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Lorry Drivers,
there is a low bridge near me on a main road. there are 7 warning signs on this stretch prior to this bridge which is on a sharp bend. almost daily "large" usually 10 to 12 axle lorries misses all these signs then have to reverse on this narrow main road 1/4 mile up a hill to find a narrow side road to reverse into holding up traffic both ways for approx 15 mins,it beggers belief that professional lorry drivers can miss all these large visual regulation signs !
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the same thing happens regularly in Rugby, where Mill Road passes under the station in a tunnel with a headroom of only 11'0". Whilst it's not a narrow road approaching, the tunnel is single track controlled by lights, and the main post office depot is right next to the station, with many parked cars of people collecting parcels. the disruption caused by a reversing truck is horrendous. when asked, drivers inevitably mumble something about "satnav saying it was OK", notwithstanding the 3 very large signs on the approach, before the trucks are committed.
Too many drivers (not just lorry drivers) believe implicitly that their satnav can do no wrong. It sits there and appears to be an all-knowing oracle, but the sad thing is, drivers who take an unsuitable road blame the satnav, and not themselves. Who's in charge of the vehicle, the driver or the satnav?
is sat-nav to blame?
The number of times I've nearly been knocked down when crossing a one-way street, purely because the sat-nav has told them to take the first turn left!
(which meant they were turning the wrong way into a one-way street)
However, there's visual signs for that stretch of road, ivor, so presumably they're ignoring them.
High vehicles usually have a sign near the steering wheel to say this vehicle is xx.xx metres high'
The number of times I've nearly been knocked down when crossing a one-way street, purely because the sat-nav has told them to take the first turn left!
(which meant they were turning the wrong way into a one-way street)
However, there's visual signs for that stretch of road, ivor, so presumably they're ignoring them.
High vehicles usually have a sign near the steering wheel to say this vehicle is xx.xx metres high'
For reference, here's a 10 axle
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First of all, there are NO 12 Axle HGVs, At times a bridge may be signed at 12ft 6">>>>13ft 6", then comes the resurfing gang, they rip up the surface, then resurface, the height at times is never remeasured, causing what you have just posted, there are drivers & there are drivers, an experienced driver would not take the chance, I certenly never.
That was a good Link Baldric, Wynns used to run them years back for weights in excess of 100 tons, there was a rear steer man, he sat at the back of the trailer on a little seat, them were the days. Ivor, I only once nearly come unstuck, that was North entrance to the Blackwall, they had metal tubes hanging before the entrance, I hit one & was lucky no one was behind me, there is a slip road to divert which I took, that was my only time, you have obviously seen the ONE ARM GLORY BOYS, with their big 60 spot light lorry's? I had two when I was driving, that was enough.
