"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/21/2015 at 15:18 • Filed to: Truck, Polish, Bridge strike
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/21/2015 at 15:18 • Filed to: Truck, Polish, Bridge strike | 0
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Here we have the result of a truck/bridge interface.
Picture the scene (actually, you needn’t because here’s an actual picture). A Polish truck driver is trundling along in his Merc (yes, they make trucks) in Penyffordd (yes, there are supposed to be two “d”s. Welsh, pronounced like the th in then) in deepest Wales and encounters a bridge so clearly marked that he has no excuse for trying to squeeze his truck under it when it is manifestly too high. What a moron!
We can imagine the resulting conversation with a member of the local constabulary:
-Well, Mr Pole, what the bloody hell made you think you could get under there? Can’t you see the sign?
-Moron.
-Moron?
-Tak. Moron who put up a sign saying 4.1m. My truck is 4m exactly, is the law in Poland. Should fit easily.
-That bridge is exactly 13 feet!
-Might be, but is not 4.1m.
-Yes, a moron I’m afraid.
Moral to this sad story: if you want to convert ft to m, just ask Mr Google. He’ll get it right. 13’ is 3.96m, not 4.1m
bob and john
> Cé hé sin
09/21/2015 at 15:23 |
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yea, i dont actually blame the truck drive in this one...
Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Cé hé sin
09/21/2015 at 15:24 |
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Stupid anglos, not knowing metrics :P
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Cé hé sin
> bob and john
09/21/2015 at 15:25 |
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He was actually fined £100 because until the picture hit the media nobody had bothered to actually check the conversion. The case is being looked into.
nothinbutajakethingbaby
> Cé hé sin
09/21/2015 at 15:25 |
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I wonder if he would’ve been able to deflate the tires and roll through, That seems super close!
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bob and john
> Cé hé sin
09/21/2015 at 15:29 |
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thats going to get fought back....I hope
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Cé hé sin
> nothinbutajakethingbaby
09/21/2015 at 15:30 |
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Probably, if the truck really was 4m then the diffeence would only have been 4cm. I have my doubts as to the actual height of the truck though as the figure shown on a bridge is supposed to clearance, not actual height - a 4m truck should easily fit a 4m bridge.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Cé hé sin
09/21/2015 at 15:36 |
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As a point of amusement, since we can’t be certain what the bridge’s true exact height is, we have no chance of nailing down these gentlemen’s height closer than about an inch and a half (or 4CM).
desertdog5051
> Cé hé sin
09/21/2015 at 21:13 |
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So... I gues Mercedes drivers are as bad as BMW drivers.