Dump Truck vs. Pedestrian Bridge Video

[s&wchad]

Is nowhere safe?

Notice the pedestrian to the left; he saw it coming.
Immediately after impact, watch the group on the far right.
They say no one was killed.

It's not worth watching the whole thing. Bail after about 30 sec.
YouTube - Truck Crashes Into Pedestrian Bridge

 

[Aussie44]

How do you like the idiots still trying to drive thru the rubble.


Ken

 

[n4zov]

Supposedly this took place in Istanbul, Turkey and there was only one injury:

Truck destroys bridge in Turkey - Offbeat, Breaking News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

 

[Super Trucker]

Truck driving 101 usually tells ya the shiny things on the side of the cab are to view stuff behind ya, such as the dump body.

The driver really screwed that one up, glad there wasn't anybody killed.

 

[tom turner]

There was a truck driving idiot here in central Georgia last year in May.

They'd just widened the overpass above I-16 near Dublin at Hwy 257 from two, to four lanes, not long before it happened

Then the idiot, from Dublin did the same thing with a really big crane-type backhoe on a large trailer that he was towing . . . that he forgot to lower to huge arm!

Needless to say . . . the new section of overpass is now being rebuilt at the cost of millions of dollars. It is still not finished!

Stupid is, as stupid does!

 

[Krull]

Whoops!

 

[Indycar]

I worked at a TV station in the early 80's. One of the senior engineers was driving a remote truck (the type with the retractable microwave antenna) through the north underpass of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The mast was not fully retracted and struck the face of the underpass tunnel. The rearward motion of the mast pivoted at the roofline and ripped the base of the mast from the van's floor. The base went forward destroying all the microwave transmission equipment and a videotape editing suite. The roof of the van was ripped open also. The driver wasn't hurt.

At that time, all local stations had manned TV cameras mounted around the track. Their was no action on the track and the bored cameramen followed the van as it was leaving and the video was sent live back to the studio downtown.

The hole episode cost a cool quarter mil. The station manager was on site within ten minutes and reamed the guy raw (also on camera and beamed back to the studio!). Believe it or not, he wasn't fired due to his senior position, but to this day is not allowed to drive station vehicles.

The video is infamous through the tv world

 

[m1gunner]

There was a truck driving idiot here in central Georgia last year in May.

They'd just widened the overpass above I-16 near Dublin at Hwy 257 from two, to four lanes, not long before it happened

Then the idiot, from Dublin did the same thing with a really big crane-type backhoe on a large trailer that he was towing . . . that he forgot to lower to huge arm!

Needless to say . . . the new section of overpass is now being rebuilt at the cost of millions of dollars. It is still not finished!

Stupid is, as stupid does!

I passed that wreck about 10 minutes after it happened. The trackhoe was sitting in the middle of the westbound side about 75 yds past the bridge, the trailer about 50 yds further, and the tractor about another 75 yds. Busted concrete covered the interstate for more than 100 yds. Quite the sight first thing in the morning.

He had just picked up the trackhoe, and didn't bother to get an oversize permit to move it. This was the first overpass he went under after loading the TH.

 

[truckemup97]

and didn't bother to get an oversize permit to move it.

Due sometimes to the cost, but usually to the bureaucracy and time involved, that happens fairly often. Usually the driver is smart enough to measure his load, then read the signs on the bridges. Sometimes not, though.

There are stories I could tell, but not knowing the statute of limitations, I'd rather they not be on the InterWebs. I never hit anything, though.

 

[amd6547]

I drive a 30' box truck all over the state of Ohio, and hitting a bridge is one of my major fears. I am always using Google maps directions to find my destination. Most of the time, no problem. But, there are times when I am in an unfamiliar area, driving at 5 am, and the directions lead me to a road closed for construction...Then, I am driving blind, never knowing what might be around the next curve...
By the way, my truck has a brand new A/C unit on the roof...Brand new, because the corporate weenie who delivered this truck tried to drive under a hotel awning that wiped the previous A/C unit off.
This video shows a low bridge that gets truck after truck:
YouTube - Low Bridge

 

[Spotteddog]

I recall one of the most valuable possessions in a Chicago tractor trailer drivers map bag, was your viaduct clearance booklet. Often times in more "challenged" neighborhoods, the locals would tear down the clearance statement sign-age. This, so that when the unsuspecting road drivers were occupied with either backing out of it, or waiting for police, they could crack the lock and start pilfering. We called it the "summer olympics".
I can't believe that the goof with the bridge couldn't feel the difference in center of gravity of his rig, whether he'd looked in the mirrors or not? Cell phone? Texting? Who knows! Any more, he could have been occupied facing east while in prayer.

 

[truckemup97]

Spot, at least they mark the bridges correctly in ChiTown. The state of NY marks them 12" LOWER than what they actually are. Driving down the Cross Bronx Expressway is really fun when you see signs that say 12' 7" and you know you're 13' 4". I learned this policy the hard way. I stopped on a state highway (on the shoulder) because the sign said 13' 1". A NYSP officer chewed me out and told me to get my butt back on the road and under the bridge. I kept telling him I couldn't clear it, and he kept telling me to go. We went on like that for a couple of minutes before he finally told me the secret.