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Surely any bus driver who is paying attention should realise a bridge is not high enough.
I guess a school bus driver could be distracted by noisy/unruly/misbehaving teenagers.
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Thank goodness no-one life-threatenly hurt.
I guess a school bus driver could be distracted by noisy/unruly/misbehaving teenagers.
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Thank goodness no-one life-threatenly hurt.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I can understand this happening for lots of reasons....new driver, new route, diversion, driver used to single-deckers only etc.
The bridge only needs to be a centimetre too low...how would a driver know just by looking? (Yes, in an ideal world he would know the EXACT height of the vehicle and that of the bridge...).
The bridge only needs to be a centimetre too low...how would a driver know just by looking? (Yes, in an ideal world he would know the EXACT height of the vehicle and that of the bridge...).
brainiac, I've been in a few European HGV tractor units and most have the height sign in both metres and feet and inches prominently displayed.
Data has shown that 15% of bridge strikes occur because the driver didn't understand the sign and councils and bridge owners are encouraged to display the sign in both measurements. If I see a sign not displaying the metric equivalent I speak to the highway department or drop them an email. There is no reason for any bridge not to display both measurements.
Data has shown that 15% of bridge strikes occur because the driver didn't understand the sign and councils and bridge owners are encouraged to display the sign in both measurements. If I see a sign not displaying the metric equivalent I speak to the highway department or drop them an email. There is no reason for any bridge not to display both measurements.