Truck avoids low-bridging

Good thing he stopped when he did.I've seen trucks that done that and the outcome sometimes are not good.

 

Reading this articles, says the GPS takes them right now this route.

 

im gonna blame it on the rotary.....who ever dreamed them darn things up?

what a pain in my rear

never good signs, of course im watching my trailer so i dont run over the honda accord next to me, and attempting to avaid the corb on the other side...shesh

not this one in paticular.....just the ones i have had the misfortune of being on

 

"Police and selectmen have said this year they’re serious about putting a stop to those kinds of incidents. In the meantime, inattentive Distracted truck drivers continue to frustrate other drivers and town officials."


There, fixed it

/I take it that we can't use <strike>......</strike> html code on this forum

 

Maby what they need are signs posting "this way to the industrial complex" or "Truck route" before the rotory so that drivers are not getting close enough to this bridge to have a problem with it. You can't call a driver inattentive for not seeing the sign that is not there.

The makers of the GPS devices need to come up with a truck routing option. They can route you around traffic in real time but they will not tell you about low bridges, weight restrictions or corners that trucks pulling long trailers can't make.

 

IIN California you can get on Cal Tran's website http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/trucksize/height.htm and check out bridge elevation in advance.

 

In the front of EVERY trucker atlas it tells you state by state street by street every low bridge.
Look in your atlas before you roll. Dont trust a computer
for your route!
Idiots
Good drivers know the road ahead of them
Any questions?

 

As far as the GPS goes, the problem is not the GPS, but that the drivers are misusing it. I have one in my truck, works like a charm. But having it on the dash does not relieve me of the duty of paying attention to my route, road hazards, low bridges, and weight limits. If you shut off your brain and blindly follow the GPS, you are going to have an accident or get into some other kind of trouble.

Used properly, a GPS will always point you to your desired location. If a street is unusable due to low clearances, then it will rerout you to the next available route, and it will do that all day long until you find a usable route. It will not think for you, nor is it supposed to.

I use it to find customers, and it works wonderfully for that. But over reliance on it would end up with me in trouble (and probably unemployed!. It is a tool, not a co-driver.

If you can't use it properly, then take it out of the truck.

 

I had a new delivery to make and went to the consignee's web site to get a handle on them, and their location. On their web page they had a link labeled "How To Find Us". Of course I used the link, and the information found therein. Every turn was laid out, and I was proceeding as planned, not missing a turn. Then, out of the darkness, around a blind curve, there it was. A 10' 6" railroad bridge. I had to call 911 to get turned around because of the traffic jam I had created behind me. When I finally made it to the consignee I had a word of prayer with the receiving manager. He took a keen interest in my story and copied the web page I had printed. As it turns out, their IT "professional" had Map Quested the directions, and copied / pasted to the web page without so much as confirming the validity of the information. It seems there had been a lot of trucks directed to this mishap by his wonderful directions. His directions weren't even worthwhile for automobiles, costing them some additional mileage and hassles.

Web site is fixed now.