11'8" bridge too high for you?

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 05/29/2019 at 09:09 • Filed to: night oppo, abc.net.au

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try a 6'2" bridge instead. (never heard of it before)

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benn454 > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:18

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What is this, a bridge for ants!?!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:22

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11'8" breeds a kind of fatal optimism. “My vehicle can’t be that high, can it”? Then, a bit of “oooh, almost” failure at the last gasp.

6'2" can only catch the utterly stupid or inattentive , IMO.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:22

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Australia: even the bridges are trying to kill you

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:22

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Well, duh, there’s the problem. They put the warning sign on the wrong side of the road!

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:23

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How does that even? It’s not even close!!

That said, the driver got 5 years in jail for this. 

Ash78, voting early and often > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:24

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“He went for a jog and....never came home!”

Ash78, voting early and often > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/29/2019 at 09:25

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I was in a deck in downtown ATL a couple days ago and it was like 6'5" — I actually got out and stood next to the minivan just to check. Freaking SMALL. I’m still not sure how all those pickups made it through.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 09:25

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best part is, bus company is from my town. Gold Bus Ballarat

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 09:25

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best part is, bus company is from my town. Gold Bus Ballarat

pip bip - choose Corrour > benn454 05/29/2019 at 09:28

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 09:29

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Charged with being a moron in the first degree?

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:30

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I like how the bus name is covered up in the photo. Either a hasty photoshop, or somebody from the bus company ran down there with a roll of gray tape. 

ateamfan42 > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:31

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Looks properly Miata friendly.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:36

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pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 09:38

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someone got to it with tape.

  > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:38

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I’ve driven under that one. I t’s incredibly unnerving, even in a low car.

and 100 more > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 09:51

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Christ, why?? The city/county engineer who passed off these plans is an asshole. There is no reason for a crossing like this.

benn454 > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 09:51

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Did...did the driver even look out the windshield? The damn bridge was at eye level! How do you not notice that!?!

ttyymmnn > benn454 05/29/2019 at 09:55

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I think that’s why he got 5 years in the slammer. I didn’t read the whole article about that wreck (there’s a link in the story PipBip posted). He may have been pissed. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > and 100 more 05/29/2019 at 10:00

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i know, i know.

but it did back in the day, for some reason

punkgoose17 > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 10:00

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I am very certain my Honda Element would not fit under that. Wikipedia says it is 1.788m and I have had the roof rack on the car for the past week.

benn454 > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 10:02

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I believe doing it intentionally. I know lots of bus drivers and I've heard some horror stories. 

facw > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 10:18

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He got lucky, can’t have been that far from having the top of his head crushed.

Made me think of this bus crash near Syracuse, NY:

Bridge is taller, but then so is the bus. IIRC the driver died while awaiting trial. Megabus paid millions in settlements to people killed or injured.

ttyymmnn > facw 05/29/2019 at 10:20

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Kind of a sad story about the driver , to hear his wife tell it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Ash78, voting early and often 05/29/2019 at 10:27

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I’ve seen some bad ATL decks. They’re out there.

user314 > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 10:34

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“If you can’t fix it, Duck it!”

Ash78, voting early and often > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/29/2019 at 10:35

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So bad, I’m tempted to drive down the street and give money to the “I’ll watch your car for $10" guy. Every city in the South has these lots :D

Xanadu603 > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/29/2019 at 10:45

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Dig down deeper?! 

ranwhenparked > and 100 more 05/29/2019 at 20:14

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Well, it was 100 years ago in the wild west of Australia, standards weren’t what they are today.