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How True :!:
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That must be one of those imported Norwegian truck drivers with difficulties to convert feet and inches to meters. ;)
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There's even a web site devoted to that sort of idiocy. It's good for a laugh every now and then.
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But my GPS said go straight - the instructions from Gennie Siri Alexa or whatever her name is !
"YES SKIRTING MATTERS"!
"Kilt-On" -or- as the case may be "Skirt-On" !
WHY ?
Isn't wearing a kilt enough?
Well a skirt will do in a pinch!
Make mine short and don't you dare think of pinching there !
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There is a railroad bridge in Augusta Ga. that has this problem at least 8 to 10 times a year.
The bridge has warning lights signs as well as very loud telltales before you get to the bridge telling you to take another route. The last time this happened it took two days to reopen the bridge to rail traffic (due to the inspections required by the state and feds.)the bridge was not damaged and a day and a half to reopen road traffic. The truck was totaled as the back came off in 2 pieces and spread its contents all over the road.
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In the 70s I rented a van, a Ford Transit, to make a trip to France and Italy. In one of the Italian places along the Mediterranean Sea, Arma di Taggia, I went under a railway viaduct. There a sign indicating the height of the ceiling. The first number had faded but at my side the opening was high enough for a big truck. I did not realize I was near the mountains and the road was climbing. When I was halfway, a little car came from the other side with lights flashing and the horn sounding. I was first, you impatient Italian, I was thinking and drove on slowly. Then I heard a crumbling screeching sound overhead. I drove back, parked and checked the damage. Just a few scratches and dents. The very vague number on the sign was a 1 (one) for sure.
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Last year the roof bars of my van grazed the height gauges at the entrances to car parks twice in two weeks.  One was in Buckinghamshire and the other was in Cornwall - but the cause in both cases was identical. The height of the gauge above the road surface was correct and the van should have gone through; however someone had decided to put road humps each side of it and these lifted both sets of wheels simultaneously, raising the van roof high enough to hit the gauge.
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pelmut wrote:[...] however someone had decided to put road humps each side of it and these lifted both sets of wheels simultaneously, raising the van roof high enough to hit the gauge.
Thereby nullifying the purpose and value of the warning device.

Are you folks hiring "traffic engineers" from the USA? If so, STOP. There's nothing but pain and suffering otherwise. You have been warned.
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Here's a link to a YouTube video of Britain's most bashed bridge in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
https://youtu.be/mNZUgkZ4BP8

It's been hit 113 (and counting!?) times since 2009. The video is from 2017.

There is a railway line over the bridge and a level crossing for tall vehicles alongside the bridge! :roll:

They've built a bypass road around the area of the low bridge now. :wink: :)
Ely Southern Bypass
The bypass opened in October 2018. :)
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That same photo has been frequently edited to change the words on the trailer. There are other versions of it around.
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Uncle Al wrote:How True :!:
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I drive trucks for a living,
I have seen my fair share of dumb stuff,
No one mess's with a big guy in kilt
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