So there’s this bridge in Westwood MA where trucks just keep smashing into. It happens so often that someone has set up a video camera and put together a highlight reel of trucks smashing into it.
Play the video here-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTclRCQrrKE
You’ll see in the video that the trucks look like they’re gonna clear it but I’m not sure if the road suddenly has a bump but BAM, they all smash right into it tearing their box trucks to pieces.
Ultimately it’s the driver’s fault because there’s a big low clearance sign on the bridge itself and another tiny sign buried among about 5 other signs.
Do you think the town could do anything differently to alert the drivers Like attach a huge billboard photo of the previous truck wreck where it says LOW CLEARANCE so maybe it will sink in better or do you think that it won’t matter and they should just let these truck smash-ups continue to occur? Another alternative would be to install a hanging sign about 20 feet before the bridge that would be the height of the bridge so if the truck hit the sign it would make a loud noise and let the driver know that he won’t make it under and he better stop.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Yes, because it really stinks for everyone else to be stuck in the traffic jam that invariably happens. The sign before the bridge is a tremendous idea!
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The sign idea is a great gauge for height pre-inspection have a pre-inspection set out prior to going under the bridge and many do not know the clearance level of the truck. !!! Warning signs and lights are required. Most who have been driving for a long time know this and the clearance level is normally indicated on trailer so if it says 10.3 on bridge sign and your trailer is 11.00 not going to cut it…It’s when you take that side road to avoid traffic you see these happen many times or one to many times…and you can tell the close calls by trailers. :-O Dave
https://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/8/docs/bridgeManual/InspectionHandbook/intro.pdf (April 2015) 14 pages outline index only.
9.7.3 Clearance Information……………………………………………………………………………………. 9 – 40
Posted for Vertical Clearance ……………………………………………………………………….9 – 40
N/E Vertical Clearance Measured …………………………………………………………………9 – 40
N/E Vertical Clearance Posting ……………………………………………………………………9 – 40
S/W Vertical Clearance Measured ………………………………………………………………..9 – 40
S/W Vertical Clearance Posting ……………………………………………………………………9 – 41
Truss Portal Measured …………………………………………………………………………………
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