Views from the other side. As seen, no need for anything to be lowered. Been over that bridge many times over the past 34 years
& yet to drive a vehicle small enough to go under it. :-)





In all that time, never been caught for long at the level crossing.

The road going under the overpassing road needs to be lowered or to prohibit trucks, obviously a warning is not good enough.

I did say: Note the 1st photo. No need to lower anything, there is an overpass for all high vehicles. :-)

Interstate Highway overpasses here are at 14'9", thankfully M1(A1 or A2) MB tanks on super depressed trailers fit with some room to spare and they're huge, though most go on trains.

Since I didn't notice what you said, people there may not also.

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Views from the other side. As seen, no need for anything to be lowered. Been over that bridge many times over the past 34 years
& yet to drive a vehicle small enough to go under it. :-)





In all that time, never been caught for long at the level crossing.

Maybe the lower route ought to allow only bicycles instead.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Since I didn't notice what you said, people there may not also.

The bridge is signposted both sides with regards to high vehicles. I believe we covered this in an earlier transport thread. ANY driver that does not know the size & height of his Goods vehicle should not be on the road.

Views from the other side. As seen, no need for anything to be lowered. Been over that bridge many times over the past 34 years
& yet to drive a vehicle small enough to go under it. :-)





In all that time, never been caught for long at the level crossing.

Maybe the lower route ought to allow only bicycles instead.

What about cars under 2.0m? Sorry Vic, you're not thinking straight.

ANY driver that does not know the size & height of his Goods vehicle should not be on the road.

Ever heard of 11ft 8, has it own you tube channel

The 11 foot 8 Bridge (formally known as the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass and nicknamed The Can-Opener) is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States, that has attracted media coverage and popular attention because tall vehicles such as trucks, buses, and RVs frequently collide with the unusually low overpass,

I am sure you will like a few of these:


11ft 8 You tube

:-)
Made aware of that by Kittyman.

Do you remember "The Knowledge"?

I've always maintained that those Bus/Goods drivers that do "regular" runs should do a "knowledge run" on their routes WITH a BIG sign on their bike/car showing the height of the vehicles they drive regularly. No excuse afterwards if they hit a bridge.

ANY driver that does not know the size & height of his Goods vehicle should not be on the road.

Ever heard of 11ft 8, has it own you tube channel

The 11 foot 8 Bridge (formally known as the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass and nicknamed The Can-Opener) is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States, that has attracted media coverage and popular attention because tall vehicles such as trucks, buses, and RVs frequently collide with the unusually low overpass,

I am sure you will like a few of these:


11ft 8 You tube

The "can" opener, yeah sounds like the right name, trains unintentional revenge on trucks for trying to take trains business.

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Well, if a bridge gets hit too much it may be time for an active defense system. Put a light beam across the road on the approach at clearance height. Have it trigger a flashing warning sign to take the bypass. Right after the bypass hang a nice heavy pipe at the same height as the bridge so they hit that first. and maybe figure out to stop before they hit the bridge. As to that low bridge sign, maybe needs a picture of a HGV being can opened by a bridge. Maybe a "NO LORRIES" painted on the road right after the bypass. Even with all that some sleep deprived, late on the run reckless idiot will still hit it, but with that much warning stuff charging him with reckless should be a slam dunk.

On another low object
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/03/07/utility-worker-truck-close-call-newsource-orig.cnn
EEEEKKK!

Another accident in Africa involving a Boeing 737 Max after one in Indonesia 5 months ago, with the total loss of both aircrafts and their passengers and crews. There are 350 B737 Max flying and 4800 ordered. The suspect is on a software problem.
Tullio
Two front page articles on the New York Times about these accidents and their causes.

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This time a tunnel and a gas tank on a roof?!
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reports-service-bus-explodes-stockholm-61588449?cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

Rescue worker Asa Skold told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet the bus appeared to have collided with barriers at the top of the shallow tunnel's entrance, causing a gas tank on the vehicle's roof to explode.

According to Keolis that runs our public buses in Stockholm, the buses should not go through the Klara tunnel.
"We have our driving routes. It would not have gone there. This applies to all of our buses that are so high. It is a clear instruction to our drivers."
Then of course there are warning signs (height max 3.0 m) some 50 meters before the tunnel but the driver seems to have ignored that and hit a security barrier in front of the tunnel.
About the bio-gas tanks on the roof, Keolis said it doesn't matter where they are if an accident occurs.

Electric Buses are at work in one major city now and they have a lot of them in Shenzhen China and this was from 2017, 2 years ago.

Shenzhen already had the world’s biggest electric bus fleet for a while and it has been expecting to reach its full electric fleet update in 2018, but it ended reaching its goal ahead of time.

The city’s transport commission made the announcement yesterday (via Han Ximin EyeShenzhen).

They now have 16,359 electric buses in operation around the city of 12 million people.

In order to achieve this goal, they invested hundreds of millions more than their usual fleet update to purchase a variety of different electric buses and charging stations.

The city has built 8,000 charge points at 510 bus charging stations in order to be able to charge roughly half the fleet at any given time.

They estimate that the fleet is saving 345,000 tons of fuel per year and it is reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.35 million tons.

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They estimate that the fleet is saving 345,000 tons of fuel per year and it is reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.35 million tons.

Is that "before" or after the offset of the fuel & carbon emissions that produces the electricity for that fleet?

Actually China is now leading the world in renewables, China’s solar energy explosion reveals a dim future for fossil fuels — here’s what it looks like, so don't be surprised if most of the power to charge them comes from renewables.

An even more updated report, China Is Set To Become The World's Renewable Energy Superpower, According To New Report.

Cheers.

Wonder if Keolis has heard of the Ford Pinto?

Wonder if Keolis has heard of the Ford Pinto?

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They estimate that the fleet is saving 345,000 tons of fuel per year and it is reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.35 million tons.

Is that "before" or after the offset of the fuel & carbon emissions that produces the electricity for that fleet?

Nothing is mentioned in that area.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

From the NYTimes front page. China has grounded all its Boeing 737 Max 8 planes.
Tullio

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