Foolish drivers

[Noel]

Straw. Typical agri loads overloaded on artic this time of year. Hope they get a big fine. Could have caused a horrific accident to innocents immediately following. Darwin

[Broithe]

On 16/10/2020 at 11:35 AM, Broithe said:

They've done this one - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.879697,-2.1106227,3a,63.4y,290.68h,90.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suEiVvGFkOFfE3HugUaRFLA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 - near me a few years ago.

It's only just 'under height', but it's out-of-town and so the speeds will be higher.

I don't think it's been hit yet.

With a skew bridge in this direction, though, you've also got the (slight?) possibility of rolling the impacting vehicle onto the opposing traffic.

Using the bridge abutments is cheaper I suppose, though, than building new remote supports for a separately located sacrificial beam, although that could be arranged to be orthogonal to the impact direction.

I was going past on the bike today, so was able to get a decent picture.

 

It still doesn't seem to have been hit yet, but it is 16' / 4.8m.

 

It is just a few miles north of the site of the Hixon crash back in the late 60s.

[Broithe]

 

[Horsetan]

On 21/12/2022 at 7:58 PM, Broithe said:

 

That's a hard one. Driver of the artic may have either not been aware of, or underestimated, the overall length of his load. On the other hand, he may have been very unlucky, crossing the railway but then getting stopped at the traffic lights situated after the crossing. Either way, his trailing load was still obstructing the line, and neither he, nor the train driver, had anywhere to run.

The insurance claims are going to be interesting, not to mention the eventual accident investigation report.

[Broithe]

 

[Horsetan]

12 hours ago, Broithe said:

 

Seems the cyclist has previous form for other offences....

Google search for George Caraska brings up a quite extensive list. It does seem as though he's mentally unwell.

Edited January 8, 2023 by Horsetan

[Broithe]

Glasgow bus crash - ten hospitalised.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65665113

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

21 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Glasgow bus crash - ten hospitalised.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65665113

I can never really understand something like that, I mean if in doubt etc etc!

[hexagon789]

19 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

I can never really understand something like that, I mean if in doubt etc etc!

If you were familiar with the layout at Cook Street, you could understand how easily it could happen in spite of all the warning signs and 'low bridge' warning system in place on the buses themselves.

Edited May 22, 2023 by hexagon789

[Broithe]

 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

1 hour ago, Broithe said:

What a dipstick

[Horsetan]

3 hours ago, Broithe said:

 

I'm curious as to why there aren't additional CCTV/ANPR cameras situated on the road approaches to each crossing. Then you'd at least have a chance of working out who the eejits at the wheel are. Currently they all seem to be getting off scot-free when they shouldn't even be behind the wheel.

[Noel]

Darwin awards

[Broithe]

Park & (Not) Ride on the LUAS.
 

[GSR 800]

44 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Park & (Not) Ride on the LUAS.
 

four Howden Meredith wheels and he would have been flying along!

Beats the packed Luas anyway..

 

[flange lubricator]

Hope the van is dropped into a crusher before it’s handed back !!! 

[Broithe]

13 minutes ago, flange lubricator said:

Hope the van is dropped into a crusher before it’s handed back !!! 

I would prefer to see it seized* and sold.

It's not the van's fault. 

 

*Assuming it belongs to the driver, who 'left the scene'.

[commerlad]

6 hours ago, Broithe said:

I would prefer to see it seized* and sold.

It's not the van's fault. 

 

*Assuming it belongs to the driver, who 'left the scene'.

If I was on the Hiab control's I'd be hoping the bloody Overhead is off.

[Broithe]

1 minute ago, commerlad said:

If I was on the Hiab control's I'd be hoping the bloody Overhead is off.

It was, a lot of agencies had to tick boxes before anybody could actually do anything about removing it.

[Horsetan]

11 hours ago, Broithe said:

Park & (Not) Ride on the LUAS.
 

More feralism.

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Horsetan said:

More feralism.

If indeed it was a joyrider, we might gently place the culprit astride the live wires above.....

[minister_for_hardship]

On 28/7/2023 at 9:35 PM, Horsetan said:

I'm curious as to why there aren't additional CCTV/ANPR cameras situated on the road approaches to each crossing. Then you'd at least have a chance of working out who the eejits at the wheel are. Currently they all seem to be getting off scot-free when they shouldn't even be behind the wheel.

Cameras are set up to monitor operation of barriers rather than catching idiots crashing into them. Maybe IR could liase with Gardai and others who may have better cameras along the route the truck took, ie toll booths, and work out who the offender was? But I guess this wouldn't be a high priority for Gardai as no one appeared to be injured.

Edited July 1 by minister_for_hardship

[commerlad]

On 30/6/2024 at 6:19 PM, Broithe said:

It was, a lot of agencies had to tick boxes before anybody could actually do anything about removing it.

I know when I've had to work next to the East Coast Mainline (Albeit Just on the Public side of the fence, even if itself had been bent a wee bit.) The Response crew watched what I was doing very closely.

And   every time something came past.