Bank Holiday Chaos

Best_of_British · 27th August 2016, 17:31

I feel sorry for the peaople caught up in this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37204050

keithst24 · 27th August 2016, 17:45

That's a bad one...I'm meant to be working in Maidstone next week...until Xmas

looking forward to the travel even less now

topman · 27th August 2016, 17:46

Just seen it on the news. Must be chaos down there, no one killed with just a few minor injuries.

BRMFUN · 27th August 2016, 18:39

Not good at all, I have to say as an ex LGV driver assessor too many drivers overlook the height of the vehicle, and this is the consequence, so lucky nobody was killed!
That may however be the last time he gets to drive a Large goods vehicle!

bl52krz · 27th August 2016, 19:10

By law there has to be a height card in the cab that states the height of the lorry. If carrying an object on the loading area behind the cab, that is taller than the height on the card in the cab, it is up to the driver to get an accurate height measurement .
If this driver did not, oh dear.

Nobby · 27th August 2016, 19:17

Don't think the load was too high as he would have hit the overhead warning barrier beforehand. The local radio says that witnesses saw the lorry driving along the hard shoulder and the plant on the trailer struck the bridge side support which is angled compared to the vertical upright on the overhead barrier

BRMFUN · 27th August 2016, 20:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobby

Don't think the load was too high as he would have hit the overhead warning barrier beforehand. The local radio says that witnesses saw the lorry driving along the hard shoulder and the plant on the trailer struck the bridge side support which is angled compared to the vertical upright on the overhead barrier

You could be right and I should not blame someone without knowing the facts. But it still should not hit the bridge even on the hard shoulder. Something was wrong somewhere, perhaps with the bridge?

Daveluck · 28th August 2016, 11:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRMFUN

You could be right and I should not blame someone without knowing the facts. But it still should not hit the bridge even on the hard shoulder. Something was wrong somewhere, perhaps with the bridge?

Looking g at the photos it leads me to think it hat the digger on the back hit the bridge and not the support. The support is way over over past the carriageway.

Its a steep walkway and when you compare the line across the road with the gantry behind its pretty clear that the bridge was considerably lower over the hard shoulder. Especialy as it becomes thicker towards the supports and therefore reducing the clearance even further.

The bridge was also undergoing maintenance work.

Either way unbelievable that no one was killed.

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Nobby Aged to perfection! Rover 75 Conn SE Tourer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Princes Risborough Posts: 640 Thanks: 405 Thanked 423 Times in 226 Posts	Don't think the load was too high as he would have hit the overhead warning barrier beforehand. The local radio says that witnesses saw the lorry driving along the hard shoulder and the plant on the trailer struck the bridge side support which is angled compared to the vertical upright on the overhead barrier __________________ Nobby....... Sometimes I talk to myself, Then we both LAUGH!