short bridge/weight limit

You either have to find somewhere to turn around right there at the bridge, or yes, just start backing up until you find a place to turn around. Before you do this be certain that theres no way of getting under the bridge though.

 

O man that sounds like a suck day if you have to back up that far!

 

i rember a suckee back up job, i deliverd too housing projects outa town, new area too, rich homes going up left and right, i thought these kicthen cabnits was goning too a warehouse in town, nope , out there they went, i looked it over, back it off a narrow two lane then serptine it all the way back too house a quater mile in with out hitting eather curb, he said the other driver was having a heck time and too load in his pickup,and i got it in there the fastest , i said i wasnt aiming for that, neverless he said that was real good backing, but i never seen a steering wheel move so fast, i never want too do that again.

 

That and many more WTF's is part of being a driver for 3 decades give or take years is about.

 

LOL and i bet you wouldnt rather be doing anything else! Gotta luv it!

 

Well lets just say I'm not in it for my health or the lifestyle anymore. You end up being just like an old truck. Idle out of the yard till you reach operating temperature before gouging on the throttle. Old truckers never die.......they just get a new Peterbilt.

 

Maybe if enough drivers who arrive at these low/under-rated bridges where there was no advance notice, would set the brakes, turn on the hazards, set the triangles, and call 911 and wait for police assistance as they try and back up or turn around ... the county or state would remove the weight limit sign, fix the bridge, or put signs up prior to entering road, one or the other.

In Oklahoma about 5 years ago, almost literally overnight, they put up hundreds of weight limit signs on hundred of bridges on state roads all across the state that were (are still) ROUTINELY used by class 8 trucks. My guess is, the carriers were sent huge mailings (a month after the new signs went up) documenting these locations, and many carriers disregarded them and many never made the drivers aware, nor bothered to update their routing software if applicable.

Bridges are going to be a problem but they can't all be replaced in a timely manner. About the time they get finished with fixing old bridges, "new" bridges will begin failing. Or the trucking industry will have to spend billions of dollars migrating to new axle configurations.