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The 11foot8 bridge opens another big can (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

About the only thing I can think of would be a sign at the height of the crash bar that says "If you hit this sign you'll hit that bridge" but given the kind of people we've been allowing to survive childhood for the last 80 years that also probably wouldn't work.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

From the faq.

The signage is good, and the vast majority of truck drivers notice the problem and avoid the bridge. Large signs alert driver to the low clearance several blocks before the bridge. Half a block before the trestle, a sensor detects overheight vehicles and triggers an LED blackout warning sign that was installed in May 2016. That same sensor also triggers a red-light phase at the traffic light directly in front of the trestle (installed in March 2016), so the driver has 50 seconds to read the warning sign next to the red traffic light and consider their next move.

For them to even be in this position, they have to ignore several signs, a flashing sign, and run a red light. Some people simply can't be helped.