Load TOO TALL for overpass, 2 killed (including driver)

It's explained in the article. After the log tractor went over on the Toyota, a Freughtliner pulling an oil tanker struck the Toyota then pushed the log tractor into the drivers side of the WhiteGMC tractor.

 

State employees that issue permits are total idiots (or has been my experience).
I have had permits issued for OD loads that routed me onto roads too narrow for the loads I was carrying.

 

The drivers job is to check the permit and the route.

 

Many times, the driver CANNOT possibly know the route or check the route because the State will route high loads (especially) on roads not normally used by truckers.

North Carolina will route loads for HEIGHT, but when the load is also LONG or WIDE, the HEIGHT factor takes precedence and the long load will encounter problems making right-hand turns in small towns. Furthermore, North Carolina list roads with numbers on their permits and the roads are NAMED on the signs, making it very challenging to stay on route. They are not the only state to do this.

Louisiana is another state that will route heavy permit loads across bridges with signs stating the bridge rated load is less than what the driver is hauling.

And permits vary so wildly from state to state. I have permits issued this year that I pull out and challenge people to mark the route on a chart. Even when they use computers and the latest software, they are unable to properly mark the route on a chart. It is very difficult to discern a route in MOST states because they DO NOT list exits or list mileage for a segment or even indicate a direction for a turn on their permits. If ever there was a pressing need to standardize anything in the trucking industry, it would be how to list intelligible routing information on permits.

Yes, it is ultimately the driver's responsibility, but the States that issue permits with unintelligible routes or routes contrary to the information provided to them to obtain the permit should be held accountable as well.

 

If your sitting in the seat its your job to check the route even if that means doing it as you pull the load. Why standardize every thing? Next thing you will want every road 40' wide so you can do your job easy. Guess what if its easy it will pay .82 +fsc.

 

I didn't say I personally wanted it standardized. I could care less. But I would like to point out problems with permits without some SFB coming back with the standard "easy job" BS.

Only a fool would believe that they could check a route while pulling a load because prior proper planning is crucial for making a sucessful permit load run. If you are checking the route as you are pulling the load, you shouldn't be doing any heavy hauling whatsoever.

 

I guess I've been doing it wrong all these years because you say "only a fool would believe that they could check out a route as you are pulling the load" So you drive the route before you do it with the load? You know the height of every overpass, tree limb, ect. on the route before you do it? You have 5 years exp? How much of that huge amount is HH?