Accident

There are books printed about low overpasses in the United States. There should be no problem keeping a good up to date copy of such book to double check your ROUTE against any possible low clearance overpasses. It's a normal part of pre-planning a trip.

Yes you hit a bridge and so on. Water under bridge. You probably will be fired, but as Union find yourself sitting without being called to work much. Economic losses against your household and family will force you to quit and find another job somewhere. Now that you hit a bridge with a semi that's pretty much a no no. So you will learn that you are unhireable for a while.

But all is not lost. You can go join a tiny dumptruck outfit who could care less about records and need a man up there in that cab today. After a few years of that, you can redeem yourself and get to where you want to be.

Generally people who are FIRED for CAUSE such as big preventable damage or destruction of equiptment in this case the tractor trailer vs low bridge... YOU do not get unemployment. all stop. Once the state hears why you will be denied. You DO have to work until your wages gross 3500 dollars in any 12 months after before becoming unemployed again through NO fault of your own then you will be allowed a little bit of unemployment. And only for 26 weeks. While verifying you are looking for work, who you interviewed with and when, what days and what company and where.

You probably will not rely on the GPS again in your life time. Why should you. Or anyone. Find the book of low overpasses in the USA, buy a good copy, get a rand mcnally motorcarriers atlas and a couple of other decent quality paper maps. Yes I said paper. Not apps for cell phone or tablet or any of that crap. Maps that contain information precise enough to help you never to hit another bridge again.

 

Look at it this way. You’re most likely never going to Hit another over again. Experience

 

Why do people never slow down when they see low bridges?

 

Costs less to tow a topped truck and trailer away from the OTHER SIDE of a low clearance, than to have to liberate said truck and trailer from UNDER a low clearance???

 

Well there was no clearance sign so the owner should be able to fight that in court.

 

cuz they feel that if they go fast enough, they can get thru it..???

 

Signs. Plural. A low overpass taking out 40 trucks a year. There are signs. There are yellow and black paint on the overpass. There are flashing lights.

If there were not, there would be pictures proving my claim. There wouldn’t be any discussion about my job.

 

Where did this happen?

I have doubt about the sign thing, seeing it after the fact?

 

never seen an unmarked low bridge??

I don't mean one that's 9', 13'3" or so. real low is easy. I hit one up about 5 yrs ago, (rail road bridge, marked detour, no signage, kept my job no big deal, lots of pics),the insurance company said they had 23 calls that month in Chicago alone.

drive around Chicago. they used to be everywhere.