04-09-2010, 08:05 PM
Mmmm - it seems to me that it might be a good idea to put up a second telltale maybe 100 yards further left on the route that goes straight through the intersection. Several of those trucks does hit the telltale right next to the bridge, but by that time they are traveling too fast to stop before they also hit the bridge.
And yes - in principle, drivers (especially drivers of taller vehicles) who do not pay attention to clearance signs are idiots.
And there is no guarantee that an idiot won't ignore the bang of his truck hitting a telltale and just continue straight ahead at speed, hitting the bridge after all.
But it is a relatively low cost alternative (compared to lowering the road under the bridge and dealing with drainage issues with regards to that, or to raising the railroad bridge and railroad bridge approaches).
And there must have been way too many hits there, for them to have compiled footage of this many truck vs bridge situations.
Aaaargh - I must have been an engineer for too long. Can't even just think "what morons!" without starting to think "how could that be improved?". :oops:
Stein
And yes - in principle, drivers (especially drivers of taller vehicles) who do not pay attention to clearance signs are idiots.
And there is no guarantee that an idiot won't ignore the bang of his truck hitting a telltale and just continue straight ahead at speed, hitting the bridge after all.
But it is a relatively low cost alternative (compared to lowering the road under the bridge and dealing with drainage issues with regards to that, or to raising the railroad bridge and railroad bridge approaches).
And there must have been way too many hits there, for them to have compiled footage of this many truck vs bridge situations.
Aaaargh - I must have been an engineer for too long. Can't even just think "what morons!" without starting to think "how could that be improved?". :oops:
Stein