P45 for transporter driver?
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Ouch!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cen...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cen...
BBC said:
A car transporter has crashed into a low bridge in Perth, causing tens of thousands of pounds of damage to luxury cars it was carrying.
The roofs of at least two new Range Rovers were crushed in the accident in Marshall Place at about 08:00.
The roofs of at least two new Range Rovers were crushed in the accident in Marshall Place at about 08:00.
Car transporter trying go under a low bridge rather unsuccessfully has seriously damaged some expensive metal. I wonder if he'll be made cough up for the damage...
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I was delayed on a train recently that had to crawl over a bridge that had been struck by a truck (and was still wedged tightly underneath).
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
PF62 said:
I was delayed on a train recently that had to crawl over a bridge that had been struck by a truck (and was still wedged tightly underneath).
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
You can get truck specific satnav that routes you taking into account weight and height limits. At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
HorneyMX5 said:
PF62 said:
I was delayed on a train recently that had to crawl over a bridge that had been struck by a truck (and was still wedged tightly underneath).
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
You can get truck specific satnav that routes you taking into account weight and height limits. At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
Edit: that bridge even looks low don’t know why you’d even try get under that!
HorneyMX5 said:
PF62 said:
I was delayed on a train recently that had to crawl over a bridge that had been struck by a truck (and was still wedged tightly underneath).
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
You can get truck specific satnav that routes you taking into account weight and height limits. At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
PF62 said:
I was delayed on a train recently that had to crawl over a bridge that had been struck by a truck (and was still wedged tightly underneath).
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
Dispense with the sat nav, just trad the road signs. I fail to understand how this happens. Maybe the truck has the height on the dash, but they forget about the added vehicles?At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
Pica-Pica said:
PF62 said:
I was delayed on a train recently that had to crawl over a bridge that had been struck by a truck (and was still wedged tightly underneath).
At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
Dispense with the sat nav, just trad the road signs. I fail to understand how this happens. Maybe the truck has the height on the dash, but they forget about the added vehicles?At the time I wondered why companies operating trucks that could hit a low bridge did not supplement the driver seeing signs with a built in sat nav that gave a warning before making such an expensive mistake.
Surely cannot be hard, so what is the reason they don't?
I could understand if the cost of avoiding incidents like this was vastly expensive, but a sat nav solution must be buttons in comparison to the operating cost of the truck.
The only question going round in my head is: How quick was the lorry going to actually get through to the other side of the bridge? I mean I know lorries have a fair bit of torque, but that bridge looks to have hit the roof of the first RR quite a way down the A pillars, and the second one too... So why was it not pulled to a dead stop when it first struck the bridge??
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