Trucker Troubled In Linden

Cybergal · Nov 20, 2007

TRUCKER TROUBLED IN LINDEN
11/20/07

LINDEN A little more than two hours after a new system using a laser, flashing yellow lights, bells and a sign reading "Overheight Vehicle Stop" was activated Monday to alert truckers about the height of the North Wood Avenue railroad bridge, a California trucker slammed into the structure.
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The laser, located on both sides of the bridge, is the latest effort to deal with the problem of trucks hitting the bridge and causing traffic delays in the heart of the city.
Last week two trucks hit the bridge on the same day.
Mayor Richard Gerbounka, who as a retired police captain and former councilman, has been dealing with the problem since 1968, is doubtful the latest technology will solve the problem, but he's willing to give it a try.
The laser detects vehicles that exceed the bridge's 12-foot, 4-inch height. The laser then triggers a flashing sign, lights and bells to alert the driver not to proceed under the bridge. In the past, signs placed at the bridge and even a few blocks before the bridge were installed to alert drivers of the bridge height. Chains also were strung across each side of the road so the truck's cab would hit the chain and alert drivers, Gerbounka said.
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dancnoone · Nov 20, 2007

Jeezzz, all that money. What a waste.

A simple barrier made of plywood coated with reflective tape then hung at the 10 foot level, would have been 100 times cheaper. A much more effective.

But then again, we are talking about truck drivers.

rainman1971 · Nov 20, 2007

When will drivers learn that 12-6 isn't 13-6 except when in New York. The driver deserves all of the punishment he gets. I know this bridge he hit. There's is an easy left turn well before the bridge that takes you right around it. There are signs all over stating that there is a low bridge on this street.

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