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Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

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Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

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You might think that trucks ignoring multiple, obvious flashing warning signs wouldn't be that common. This hilarious video proves otherwise: http://gizmodo.com/5955244/watch-this-bridge-destroying-doze...

If you can't read or don't speak english, a sign with text and flashing yellow lights may not be that obvious.

Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

#64

Why not have a plastic flap hang down and thwack the top of the too-tall truck? Next, if that's ignored, a plywood barricade hanging down: Better some splintered plywood than a jammed tunnel.

And lastly a large flashing sign, or water sign, saying there is tire damage up ahead. Then have tire damage spikes come out of the road. It's the drivers responsibility to not damage the tunnel or bridge. Better to damage some cheap tires on a truck than the tunnel.

Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

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post #44
post #24

You might think that trucks ignoring multiple, obvious flashing warning signs wouldn't be that common. This hilarious video proves otherwise: http://gizmodo.com/5955244/watch-this-bridge-destroying-doze...

It's easy to not see stuff when you've been driving for 16 hours straight.

It's also easy to not see stuff when you're blind drunk.

Both of these things are illegal, it's no excuse.

Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The advantage with the signs before the final water sign is that they should be enough for any reasonably alert driver and don't make the environment more hazardous. You really want to have the water screen projection, which douses the road with water, as the last line of defence. Water on the road is likely to make it far more difficult to stop a large truck like that. Having it earlier could actually be detrimental…

I worked near a train bridge that was constantly being hit by trucks. It was a near weekly event at times. They installed big, flashing lights and drivers would still blow through.

Check out 11foot8's YouTube channel for some great examples of how common this can be in some places.

http://www.youtube.com/yovo68 http://11foot8.com/

Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

#67
post #21

What if it was a convertible truck??

It'll end up convertible if it wasn't before. Crashing into a bridge like that can peel the top off like it was hit with a can-opener.

Double decker buses too.

Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

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post #35
post #24

You might think that trucks ignoring multiple, obvious flashing warning signs wouldn't be that common. This hilarious video proves otherwise: http://gizmodo.com/5955244/watch-this-bridge-destroying-doze...

"multiple, obvious flashing warning signs wouldn't be that common." Unfortunately they are way too common. Did you know there's wild animals living outdoors and they cross roads? 75 miles away a divorced family is having a custody dispute so here's abduction alert #243 for the year as a punishment from one parent to the other? There's a terrorist hiding behind every tree stump? Next month some roadwork is planned alt…

Precisely right. Overabundance of signage only conditions drivers to ignore individual signs.

Re: Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]

#69
And I think some people will STILL crash on the tunnel anyway.

I made a arcade game once: www.abril.com.br/blog/campus-party/2011/01/19/fanatico-por-jogos-leva-seu-proprio-fliperama-para-a-arena/

It has instructions printed on the sides of the screen... It was VERY, VERY, VERY common to someone ask people around them what a button do (sometimes to even random passerby people, or for example a couple arrived at the machine, and the guy would start to play and ask stuff to his girlfriend), and then the asked either looked confused, or pointed to the instructions, and the people asking would behave surprised, confused and shamed.

Why people ignored the instructions and asked for example their girlfriends, random people and so on instead?

Why people see a huge sign blocking the way to a ATM saying it is out of order, they remove the sign from the way and attempt to use it anyway?

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