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They ought to make it lower, so it’s most obvious that a truck won’t fit. Make it no more than 2metres, whatever that is in American, so that only cars can go t
by SenHeng 6y ago
They ought to make it lower, so it’s most obvious that a truck won’t fit. Make it no more than 2metres, whatever that is in American, so that only cars can go through.
- aidenn0 6y agoThis is America. People have pickup trucks that have been raised to a height above 2m (about 6'6" in American)
- SenHeng 6y agoAnd thus the presumably unstoppable forces meets the immovable object.
- Thorrez 6y agoIs the goal to reduce crashes or increase them?
- SenHeng 6y agoThe goal is to protect the bridge behind the barrier.
- sosborn 6y agoIs it? Shouldn’t the goal be to protect the driver?
- globular-toast 6y agoIf the goal was to protect the driver then the bridge would be removed. The bridge carries a railway so many more lives are at stake if it's damaged.
- Thorrez 6y agoSure more lives are at stake, but I think the probability of physical harm to them is pretty low because a) The bridge has been hit tons of times, and I don't think anyone in a train has been hurt yet. b) The bridge is probably a lot stronger than the truck, so while the bridge may take damage and need to be repaired, the damage is probably not enough to harm train traffic. c) If the bridge is damaged enough to harm train traffic, there's probably not a train coming immediately; any on-route trains can be likely stopped before they reach the bridge.
- palimpsests 6y agothis movie meme is so tired, and doesn’t even apply. trucks are by no means unstoppable, and bridges obviously can be moved.
- syshum 6y agoA stock F-250 4x4 can be has high as 6'8" from the factory with out being lifted A factory 2020 F-150 4x4 is 6'5" from the factory[1] So I think you have you underestimation of the size of a truck. A common Lift would be 4in, and can go to 8in. Your attempting to paint a picture of a "redneck" truck would be be a fully lifted, when lifting the truck you would then also add larger tires that would further lift the truck So a Fully Lifted F-150 "Redneck" truck could be closer to 7'6" to 8' if not taller [1]https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/product/2019/f-150/2019-F-150.pdf https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America...
- userbinator 6y agoI guess the trick is to find a height that is high enough to let those through, but also low enough that it would look too low for the large box trucks and such which often crash into it. Perhaps 9' or 10'?
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- globular-toast 6y agoSo? If you're stupid enough to opt in to having an unnecessarily tall vehicle then you should expect more difficulty in using the road.
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- CBLT 6y agoIt appears to be just tall enough for the city buses that use that roadway. Lowering the clearance would impede the public transit.