On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:40:10 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 02/09/2015 11:11 AM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
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Yet they can be so easily prevented. I see a blinking yellow light,
but that is not enough. Ahead of the bridge should be a series of
hanging chains at the 11' 8" height to give a loud warning. It could
even trigger other lights, etc. Given the once a month crashes, it is
neglect on the part of the highway department.

Yeah it is the driver's fault, but still, it can be prevented.

Yes, it is the drivers fault, but unfortunately it CAN NOT be
prevented. I'm sure you've heard the phrase "you cant fix stupid."

Unless there's an indication way before what's shown here; that's too
late to have a chance't to stop iff'en don't already know about it.

Of course, the rentals and possibly even the RV drivers may not actually
know or think about their clearance but the pro's certainly do...

And, of course, as someone else (I think?) already noted, what's the
actual clearance as opposed to the marked? That it's marked 11-8 makes
me think it's already at least 4" less than was originally; how much
clearance has been lost since the sign was updated/corrected?


Whether there was an indication before the one shown or not, whether
amateur drivers think about their vehicle height or not, whether the
road was resurfaced and the sign was corrected or not, whether the
vehicle had the accurate height marked in a clearly visible area or
not or weather the next day was the driver's birthday or not doesn't
matter. Somebody overdosed on stupid and that caused the accident.