Fed-Ex hits 10'8" train trestle

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  1. Nov 10, 2015 #1
    8thnote

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    Saw this while driving to work tonite in my car. That sign to the right of the trailer says 10'8". There are two other signs before that instructing trucks around the trestle. It had just happened and the cops hadn't arrived yet. This is on Alton Park Blvd in Chattanooga. The Fed Ex ground terminal is about 3 blocks past here, but is ideally approached from the other direction.
     

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  3. Nov 10, 2015 #2
    Bakerman

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    Looks like he would have made it if he didn't have the 2nd pup.
     
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    8thnote

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    Yeah he almost made it. Had to have been flying to get it that far through. That's a residential area and speed limit is 35 mph.
     
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    Bakerman

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    If the speed limit was 35, then being FedEx, he should have been doing 55mph! lol
     
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    sliver

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    But kevin rutherfraud was leased on with em. Bet if they had airtabs and microblue they would of slipped right under that pesky overpass.


    Another fed ex wadded up imagine that. Lol.
     
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    Fedrex strikes again
     
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    This isnt even funny anymore. Is the money worth the risk that fedex pays?
     
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    It's gonna get better. "The holidays are coming!"
     
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    mountaingote

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    Had some snow here in UT today, I bet Wydot and Cdot already have migraines
     
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    I just don't understand this. I might could see clipping a 13'5" thinking there was a variance built in.... but I would've crept under it so slowly it would barely bump.

    Tearing the top out of one is inexcusable.

    I will say all states should be required to mark them all EXACT from the ground... not the axle... like NY. That's mighty confusing if you don't know , and still makes you wonder if it looks close and you've never been there before.
     
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