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How on earth could this happen? I've heard of lorries striking bridges but this....
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I like your username. Just wondering, did mine provide the inspiration, or is it coincidence :-)
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I like your username. Just wondering, did mine provide the inspiration, or is it coincidence :-)
Just a coincidence :-)
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Probably driver drove off with the rear still raised, its only the tipper part of the lorry that has been wedged.Have seen this sort of thing happen several times.
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rustbucket (the original)
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Another fairly common ocurance is lorry driver loads an excavator onto a flatbed with the bucket arm too high,next bridge gets rammed by extra height of bucket arm and hey presto another bridge displaced / damaged load / traffic jams.You very realy hear of any fines / prosecutions for such incompetence or grosss stupidity though.
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rustbucket (the original)
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No idea, but I've seen the same thing happen on the M62 between the M6 and M60 around September 2004.
Baffled me as well....
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I had heard about this yesterday but the report that I heard said that the tipper bit had "bounced" up.
I assume they are on some sort of hydraulics, possible for it to raise itself if not locked down, especially if it is empty?
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All too easy to believe it happens - the effects are just more conspicuous with trucks. There's a green S-type round these parts with a naff personalized plate (tautology?) which at least makes the moron easy to spot. Not long ago I watched him trundle across the pedestrian crossing - which my small son and I had wisely decided not to step onto - outside the doors of my local Tesco, so he wasn't looking forward. He evidently wasn't looking behind either, because he drove right up the access road with his boot lid right up against the rear window. What was clamped to his ear throughout this performance? I think you can guess. And he still does it - although he usually manages to close his boot now - but presumably he argues that he hasn't hit anyone yet, so he's doing nothing wrong.
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You very realy hear of any fines / prosecutions for such incompetence or grosss stupidity though.
No, but the owner company of the vehicle will often get successfully sued for the resulting damage/displacement caused to the bridge. It costs £80k to lift a steel bridge off its abutments and shift it back into position. This will likely loose the driver their job or worse their business if not properly insured.
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Mike Farrow
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In Essex we had a family killed when a lorry hit a bridge and fell over sideways onto a car coming the other way.The driver had just dumped a load of gravel on a site and the tipper was still going down,he said.The railway bridge went across the road at 45 deg.
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Notoriously easy to do with a tractor and tipping trailer. The slightest wobble in the road and it falls over.
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Click the "enlarge photo" link and look at the enormous line of what's likely to be rubbernecker induced tailback...
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What a supprise - an elderly man driving a Corsa!
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Of course the truck driver is personally responsible. My minicab driving colleagues used to have a word for people like that, but I forget what it was. 'Onanist' or something.
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Some interesting theories...
I can't believe the driver went off with the tipper still raised - surely he'd have felt/heard an enormous thing like that swinging back and forth. And aren't there warning lights in the cab? What about when he looked in his mirrors? Also, I'm surprised there aren't interlocks to prevent the vehicle being driven while the tipper is not secured.
Also hard to believe it "bounced" up - are there bumps that large on the M80?
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>>Also hard to believe it "bounced" up - are there bumps that large on the M80?
There are some pretty large potholes in Falkirk / Central Region - I can assure of that
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