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North Carolina's Famed Truck-Scalping Bridge Nears 100 Recorded Crashes
cjk374:
The world is full of dumb asses! This poor bridge in NC solidifies this fact. :pan: :banghead:
rickmastfan67:
Simple solution for this case....
If a truck triggers the overheight system, install some RR gates at the bridge to come down before the truck gets there. That should get their attention and prevent a hit!
MikeTheActuary:
--- Quote from: rickmastfan67 on July 23, 2015, 07:55:33 AM ---Simple solution for this case....
If a truck triggers the overheight system, install some RR gates at the bridge to come down before the truck gets there. That should get their attention and prevent a hit!
--- End quote ---
If drivers are ignoring warning signs and alerts...why would they bother stopping for gates?
Sometimes only Darwin can fix stupid.
froggie:
Since Gregson is a 2-lane street, any such gates would also impact legally-traveling cars and pickups who may happen to be paralleling the overheight truck. This proposal is even less realistic than the suggestion to convert Duke St to 2-way across the tracks
WashuOtaku:
--- Quote from: mrsman on July 23, 2015, 06:06:49 AM ---But it still behooves the question as to what should the DOT do as it is still happening. This is the only place I know of where these collisions occur with this type of frequency.
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Not much NCDOT can do about the bridge, it's not there's. Also, this is not the only bridge in the state that scalps trucks; this is just the most famous one because it's been video recorded for several years now.
As an example, NC 581, through Bailey, North Carolina has a short Truck Route just to bypass a 8'6" clearance rail bridge. It too has several warning signs, a light flashers and steel beam to reflect the damage from the bridge too; yet still scalps a truck now and then regardless.
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