13 crashes in 13 months

[doomsdayarrival]

I hope the owner of that trussel has insurance.

[kc48446]

This is in Chicago right? God I wish I lived on that intersection.

[jonmmadison]

lol@1:57 -- went home all sad and ish

[SW1Q1]

Hey man, how much rent do you pay for that flat?

You wouldn't need cable (TV) with a view out the window like that !

.

Cheers.

from,

del-boy

[carderbabe0817]

: ) my boss told me to look this up .. apparently she knows you guys who did the video ..... really funny!

[demonhorizon]

lower the yellow height warning sign or add chains hanging from it to alert drivers with minimal damage....simples

[dwndak]

@demonhorizon Or have the drivers NOT drive under a warning sign that flashes warning that specific truck its over height.... Simpler!

[Bigwill6363]

funny how most are rental trucks and people driving them who are used to their little suvs. If you drive for a living..........you have no excuse hitting a low overpass. In Va there is a train bridge with ONLY a 9' clearance, and one of our drivers hit it with a semi!!! He is lucky he was cut in half. Then the idiot took off and was later charged with hit and run, and a whole list of other stuff. what a moron.

[L2766W]

LOVE IT! Doesn't say much for drivers paying attention to signs. Or is it not knowing the height of your truck? Either way, FUNNY!

[henday750]

11.8  hahahahaha

[1thru9atoz]

You scratched my bridge!

[TheToekutter]

The Chuck Norris of bridges.

[vdias]

What a litany of fail.

[LookItsRiceCake]

Something about the fifth truck in I think just hauling ass on the brakes to stop in time makes me laugh.

[FourDollaRacing]

Ignorance is bliss...you fools!

[mangsanhanha]

imagine a gas tank was about taller then that and crashed into it and other then that a train was coming total epic fail right there they should fix it

[mcduff21543]

My fav is the two men and a truck, he made it all the way threw, great for us bad for the truck. Don't really car about the two men.

[DieAerzte06]

low rider

[chadberry75]

two men and NO TRUCK.

[helgih580]

height poles?

[DutchBoyFTW1996]

this vid shows how to make a cabrio truck

[seansy59]

0:34.....2 "idiots" and a truck

[dan96kid]

@seansy59 LOL

[chevronia]

that bridge likes to trade paint!

[oldfart387]

Hats off to the crew that built that bridge. It was constructed to LAST!!!

[07SuperchargedSS]

i would call this bridge the Truck Shaver

[vejet]

That is one tough mother of a bridge.

[MrLehnerd]

Any more wreaks under same bridge today......if are u goin to put any new ones out

[paintballgundown8]

Dont you just love when you investment in a protection bar pays off in spades

[gothic526]

type in "ski crashes" in the youtube search and click the video with stars in the title to be shocked!

[tomwatson1]

@gothic526 rofl youtube , learn how to get rid of spam bots.. haahha

[Zero0Kilik]

Just a little of the top please!

[ShaneNL69]

What a hardcore bridge!

[drmodestoesq]

I seem to remember a sign on the trucks I have rented that says "you are responsible for damages done to the vehicle over the height of the cab." That means that these poor people are going to have to pay for these trucks. Yeesh.

[djarizona]

Come on now why cant the town or city get some money together and grade the road down a foot or two lower so people dont hit the damn thing.

[E1craZ4life]

What's wrong with raising the bridge or making the intersection before it an all way stop?

[finfan81177]

this is too funny never gets old

[crusader2109]

someone will be making a killing off fixin these things lol

[Mackcanadiantrucker]

Wow...I'm a professional Truck driver and there is no way I'd go under that thing. you got signs and signals telling people they are over hight lol. I notice they were all straight trucks though. No special license needed for that. Just an air brake endorsement if the truck is so equipped. But it goes to show you. They shouldn't be giving the keys to just anyone

[yadeadson]

11'9" . . . Problem? :)

[Redtheundead]

The troll bridge gives no fucks about your standard truck sizes.

[trump3tplayer]

I knew this look fimiliar (slaughtered that word) and is this near bright leaf?

[yovo68]

@trump3tplayer ... correct - Gregson and Peabody, next to Brightleaf Square

[SepherStar]

It is a poor design. One of the jobs of an engineer is to design things to be fairly idiot proof. If we focused on "people should" rather than "people do" then there would be a lot more accidents in the world.

[Thevenizer]

lots of clueless ryder truck drivers... i noticed the uhaul driver stopped

[drmodestoesq]

@Thevenizer No, the Uhaul truck just happened to break down. It's actually not a rare coincidence; Uhauls break down every couple of miles.

[1stresponder1]

did the tow truck crash?

[yellowbori]

hi all I am a truck driver, 1st like scrantonsux says all trucks that you see on the video are all rentals plus when the posted signs at any bridge says for ex: 11'-8" its acctually 12 to 24 inches more than the amount posted that mean that a 12'-8" can pass slowly even the sign says 11'-8" thos trucks look like 26 feet trucks so the height might be like 13'

[kamikazefluxe]

A few if those guys aren't getting their deposits back :( 0:43 good brakes.

[cowboydave09]

this is the bridge known by its reputation, The Guillotine

[E1craZ4life]

I think they should make a minimum bridge/tunnel clearance law.

[yonorhoulihan]

BRIDGE FAIL!!!!!!

[af9126]

City needs put another "No truck" sign on it??

[AboS7m]

and i thought only in saudi arabia truck drivers are crazy...

it seems its the same all around the world

[wolevet97]

this should go on failblog...

[krivtube]

its actually only 11 trucks a nd 1 rv u played the first one again at the end

[Corran109]

@krivtube the first and last one are slightly different. Same type of truck, two different incidents.

[krivtube]

@Corran109 right you are !

[icedove101]

@krivtube before you post try to think, the cars around the crash are diffrent

[Antag0nistiC]

HANG OUT, LOOT TRUCKS!

thats whats up!

[MiseryShoeStudios]

Well, if the trucks would be cans, the bridge would be a perfect can opener.

[101southsideboy]

at 00:56 did the bus being towed by the wrecker hit the viaduct or not could not tell

[DustinWilson1992]

Is the bridge OK?

[MultiButtsniffer]

Could it be the same driver?

[fordtruxdad]

I lived in Durham for a long time and know this spot well. Another bad one was the RR overpass on University Dr. in Forest Hills!

[Armsterman1301]

why don't they fix this fuckin bridge?

[KillerAJ]

@Armsterman1301

There's no problem with the bridge. The problem is that these truck drivers don't learn not to take that road.

[regdapimp06]

most of all dry box trucks have a posted limit sign on the front corner.

[bienenpabst]

dream on trucker!

[ytnate93]

Why don't they restrict trucks from going that way at all? Of course, it'd be less funny, but a hell of a less expensive!

[mykc1978]

raise or remove the stupid bridge

[supreme2005]

"Welcome to Ryder. Would you like to purchase the extra insurance for your rental?"

"No thanks, I'll just be extra careful."

[regdapimp06]

@supreme2005 I was asked that at penske with there 22 foot truck, although i denied. No problems though!!!!!

[yovo68]

@RandomConcepts - there is a sewer main just a couple of feet below the grade of the road.

[MrGimli2]

@yovo68 how do you know so much? (just curious and a tad snoopy)

[XxBillyGoatNinjaxX]

Never seen convertible trucks before

[Schwarze999]

@XxBillyGoatNinjaxX apparently this city is the #1 manufacturer in convertible trucks :)

[AZIKUL]

poor bridge :(

[racefish]

So the logical fix for this would be to lower the road bed a couple of feet. It's done almost every where else and it would really be cheaper than repairing the trestle every month.

[atgskater14]

@racefish

Or maybe people could use their brain and realize that maybe their 12 foot high truck can't fit under the 11 foot 8 inch bridge and use a detour.

[racefish]

@atgskater14 Do you mean they'd actually have to use that thing? Maybe they could turn down the radio or stop talking and texting. That would be a start.

We had a case here where a truck loaded with a huge AC unit took out a bridge. It was closed for a year while the bridge was raised and the interstate was lowered. A year and several million later. So much for tax money.

[atgskater14]

@racefish

Yeah millions to fix a problem they shouldn't even have. There are just too many idiots out there

[bruno22avesani]

Un camion inglese è rimasto incastrato sotto un ponte e non riusciva più a muoversi.

Con il mio pessimo inglese ho consigliato di sgonfiare le gomme a uno dei due autisti. Ma l'altro, inviperito, mi ha detto che il loro camion toccava sopra, non sotto!....

[proent]

because they just follow gps

[fruzsonkaa]

Unfortunately, not only in America ... In Hungary, about 2 weeks....

[scrantonsux]

cant help but notice most are truck rentals people that probly never drove a truck b4 dont pay attention 2 signs we have 2 bridges in scranton pa the same way  no cameras though

[israeldogfather]

thats one strong bridge i'll tell you that !

[Mr8studnu2]

Anyone that drives a big truck ought to know that 13-6 is minimum clearance.

A word of warning to big rig drivers... the GPS navigational systems will run you under a low clearance bridge without warning you.

But if anyone that drives dosent know their clearance is 13-6 then they need to park the damn truck and go back to sacking groceries.

[wolf9walker]

@Mr8studnu2 The problem is most (if not all) are small trucks, that means most of these people are just 4-wheelers and don’t have the training that big rigs do. Not saying that semi drivers don’t make mistakes. But there is not 1 real truck driver in this vid. The problem I have is the words “truck driver” is to broadly used from a small pick up to a semi. And semi drivers seem to get spattered with mud even when 1 is not involved. “A Truck Does Not a Trucker Make”. I agree with your last line

[Mr8studnu2]

@wolf9walker

Fourty-two!!

[hagerty1952]

@wolf9walker Actually, there was one professional driver in this video. It was the heavy duty tow rig that was towing the bus. You'll notice that he made it without damage.

[iraleecantellia]

OY-OY-OY-OY-OY!!

[fabishingai]

Engenheiro viado esse! Coitado dos caminhões! não sobra nada!

[DWTDmitri]

Only in America

[yovo68]

@DWTDmitri - hardly ... see 2m40.com

[quackpipe]

that is great. Thanks for sharing!

[marshmallowich]

Id love to live near this bridge just for pure entertainment

[notiswesc]

i wonder what would have happened to spiderman if he was shooting a movie on some of those trucks lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skamex]

hey guys, what's tha name of the video's song??? anyone knows it?? sorry for if i did write the questions wrong.... xD

[yovo68]

@skamex - it's Big Bad Bike by Killer Filler (see also the end of the video)

[skamex]

@yovo68 thanks a lot, hehe =)

[itsthegreenplatypus]

HAHAHAHA SMART GUY. 0:45

[ruggedramos]

is this in mass

[MrNumNums087]

AOTS



[loriparker666]

this is why people need to pay attention in school... then they can read signs like this

[TurkishButcher]

Class A license.

[juniornib]

uauauauauaauauauauu é so ler a placa

[SixSevenEightyThree]

AOTS

[jongmagee]

AOTS

[Psythik]

I like how some of them said "fuck it" and kept driving.

[sabrinamom]

Ryder (x2), Two Men and a Truck (x2), some weird truck, a huge tow truck, another no name, RV, Penske and tons of delivery trucks. . .wow. You would think they would know how big their trucks are. LOL

[jimtube84]

@sabrinamom Penske and Ryder are rental companies, so it could be anyone in there.

[haydenman2]

most bridges eventually end up like this due to the trestles settling lower or the road below being resurfaced which can cause the road to raise as much as 8 inches each time

[DerOllie]

incredible video, incredible drivers! Who dumb here? The city counsel for not putting more signs and warnings or is it the truck drivers. You decide!

[fouellet1701]

Didn't the bridge engineers know that most trucks need a 12-feet clearance?!?

[ChakaGon]

@fouellet1701 Yeah. But then again what fun would that be?

[czarnylolo]

Look at the bridge when camera is in front of it. I'ts said that the bridge is low, and the lights are flashing but further the bridge is much lower than sings, and lights said.

[Groovemaster911]

What do you want to bet...half of these are new Dukies moving in? LOL

[matelotgeek]

lol

[Xprinny]

I like how the one truck is like OH HELL NO! *slams Breaks*

[djjansen]

it seems pretty retarded that they didnt just reseal the road, and make the road lower, instead of errecting a force bearing crash barrier... i mean its pretty obvios this is a failure of road design/management.

[theFinn294]

@djjansen Or a failure of truck drivers (or truck renters) to know how tall their trucks are.

[bsidewreckchords]

Cool song

[streetcarvideos]

it the sign, totally wrong the hanging sign should be lower.

[pynkphysh]

Whoa, did the guy at .54 squeak by without hitting it? (tow truck pulling a bus)

[just2damcoo]

@pynkphysh I think so. Looks like he lowered the bus just before going under too. I give him a thumbs up

[pynkphysh]

@just2damcoo It's good to show a success among the series of fails :)

[pynkphysh]

@just2damcoo excellent point! :)

[DynapubsA]

Good video not helped by the obnoxious music.

[rocksinger45]

One thing I'm always noticing is the the bridge always wins. :)

[RobotTickleFight]

this is entirely satisfying to watch

[somejackball]

haha, i did that in Dallas, TX at the Galleria Mall, with a Custom high top van. i was entering the underground parking, and got stuck. i caused a huge traffic jam, from traffic coming off of 635. they had to get cops out there to get people backed up so i could back up. pretty embarrassing!! =P

[FranckBeck]

Vai que dá! 

[jigglesnap]

Couldn't they add a big noisy pole hanging down the street in front of it to warn people and give them time to stop?

[puckman]

Erm, if that was in my home country The Netherlands they would have adjusted the bridge after crash number 3....

[colindhowell]

@puckman How do you adjust a railroad bridge? You either have to raise the rail line or lower the road. Lowering a busy road is a major project, and raising the line is out of the question--trains have a hard time with even very shallow grades. The bridge's height is very clearly marked on large warning signs with flashing lights, but if inattentive truck drivers are speeding carelessly...

[themeddleman]

Nice of the last driver to back out and drive by just to show off the damage.

[healingduck]

the guy at 0:44 heard about this infamous bridge xD

or he was smart enough to know the height of his truck :-/

[StayingBack71]

Oh BTW....Make sure you film the train falling off the trestle craskhing into you're building..OK? We all wanna see how that goes

[colindhowell]

@StayingBack71 The trestle has an impact beam to protect it in these collisions. They have had to replace the beam periodically, though.

[StayingBack71]

I'll tell you why all you see hitting this bridge are smaller delivery trucks are RV's..... Iys because the operators of 18 wheelers arent as dumb as these wind up alarm clocks driving these 22' box trucks...Let me paint a picture here..These drivers are pampered and paid hourly and since they dont own the equipment...Its ok to daydream at work.. Morons!

[jimtube84]

@StayingBack71  Most of them are rental trucks, not professionals

[MyPasswordisGrawp]

Wow, either companies in this area need to hire truckers who actually have brains, or the agency in charge of the bridge needs to raise the bridge. Think of all the safety problems caused by this as well as lost money for maintenance and repairs. Sure, truckers need to pay attention, but maybe some collective action needs to be taken.

[colindhowell]

@MyPasswordisGrawp The bridge is owned by the Norfolk Southern railroad. They can't raise it because it's not practical to raise a railroad bridge. Even a slight grade is murder for trains--2% is hard and 4% (one foot in 25) is at the extreme limit. Instead they installed an impact beam to protect the bridge. Lowering the road here would be difficult too. Apparently the real problem is that most of these guys are speeding, doing 40 mph or more in a 25 mph zone, and thus miss the warning signs.

[KC0TLV]

Dang, it's like at that point, mail the keys to your boss - y'aint gonna want to face him, cuz you're likely to get your ass chewed off - yer day is done anyway, might as well ease the pain ... ;-)

Welcome to your first day of unemployment :P

[40ozwino]

Are their signs elsewhere directing tractor trailers around this location? like you said, I didn't see any tractor trailers involved in accidents here.

[wolf9walker]

But whatever you want to call these trucks "bobtails, straight trucks, box trucks" isn’t what’s important. What is, is that many of these may only have a Class C, (especially the rental trucks) so that does not make them truck drivers. they could be nothing but car driver in oversized SUV’s. besides even if they had a class b many big rig drivers still dont consider them truckers.

[transdrole]

good entertainment!

[dugowt1]

I drive an 18 wheeler. This is the reason why we have lists of low bridges with our road atlas. Though even if you do get bad directions and end up in front of this bridge READ THE SIGNS! It seems that most of these trucks were either local or rentals though. Didn't see one big rig.

[alnilam66]

@dugowt1 i drive a truck too. what state is this bridge in?

[aaronchungrulez]

Free roof removal service, enter here

[sjtom57]

The majority of straight trucks are local so you'd think those idiot drivers would know better.

[pumper1970]

Phone call to their boss; " sir, you can keep my last cheque."

[supressorgrid]

Lot of these are rentals and just about any one with a license can rent one if G.V.W is under 26,000 lbs.

[wolf9walker]

These are all bobtail trucks, and some of them are small. Which means they are not really truck drivers. Bobtails under 26,001 GVWR can be driven by anyone with a class c. if a bobtail is over 26,001 GVWR then the driver must have a Class B, and be trained properly. Thats not to say professional drivers dont make mistakes, these are just not professional drivers.

[alnilam66]

@wolf9walker the work bobtail means a tractor that is not pulling a trailer. these are called straight trucks, 6 wheelers,straight jobs.

[wolf9walker]

@alnilam66 Look up “Glossary of trucking industry terms in the United States” on Wikipedia

Bobtailing is a tractor without a trailer

Bobtail is a truck without a trailer, or a box truck also called bob truck and straight truck 6-10 wheels.

The last 2 companies I worked for called them bobtails, the company I work for now calls then straight trucks.

[wolf9walker]

@alnilam66 But doesn’t matter if the term is wrong or right, you knew what I was talking about. “You say tomato others say tomato lets call the whole thing off”

different companies call it different things, like with pallets or skids. You go to one company and they call them pallets you go to others and its skids.

[DosSantos07]

Bridge 13 - 0 Trucks

[GaySingleMulatto]

Maybe if they used it to grate giant blocks of cheese...

[DTMRM8]

Too bad the RV at 1:00 didn't get more of the top taken off and slam the tailgating asshole behind him.

Also, maybe better signs and warnings of the low bridge? It's not rocket science.

[pimpedvw]

fire the engineer.

[386obc]

haha at :40 i bet that uhaul is having some second thoughts now

[SagDec15]

and the sign there has lights that flash too!

[SagDec15]

looking on maps google, all they have to do is go one block over to Duke St and cross at grade level? wow

[yovo68]

Duke St is a one-way in the opposite direction, so no, that's not a legal move. HOWEVER, some do it anyway and cross the tracks going the wrong way on Duke St, then take an immediate right turn on a gravel road on the other side of the tracks. Then they turn left onto Gregson right behind the trestle.

[StarCar98]

Hell, I just keep going like I meant to do it

[nal2us2]

This is the perfect video for Knight Transportation on the right way to negotiate a low clearance bridge. Just use RAMMING SPEED. Youll get through no problem! Ask any Knight driver. They will tell you this is the PROPER way to get under that mother!!!!

[herbienbrian]

I bed the town just leaves it like that for kicks.

"oop, there goes another one!!" xD

[maggot3000]

Haha this is great stuff. Gotta love Durham

[pm0501]

This is in North Corolina. You know... where Goober and Gomer Pyle came from!

[kombat818]

poor bridge