Trucker Dies As Big Rig Falls Off SF Bay Bridge

[waddleduckie1]

oh.... cripes........

[straightpipediesel]

If you've never been on a bay area bridge you don't realize that everybody including truckers drives way too fast because they can't stop people for tickets. Bay Bridge especially since it doesn't have a shoulder. Only bridge that I've ever seen somebody pulled over on is Richmond.

[gary6599]

California = SHIT HOLE

[trek1200233]

SO why dont you slow down other trucks on the other dangerous '"S" curve west on 80 to 580 or 880 where there was a propane tanker big fuel tanker and misc crashes. And how come big rigs get a 10mph grace speed over the posted 55mph max?

[venusm61]

Truck are supposed to drop their speed 10-15mph the posted speed. Even more if you have liquid or a top heavy load. So all you four wheelers out there get of my tail on ramps and curves. I am doing my job safely!!!!

[2baimalear]

wow that sux :(

[venusm61]

The curve was posted at 35mph. That speed is for cars not semis. The drivers should have dropped his speed down to 20mph with his four ways on.He was hauling pears his load shifted. I drive a semi I have 950,000 safe miles.

[BertGriffin88]

XDOT,

Why design an S-Curve on a bridge 200 feet in the air, in the first place? If you build disaster into the bridge, disaster will occur. So what cost saving measures where invoke here? Who approved the dollars saved S-Curve bridge design over the more costly Non S-Curve bridge design? Once again XDOT has shown that managing dummies can override safer designs in order to cut costs. Speeding through an S-Curve on a country road and ending in a farmers cornfield is one thing; why on a bridge?

[theartonthewall]

they said its just a temporary detor

[3Mudbone1]

@BertGriffin88 I live on curves in the country. It is posted at 30 MPH and because the idiots do up to 60 MPH it is dangerous just trying to get out of my driveway. They come flying up on my bumper honking their horns and then racing around me on the double yellow lines in the blind curves.

[DvDPlaya]

S-Curve = Stupid. Congratulations.

[Ahya728]

it's the DOT's problem not the pedestrians.

[DualCorePower]

Highway + speeding = crashes.

[sideslide23]

actually its Highway + construction + repairs + speeders = crashes.

[frosty92314]

"Way too fast???" BULLSHIT!!! The driver was only 10MPH over the posted speed limit! The posted limit was too high!

[ExoneratedUndead]

WHAT? Well, my tip of the day is , stay away from that dam bridge .......and dont speed on fucking bridges.