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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Forgot your maths lessons in school? It's a 3" difference :-) Ack! You're right! My mind went Metric, instead of Imperial... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
:-) Catches quite a few truck drivers out. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
:-) Catches quite a few truck drivers out. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22227 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Some don't need sat have to hit bridges. A few years back iI saw a ridgid hit a set of height chains, then carry on past the turned ng point and hit a bridge with the top of that cab. The "knight of the road" some very impolite langage to thole gent who pointed out thbridge height sign on the bridge was less than height label on the inside of the cab (one of the old sleeper over cab type). Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Rather than heed the warning beacon, they hit it |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30687 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Rather than heed the warning beacon, they hit it Do they have BAC yet? Sounds like the drink drivers who steer to the flashing lights of police cars. |
John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 877 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0BJmC6u7MU this bridge regularly eats a truck or two a week. Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Forgot to check his speed as well :-) |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14654 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22227 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
These figures say a lot:
Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The most bashed bridge in Britain, currently Stuntney Road bridge in Ely, Cambridgeshire has been hit 113 times since 2009. Know all 3 well. Back in 2002, that 2nd bridge had my colleagues & manager stumped. :-) My crewmate & I got back earlier than we expected one Tuesday. The manager was going over the next day's runs & asked if I would do the London run. On checking the deliveries, told him that there are 2 we will be bringing back & pulled the delivery notes. Several warehouse staff & drivers were in the office & the manager asked me why so told him. I wasn't believed & as there was a whiteboard in the office, I drew a map of Kenworthy Road & surrounding area (without the aid of a mapbook). One of the younger drivers, a cocky devil pulled his mapbook out & checked, then went silent. Yes the truck can get down Kenworthy Road but as there were 2 deliveries one either side of the bridge & no way that a 34 foot long vehicle can turn in the road. Bridge height is 11'3" Truck Height 11'3". Told the boss, my license, my rules. There was no way I was going to attempt those deliveries. On the whiteboard, I had drawn a school at one end of the road & a hospital at the other. I was asked how I can do that without looking at a map. The school at the end of the road was a primary school & within a 5 minute walk was another, a secondary school - I went to both as well as living in the borough for 25 years :-) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
David suggested I post this. I didn't even know about this tread. :-O Town in Iceland Paints 3D Zebra Crosswalk To Slow Down Speeding Cars Makes me want to go and paint something similar on the street in front of my house since a few of my neighbors think they're in a NASCAR race. :-( ~Sue~ |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
David suggested I post this. I didn't even know about this tread. :-O Pretty neat. Unfortunately it won't fool the locals for very long. Unless once in a while, on a random schedule, they replace them with real concrete ones. Then you'll have everybody's attention! "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Pretty neat. Unfortunately it won't fool the locals for very long. Like it very much. But as you say the locals (2600 inhabitants in Ãsafjörður) are already aware of the painting. And it has already started snowing so you could probably not see it anyway... |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3230 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Flight attendant falls out of plane while trying to shut cabin door Employment in the high skies can be a dangerous line of work. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Nice flying, bet the passengers had a few whoopsie moments :-) I am sure they were a bit uneasy when the captain came on the comm and said 'Don't worry folks, we'll just spin around and have another go at it...........' "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22227 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Stupid cyclist Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Probably win a Darwin Award before he hits 21. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22227 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Less than seven years of practice then before he needs to perfect it... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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