Read the actual article. This was a commercial vehicle that was hauling gravel. I think most folks are assuming it was some dumbass in a lifted truck with a few MAGA stickers on the back. Thatâs not the case.
The driver is still at fault for ignoring the posted weight limits, but itâs not like he was driving a personal vehicle, as much as weâd all love to see a some of these massive trucks and SUVs go through a bridge.
Fun fact: school buses in the US are legally allowed to ignore posted weight limits on bridges. While this may seem particularly insane, usually on bridges the posted weight limit is not the weight that will make the bridge instantly collapse, it's the weight that if regularly exceeded by crossing vehicles will cause undue wear and require the bridge to be repaired or replaced sooner than it otherwise would have been. School buses are infrequent enough (and relatively light enough, even despite the child obesity epidemic) that they don't create a significant problem.
On a wooden bridge like this, though, the same logic does not apply. I sure wouldn't cross it in my school bus, but the height limit would preclude that anyway.
What an asshole. There's no way they didn't know they were overweight either. Maybe they couldn't see the sign through all their 'rolling coal'.
For once, an article reporting an "overweight Ford" causing a mess isn't referring to a politician in Ontario.
Posted weight limits were possibly ignored
(Emphasis added)
I think we can rule out any other possibility. Either they didnât know the weight of their truck and ignored the weight limit, or they did know the weight of their truck and ignored the weight limit. Either way, they ignored the weight limit.
I lived by a historic covered bridge as a kid. The people in the area would have been PISSED if something like this happened. The bridge was originally designed for horses and buggies, so if your vehicle weighed too much, you couldn't go on it.
This is the opening plot to Beetlejuice
At least it ended funny
The view through that hole in the bridge looks like something out of Soul Reaver.
Tim Burtony soundtrack intensifies.
lol sounds about right
Keep an eye on that truck driver for winning a Darwin Award sooner or laterâŚ
L+ratio bozo stupid.
And the goblin who'd covered up the weight limit sign as the car was on approach said as he was uncovering it: ha! Gorham!
School is hard sometimes
Man, drivers really fell off
makes me genuinely laugh
These cars aren't resembling tanks, but are literally tanks! Their size measures up to being one of a tank, their weight one of a tank, and the damage it fucking causes when it rams into a family of four in a small sedan one of a tank.
Imagine the amount they cost tax payers from road repairs alone, enough to build a functioning fast rail network in California
Lololol no it's not. These things have definitions and it ain't Wikipedia nor is it dida dumb thing.
Natural selection
Itâs beetle juice all over again
Edit 3: I know nobody here is going to miss me, but I'm going to block this community and I feel it's fair for me to get to explain why. I've frequented this community since I came from reddit and the comments always come across as "us vs them" to the point of hostility toward each other. It's really not kind or welcoming. I hope you all have a nice day and find that feeling of welcomeness that I was looking for
Edit 2: Are people just angry? I ask a genuine question and get two snide remarks as answers. Lemmy is proving to be NO better than reddit
Is it just me or does the bridge on the left look like it has concrete flooring? If so, why didn't they just get two pictures of the actual affected bridge?
Edit: please don't just downvote me. I'm asking a question because I don't know the answer
