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In any other country, they'd have already put in a higher bridge or a lower road.
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In any other country they'd have already put in a higher bridge or a lower road.
Or restricted driving buses to those who can read roadsigns..... and can work out that a 14' 9" bus won't fit through a 12' 3" hole....
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I was driving a vehicle I'm not used to today. I did a check on its height before I started, but I had to pause and recollect before I went through a couple of height restrictions.
I can sympathise with the driver if he had a 'qualified' instructor next to him.
I can see it could be easily done, especially if you're on a familiar route in an unfamiliar vehicle.
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This sort of thing only seems to ever happen in the UK..
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We have a classic on the A337 as it enters Lymington. The road under the railway bridge is higher on one side than t'other so an unwary lorry which has passed under the bridge on their way then gets stuck on the return journey!
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The driver was being instructed, not tested. ;-)
I expect he'll learn from his mistake before it's time for his test.
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And the person who set up the "set training route" they used has been sacked!!
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"Fortunately no one has been injured."
"The road was sealed off for an hour".
Why does this ONLY happen in Britain?
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Are there any stats to show that French/German etc truck/bus drivers are less prone to this sort of thing?
Strikes to railway bridges also mess up the trains for hours.
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>Why does this ONLY happen in Britain?
How many other European countries have double-decker buses?
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How many other European countries have double-decker buses?
Not many but they all have big trucks.
I can't believe we're the only country in Europe to have built all our railway bridges not to cater for artics. If any other country has since lowered the roads on all theirs then it must have been one hell of a task, and cost a lot of money.
The length of time the railway closes depends on the bridge - some can go back at caution almost straight away; others need full stop until an inspector gets there.
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Why? Surely it's better that this lesson is learned in training rather than later with a top deck full of passengers after a wrong turn.......
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An hour isn't an inordinate length of time given the debris that needed clearing.
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"I can't believe we're the only country in Europe to have built all our railway bridges not to cater for artics."
And I can't believe they built Windsor Castle under the flightpath from Heathrow!
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Lowest Railway Bridge I am aware of is in Ireland.
At 4 ft 6 " it is too low for most cars, never mind a lorry!
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because you failed to spot the low bridge.
There have been a number of fatalities due to just such events. Even if the "headroom" sign is missing, there's no excuse.
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>>Lowest Railway Bridge I am aware of is in Ireland.
At 4 ft 6 " it is too low for most cars, never mind a lorry!
There's some very low ones on the fens adjacent to driver operated level crossings (or there used to be). I've had to do an emergency stop when I've had a caravan on tow.
I was never able to drive through them without ducking!
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What about the arch shaped bridges where a double-decker has to pull into the middle of the road to go under the highest part of the arch, but single-deckers can stay on their own side of the road.
I know of one such bridge and both double- and single-deckers are used on the same bus route. Drivers only pull to the middle of the road if they're in a double-decker. As far as I can recall there has never been a bus accident at this bridge but it's obviously a potential hazard.
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