that's just how insurance works. It's no free lunch; it's simply a pooling of risk arising from specified perils.
But I would think, as apparently you do, that whatever authority has jurisdiction of that over/underpass, they would accept that underpass is costing society as a whole and address the matter.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
NBC Nightly News aired a segment this evening on the mishaps at the underpass.