5th Wheeler with no roof

You have got to feel for the poor buggars, it is so easy to get lost in a strange city, especially when you are getting on a bit
Pete

hmm it said CLEARANCE 3.0M on the bridge, surely when you are towing something like that you know how high your rig is????

The stupid presenter suggested that maybe it was time to do something about this low clearance bridge on Montague St, I think they should sharpen the steel protecting girder to make the cutting easier......

Oh and I guess a BIG SIGN a bit back down the road saying low clearance ahead would be nice too.

Is it harsh to expect someone to take responsibility for themselves? I think not.

why would you feel sorry ?
drivers like this should not be on the road. one should be happy that it ended this way and no innocent person got killed.
gmd

i was talking to an insurance bloke last week who came to write of one of our customers hiluxs from water damage and he said insure companys should have a stupidty clause where if its bleeding obvious that centain things are going to work.
(1)4wd hilux wont cross 6 foot deep water crossing.
(2)big van wont fit under 3 metre bridge.
etc then there should be no cover for them.
i know the bridge they hit and its pretty clear well b4 they went under it about the size.

Hands up anybody who has never made a stupid mistake in their life, I certainly have just have not paid as big a price as these poor buggars. Put the rear wheel of a concrete agi into a large pier hole once
Cheers Pete

Feel for these people , and this could happen to me (I too am not perfect) ... I have seen several low bridges/crossings that have low level warnings (like balls hanging from chains at that height - prior to the crossing/bridge) ..... so you hit them and warns you - negligible damage - maybe authorities should put more of these in ... these are not the first , and will not be the last to hit these things .

I too feel sorry for these poor people - not the best way to enjoy a new city. But in saying that, every time I haul something that is higher than the car, I always check the height.

Any low bridges, etc on main roads should have vehicle height sensors and lights that activate if you are too high to warn you. They have them for trucks on major routes, why not for smaller vehicles on secondary roads ?? especially at known black spots.

Since I have been driving 4WD's as work vehicles, I have gotten paranoid about height clearance. My way to over come the 'forgetfulness' is to mount a UHF aerial that is 50-75mm higher than the 4WD. If you hit the aerial - STOP. If you can't find the right height UHF, grab on old 27Mhz aerial and cut to size (or those fibreglass cattle whips you get from Ag Field Days and spring mount them). Since using this concept, not one of our employees has damaged the top of a vehicle and the wife thinks its such a cool idea and now takes the Cruiser underground.

As my father once said - common-sense is learnt not inherited.

It can happen to anyone experienced or not.

Back in the sixties an R&H Transport left Bundaberg with a brand new calandria (I hope thats right) for Broadwater Mill and got it jammed under a low level bridge in Brisbane.

One buggered unit.

The driver had been driving the NQ Express run for years.

Im not perfect and the only ones that have the right to condemn the old fella in Melbourne are the ones that are.

Does it not get back to the old saying,,,

Know your load, look around, and obey the signs.

That's what they are there for..

I still feel sorry for them, POOR BUGGERS ! ( what a beautiful setup ) But it does not alter the fact, that they have not done their homework.

Cheers
Bucky

Poor Bugger, anyone here ever been with their grandparents on a trip or doing something out of the norm? Do you remember when your grandpa made a boo boo or took a wrong turn, how hard did ya grandma rip it up him. I feel greatly sorry for him. Not to mention that there dreams are smashed on the road ending their trip.

Dashy.

PS not all of us are perfect. Learn by his mistake, I know I will.