How Europeans screw up heavy haul

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  1. Flat Earth Trucker

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  3. 201

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    I suppose it's sort of gratifying, lackwits aren't confined to this country.
     
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  4. Long FLD

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    One side of a temporary bridge that was placed over the normal bridge collapsed. Not sure how that is the driver’s fault. If you find longer videos that actually show what happens you’d see the truck was already crossing when the one side collapsed.
     
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  5. 201

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    I don't know, I tried to count the wheels, and clearly this was a heavy load. The driver had no business trying to go over that temporary bridge. Kudos to the securement, however, I think they would have been screwed either way by backing up.
     
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  6. Long FLD

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    The driver did because the bridge was placed there for this move. I’m sure they didn’t plan on it collapsing. It’s not like he was just out driving around all willynilly with a mega load. Sometimes accidents happen and they’re no fault of the driver.
     
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  7. Judge

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    Well one he quit driving… usually one jumps from truck, truck kills. Could’ve fallen back down on him. Ride it all the way.
     
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  9. SmallPackage

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    The one guy that took off running clearly knew ahead of time the plan was to unload it right there. Lol.
     
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