"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
12/14/2015 at 18:27 • Filed to: bridge
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"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
12/14/2015 at 18:27 • Filed to: bridge | 2
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Durham, North Carolina’s infamous !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! high bridge took another semi truck, earlier today, making this crash number 101 since 2008.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! reports that at 6:30 AM, an International sleeper cab, with it’s accompanying trailer were attempting to cross the 100 year old trestle, located on Roxboro Street, when the rig got stuck underneath the bridge. Thankfully, there were no injuries due to the accident, just a massive blow to the driver’s ego.
This is actually the second incident at the bridge in December alone. On the first, a Budget rental truck got it’s top sliced off when it attempted to pass underneath the overpass.
There have been lots of questions raised in recent years on why the city of Durham, the state, or the North Carolina Railway Company (the owners of the trestle) don’t do anything to fix either the bridge or road. Pretty simple, actually: it would cost the state, or whoever, what is often considered to be, “too much money,” to raise the height of the trestle. Alternatively, it would be nearly impossible to lower the road, considering the cost and also that there are pipes underneath which are also aged at over 100 years, according to the FAQ page on the, “11 Foot 8,” bridge website.
I actually think it’s pretty funny whenever something like this happens, because it really makes me wonder if people can’t read signs. Really, do trucking companies to literacy tests before they hire drivers? It’s also something that the RDU area is kinda known for, because we’re typically looked over by most. Unless if you are an enthusiast of the 1997 Morgan Freeman classic !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , for whatever reason, which was filmed here. Book was good, movie? Not so much.
I’ve ridden passenger under the bridge numerous times in the TrailBlazer, so there is no threat to my safety, but I always feel a little superstitious when doing so. Imagine driving over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge...except not at all the same thing.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Jack Does Cars
12/14/2015 at 18:47 |
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I’m going to move to NC and open up a box truck repair business, seems to be a market there.
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Jack Does Cars
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
12/14/2015 at 19:02 |
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You’d make an absolute killing.
samssun
> Jack Does Cars
12/14/2015 at 19:03 |
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+1 for the Kiss the Girls reference, -2 for use of “unless if”.
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Jack Does Cars
> samssun
12/14/2015 at 19:33 |
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It's tru tho
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samssun
> Jack Does Cars
12/14/2015 at 21:08 |
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Unless you are an enthusiast. “Unless if” is what our call centers say.
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NJAnon
> Jack Does Cars
12/14/2015 at 21:26 |
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Not that I don’t think CCTV can’t have microphones, but whats with the fake audio?
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Jack Does Cars
> samssun
12/14/2015 at 21:32 |
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Come to think of it, it sound a bit odd when writing it.
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Jack Does Cars
> NJAnon
12/14/2015 at 21:32 |
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Not a clue
facw
> Jack Does Cars
12/15/2015 at 05:13 |
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it would cost the state, or whoever, what is often considered to be, “too much money,” to raise the height of the trestle
Yep, trains don’t do steep grades, so raising the bridge means raising the entire rail-bed, including other nearby bridges.
They might consider one of these, since clearly flashing yellow lights don’t cut it:
