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How would you use electronics to solve the 11' 8" bridge problem
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Avacee:
With regard to the insurance aspect I noticed this in the recently linked FAQ.


--- Quote ---Will insurance cover the damages?
Most truck rental insurance policies specifically exclude overhead damage from coverage. However, a good auto insurance or liability insurance might pick up the tab. Check with your agent. Or even better – don’t hit the bridge!

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I wonder if paying for the truck damage out of their own pocket results in an ever so slightly less unfocused mind in future  :-+
Nah, probably not. Stupid people seem to stay stupid.  |O



station240:

--- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on January 07, 2018, 10:13:45 pm ---They should add a large sign with an illustration of the truck box getting shredded by the bridge.

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Painting giant teeth on one bridge didn't stop it eating trucks.

East Maine Bridge 11 foot 4
http://kfor.com/2016/01/07/just-about-every-kind-of-truck-in-town-has-hit-it-enid-bridge-infamous-for-semi-crashes-has-own-facebook-page/
https://www.facebook.com/TheEastMaineBridge/

Including this 'happy' customer

--- Quote --- Well, this was my elderly parents.
Glad your backwoods redneck town has a bridge that a standard delivery vehicle can't go under.
Even better that your city leadership thought it was cool to paint shark teeth on it and not actually fix the bridge to be accommodative to the modern world!

Fantastic that your dumbass police force takes this special opportunity to issue citations!!
Hope I get the opportunity to jest when your parents are victimized in my town!
Hope their blood pressure spikes like my mothers did and I hope it caused a rash of shit between your mother and father due to the loss.
Best help your 71 year old father up on the ladder to measure the height of their rig.
Be proud Enid. Be proud.
Be sure to congratulate them on the cancellation of their vacation to Colorado too while you are at it!
Hope someone in your town finds a little maturity and considers the jobs it's cost and the damage to property and lives.
Fix it dipshits.
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floobydust:
Here's my idea,
To get a driver to stop, have a pop-up lol. Actually a pop-down.

It could be a roll down strip-curtain, or airbag-like deployed poster that blocks the driver's way, but soft so they can drive through it if they are extra stupid. It would be strips so that you can see past it.
Or maybe like targets they use at firing ranges, but coming down from the top.

The truck's speed and distance to the bridge, driver reaction time and braking distance probably mean there simply isn't enough time to do much.
T3sl4co1l:
The water barrier and projected stop sign is about the best actual suggestion I've seen; again, it's not going to help drivers that aren't paying attention (or texting, or completely fallen asleep), but maybe it would catch just that next little part of the bell curve.

Tim
james_s:

--- Quote from: station240 on January 08, 2018, 11:03:34 pm ---Painting giant teeth on one bridge didn't stop it eating trucks.

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Maybe not, but it sure did increase the entertainment factor for us spectators.
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