Can Opener Bridge Has Been Raised - But Not Enough!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2020
- In November 2019, the railroad finally raised the Can Opener Bridge another 8 inches, from 11' 8" to a total of 12 feet 4 inches, but that was still not enough, as trucks are still hitting the bridge and still getting their containers damaged or torn open.
The council did setup lots of warnings signs to truck drivers, telling them they are overheight and should divert, but at least once a month one truck driver doesn’t see the warning signs and drives under the bridge anyway, and in so doing, has the top of their truck ripped off.
The reason the road cannot be lowered is because there are sewer lines and water pipes below the roads surface, and the council could not lower the roads surface any further. Also if they wanted move the pipes, it would cost millions of dollars and will cause important utilities to be shut down for weeks or even months. So it’s not practical.
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★★★ *FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIDEO / FACT UPDATES* ★★★
*1) North Carolina Law requires a height clearance of 13'6"* - However, this bridge was built in 1940 and is NOT in violation because it was built prior to the current height standard. At the time of Its construction, it met all applicable criteria. The current standard cannot be applied retroactively, and re-building the bridge would be too costly. Lowering the road is also not an option due to a sewer line under it.
*2) Why not just lower the road* - The reason the road cannot be lowered is because there are sewer lines and water pipes below the roads surface, and the council could not lower the roads surface any further. Also if they wanted move the pipes, it would cost millions of dollars and will cause important utilities to be shut down for weeks or even months. So it’s not practical.
*3) Why not lower the bridge, to make it obvious a truck won't fit through* - For the same reason they have never raised the bridge, because the railroad company does not have to, they are legally within their rights not to raise or lower the bridge. Also a lot of traffic uses that bridge, it would cause more problems re-routing all that traffic that can still *JUST* fit under it.
*4) Why not just close the road, so no one can go through* - Well maybe because most small trucks, buses & RV’s still do fit under the bridge, that the council did not want to interfere with re-routing all that traffic, just because 1 truck a month does not pay attention to warning signs, and crashes into the guard rail.
*5) Why not just ban trucks past a certain height from using that bridge* - Ok seems like a good idea, how will you inform all the random trucks using that bridge of that ban, will you use a sign stating the ban? I assume you will put that sign near the bridge somewhere, maybe right next to the BIG FLASHING SIGN saying "OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN" because obviously the truck drivers are reading all the signs at the bridge, right?
*6) What happens to all the metal parts that break off the trucks* - Jürgen Henn, the owner of the youtube channel Yovo68, picks up pieces of metal from Truck Accidents and sells them on his website, along with T-Shirts, now this man is an entrepreneur.
*7) Waste of time and money raising the bridge only 8 inches* - The main purpose of raising of the bridge another 8 inches, was to level out the 8-inch grade difference between the level crossing down the road and the bridge itself.
The increased road clearance was only a side-effect of the project, its primary purpose was to level the grade of the tracks so the trains did not have to slow down and can run more efficiently.
*8) Waste of tax payers money, the government did not raise the bridge high enough* - This was not a tax funded upgrade, the bridge is owned by the railroad and they paid to raise the bridge for their own benefit, not for the publics benefit.
*9) Why can't drivers read the signs* - One viewer wrote this "I live in that region. Another big reason are there are a lot Spanish-speaking drivers who can't read English (no joke). Its a travesty and makes other people unsafe."
*10) Absolute idiots, how do they not know the clearance of their vehicles* - about 30 years ago I rented a medium box truck to move house, I rented the truck but I had a friend drive, as I did not know how to drive a manual, but it never occurred to me to know the height of the truck when I rented it, but then again we did not have any bridges to go under on the trip.
*11) Where is the bridge located* - *"Norfolk Southern-Gregson Street Overpass"* Between W. Peabody and S. Pettigrew Streets and crossroad S. Gregson Street downtown Durham, NC
This FAQ is a cut and paste from my original Can Opener bridge video.
This is soooooo old.
Why the sudden interest?
@@Bibibosh yes you are right it's so old, it was made in 1940, but was just raised. so now it's new again :)
@@Bibibosh Thanks so much Bibi, appreciate the positive feedback, glad you liked it. I thought for sure I went a little overboard on this video, going 8 minutes long, but I had to recover all the points everyone seems to focus on.
But I think it came out ok.
Regarding point 1) When my home province mandated clearance heights, it was in response to bridges like this one. There was no exceptions made for how old it was.
Regarding point 2) You say "...move the pipes...", what do you mean by that? Move them how? Alternatively, most water and sewer systems are laid out with diversions for flow management, aka they are lying about the problems to be lazy. Yeah, fixing a mess has to happen at some point, no matter how far down the road you want to kick that can.
Regarding point 5) At a couple of points you speak on "drivers not reading the signs", those signs are right at the bridge and right at the intersection. That is too late when driving in the middle of traffic.
Finally, the rail company proved it could do something with the bridge, and the city traffic could withstand the closure of that bridge for weeks to months. This also appears to be a place of major traffic which necessitates the correcting of the clearance height for the bridge, the cost of doing so be damned. The sewer and water lines were all redone where I live, the project is taking a lot of time but it is getting done, and it won't have to get redone for a great many years outside of general maintenance. I still had both water and sewer the entire time with only one outage that took a couple of hours as they were changing valves. There are literally no excuses for this bridge.
Anyone else find it ironic that the “HOPE” truck stopped, analyzed the situation, and tried anyway? Lol
Yeah, his Hope didn't Change much, sort of like Obama.
HOPE... Absolutely perfect
Hopeful. Mostly hopeful.
He really hoped.
@@richmcintyre1178
Nice!
The truck repair shops in that town must be booming in business.
They have employees on the City council and they have shares in the repair shop. No one worked that out yet.
I bet they have their own bridge hotline along with a dedicated booth just for the can opened victims.
pretty sure there's one on the other side of the bridge lol
Y'all are crazy to think these company dont make these drivers drive there trucks back to the company shops/yard haha family dispatcher had a guy rip his roof off his truck in the north east had to bring it back to Texas lucky for him he had an empty trailer or he would be delivering it before he could have came back.
@Jabe Jikkonen Sorry you crashed your truck into the bridge. Maybe you should have read the sign.
I’m just amazed at the number of trucks that not only hit the bridge, but run the red light in the process!!🤦♂️🤷♂️
The red light was part of an attempt to stop the collisions. They were connected to a sensor that would trigger them when an over hight vehicle was detected.
That redlight is triggered by the height warning system.
The trucks actually don't have enough time to physically slow down And if they did try to they would cause an accident where the cars behind them would hit them.
The warning system ALSO doesn't work 1/2 the time.
Someone needs to sue the city.
@@OgdenM That street has a 25 mph limit. I think it is mostly idiots speeding up trying to catch the yellow light, totally oblivious of everthing else. This bridge is doing the town a favour by giving those irrisponsible enough to drive into this bridge a well-needed reality check
@@OgdenM Funny, the video shows plenty of trucks slowing/stopping in time. The others are speeding aholes
@@OgdenM Sorry, sue the city? Are you aware of how many signs prior to that light warn repeatedly that oversized vehicles can’t fit? Are you gonna ram into a brick wall because there isn’t a stop sign? Have fun with getting a jury to side with you on that mentality.
I love the RVs and their A/C units. Grandma is going remind Grandpa every second of every minute of every hour of every day for the rest of his life.
Less of a can opener now, more of a cheese grater.
Honestly, I'd say it's better now. It's a lot more satisfying to see the entire roof get shredded, instead of making it just half way through before getting snagged.
Indeed so if you still don't pay attention serves the truck drivers right . $$$$ nom nom nommmmm
I thinks your comment is better articulated then mine. My hat off to you good sir. 🤠🙂
After doing a lot of math, hacking into IBM's Summit supercomputer and letting it to the calculations I believe I have come up with a solution. Close the f**cking road. Obviously raising it and putting up all the warning devices cannot cure stupid.
@@explorenaked funny
My favorite was the driver who prudently stopped, opened his door, and carefully eye-balled the clearance and the box on his truck, decided it would fit ... and then collided with the bridge!
He did the right thing though, only he just slightly misjudged the clearance
@@danishghostrider he's still a moron for not knowing his Rigs hight!!
Love how it says "hope" on the side😂🤣👍
His goobrosity will forever be remembered as that one guy who did the right thing but he was still too much of a dingleberry to not bonk his truck on a bridge.
@@jamiehardcastle7952 Thanks! I actually hadn't noticed.
I love how the warning rail is a massive solid steel “I beam” Most bridges I’ve seen have a thin little
Aluminium bar hanging from chains about a foot in front of the bridge as a gentle “nudge” to advise the driver. This one has a steel slab to absorb the kinetic energy and prevent the truck hitting and damaging the bridge itself.
Yes, I was wondering why they haven't added a hanging clearance bar. For most of the trucks in the clip it wouldn't matter because they are going too fast for that test to actually stop a collision, but there was one or two that took it slow enough that it could have made a difference.
The hanging clearance bar would get in the way of the smaller trucks that deliver to restaurants in that area, the business owners objected,@@indigo0977
@@indigo0977 Because the bridge is far more important than the roof of the truck who didnt even pay attention to the THREE big warning signs, hell they even have a sensor that tells you in a jig electric billboard if the truck is too high.
@@virgilio6349I heard that in the 90s, a crane hit the bridge and caused major damage and that's why the bar was added.
A wise decision too. Bridge would have suffered severe structural damage over time from all the high velocity truck impacts. You saw how that old I-beam looked when they replaced it!
The sign should be changed from "over height must turn" to "YOU ARE OVER HEIGHT, TURN AWAY" because i think many people assume the sign isn't activated specifically for them but is just generally saying "IF you are over height turn away"
I totally agree. I had the same thought.
I hadn't thought of it that way but you're right and perhaps the more emphatic statement would help. However I don't have great hopes considering they should know and/or check with all the caution signs warning them.
It also raises confusion of what "over height" means. If I'm drivining a standard hauler, I might not think I'm "over height".
@@theriveracis5172 There are signs saying what the height is
@@tear4442
Are you going to tell me you know off hand the exact to the inch measurements of your car?
This is in the city that I grew up in, and I can tell you that the warnings near the bridge are only the LAST warnings. There are several more before you even get to the block before this intersection. This bridge has been a source of local entertainment since I was a child.
Jerry Edmonds like comedian Ron white says, “you can’t fix stupid.”
I love watching the morons run the light and crashing into the bridge. Dumb a$$e$!
Surely it will give entertainment for many generations ahead
@@epiqedwin8737 : Ron White.
Good gosh...there must be at least one patio view to be able to chill with a brewski and watch the opener do its work.
I really think that two things need to be added to the bridge area:
1. Electronic sign on the other side of the bridge saying "We told you that you were too tall"
2. Truck silhouettes painted on the side of the crash beam, like WWII fighter kills.
I visited a National Forest once that did something similar. Under a sign that said "all pets must be leashed" was a sign that said, "Score so far this season: Dogs 0, Predators 3."
There’s a tunnel down south that does exactly that. It has a few trucks, a car, and somehow a bike lol.
My idea: have a metal bar/pool noodle hanging in the air, same height as the bridge, ahead of the intersection. When a truck that's too tall hits that bar, first the bar bangs on the roof which alerts the driver and it should trigger an alarm or a voice that screams "short bridge ahead, redirect your truck". They should also use a red triangle and flashing lights with the electronic sign. If the drivers have not seen all the other signs prior, it's not that small electronic sign with no big lights or colors that will catch the truck drivers' attention.
@@_blank-_ From what I recall, there are about 15 signs before you make it to the intersection, including the "wind chimes". It also turns the light red for 50 seconds if the vehicle triggers the overheight warning!
😂
We love our 11’8”+8 bridge in Durham. The man was a genius for making videos of the people running into it.
It's one of my go-to's for funny videos!
The warning/skimmer bar should have a sharp edge so IR shears the tops off more cleanly. Glad I could provide my helpful input.
agreed, those nice curled peels are the best
Honestly they made the bridge better. It's now the *perfect* height for full-length tin-can peels.
Satisfying
Indeed. that guard rail will last for a couple of hundred years with the current height - sparing the railroad Co. further maintenance. Unless of course there is a change in the legal height for containers .
In summary -the railroad engineers got it just right. Before trucks were stopped and jammed up the road for hours - now the driver goes straight through and likely gets fired at the destination. A Legendary fix !! :-))
Lol
Full peal.
I can't wait 🤣
the guardrail thats been smashed should be in a museum somewhere lol..
Mounted, so can be seen from road.
Fully outlined with many crosses.
I would pay to visit an accident museum.
State farm museum
It just seems like you would be inviting people to crash into the museum. We all know it gets hit no matter what.
It's an even better can opener than before! Job well done.
I beg to differ on that one. I really liked to original. but the new one still does some occasional work. Every now and then I watch it and I am so jealous for 5.7 million views 🙂
Agreed. More elegant, surgical cuts now. It's beautiful.
Before it was obviously low. Now it's deceptively high.
Lol, this happened to one of the trucks the moving company I used to work for had. Trust me, after that every driver in our company knew that exact height of the truck they were in and if it was even close they would find another route. One thing you have to remember is truck height will vary depending on the weight of your load. You may squeeze under a bridge with a heavy load but hit the same bridge when your truck is empty.
Driver error. I remember my trainer would always remind me my height is 13’1”
Every bridge we passed on the highway he would say “ what’s the truck height?”
Thanks trainer👍🏼
Weird vehicle, truck standards are 13' 6". Are you a tanker or something?
@@lilacdoe7945 local runs in Chicago. We drive 13'1'' refers
@Carol Young only on interstates and most US highways.
Your trainer is a hero. Everybody should always be aware of their clearance.
@@leocardenas7306 ohh, FUUUCK that! Better you than me! I can't stand getting anywhere near Chicago. Thankfully I RARELY go into town.
Love the skimmer bar, skims them down to size so they can fit safely and neatly under the bridge.
That's an interesting positive way to look at it.
They should sharpen it up! =)
@@A_penguin_from_matmart4928 it's purpose is to protect the bridge after all
no leo , the purpose is a lot more noble than just protecting the bridge . the purpose is to skim trucks ( like the original comment said ) .. to serve trucks like a super advanced instantaneous AND free of charge pitstop for tunning trucks instantly ,, or like a drive-trough of preparations BEFORE going smoothly and happily ever after under the bridge thinking "i'm so super-happy and grateful for not even touching the god-damned bridge AND for that completely free skimmer . thank you god , i was so close destroying my truck with that bridge " . and not only that , but after that free modification next time you know that speeding trough it's better like pulling a nose hair (not counting the after-tears) and only laugh at that height limit sign as if it's there only for the newbies and not for the already verified skimmed trucks ...the veterans ...the pioneers .
@@d6wave copy pasta material
this looks like a FANTASTIC way to weed out those that don't pay attention on the road. i love it!
There’s a bridge kind of like this where I live in England. It’s a Bailey bridge which was built in 1947 and was supposed to be temporary.
It has a 3 ton weight limit and I believe a 7ft width restriction, but this doesn’t stop countless trucks blocking the road when they ignore the signs and either get stuck on the bridge or have to reverse back up the lane to the main road.
The most annoying part is this reeks havoc on traffic in the surrounding areas as the bridge crosses a river, and the nearest alternative bridges are either 3 miles downstream, or 5 miles upstream as the crow flies, at least a 20 minute detour.
I'm rather curious where that is; Don't mind telling?
@@Angelica_Steam8750 Walton on Trent, Derbyshire
Where iss this please?
@@injusticeanywherethreatens4810 Walton on Trent, Derbyshire
There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
It’s crazy to see how many people ran the red light before hitting the bridge in the video clips.
Then they deserved it even more
I was wondering why more people didn’t comment on that! Some were several seconds after the light turned and the cross traffic started advancing. Several of these a holes were driving very fast too trying to beat the light. Imagine they t bone a car and kill people? They deserve to have some vehicle damage
The overheight lights actually trigger the stop lights to cycle. They either have to run the red, or stop and then crash.
Honestly, I'm not all that surprised that there seems to be a correlation between people who run the red and people who don't notice (or ignore) the height warning...
@TheNewGTAV-Modder
Truckma mostly
The craziest thing to me is the fact that these rental agencies specifically tell them about this bridge AND that their insurance DOES NOT cover damage if they hit it.
Then THEY STILL HIT IT!!!
You don’t know that. This is made up
IKR? Every Ryder Truck rental in the area has to require the salespeople to do a special 30-second warning where they mention the can-opener bridge...
If you’re moving from another state, though, you wouldn’t have heard this warning. But yeah, if you’re in town and heard the warning and STILL didn’t heed? Shame on you. Lol.
Not to state the obvious... but uh... shouldn't the drivers know the vehicle height?
When I rented uhauls, they made sure to point out the vehicle clearance...
@@TrillVillainYou need to know your truck's height first and foremost and the height of the bridge is posted, so if bridge number is lower than your truck number, you need to go around.
The full sardine can roof peel is soooo satisfying.
You mean peel(it is 2 e's)
LOL!! The "HOPE" truck, oh the irony 🤣🤣🤣
I think the bridge is alive and squats when trucks come by.
Hahaha 😂 got me with that one
So that’s where Carolina Squat really came from? 🤔
That would be hilarious
Let’s hope so.
That's some intense junk grinding then
I would open a truck body repair shop just past the bridge.
I guarantee the day I opened my shop the council would finally agree to pay the millions to lower the road.
Brilliant! There's money to be made!
None of the bodies are getting damaged its just the trailers. Own a trailer repair/ replacement shop
I don't know, but i'm sure there is one!
@J Taylor pretty sure it's not a joke and more of a theoretical business plan. And no. A truck shop wouldn't relid trailers
Great video! I wasn't aware they raised the height on this bridge. Years ago I worked in the Durham area so I was always aware of this underpass but it didn't seem to gain notoriety until a few years later. A friend of mine (who has since passed, unfortunately) was a truck terminal manager and had the bad luck of having one of his truck drivers hit the bridge while a CBS News crew was filming a news story about it. LOL! As a gag, his supervisors honored him with a cake. 😅
Truck training lesson one…observation. See, read, comprehend and, obey, EVERY sign!
Best comment around here. 👍🏻
Now the bridge is more elegant at what it does. There is more accuracy, precision and sharpness to it. It peels trucks off with a certain touch of mastery that is hard to express. Leonardo da Vinci himself would be envious on this architectural marvel.
Yeah. Better kills, but not enough now!
They should make it out of a really strong glass so the truckers can’t even see the bar
and credit to the masterful engineering and metal work of the guard. It sustains repeated high velocity strikes without more than a budge. Only if those red light runners/obliviots had as much integrity.
That bridge has had decades of experience. It is now a master of its craft.
Practice makes perfect.
Drape an unsecured (with the ability to swing freely) metal sign that’s 11’ 8” in height just before the intersection that reads “If you hit this sign, you will hit the bridge”. I’ve seen this used in other states where low bridges exist and it works. Even if the driver isn’t paying attention, the noise of hitting the free swinging sign will instinctively make them brake.
You got the height wrong but yes.
@@JIKwood thank you for the correction... from what I’ve read, it’s now the 11’8”+8” bridge, but same principle applies. Warn drivers before they tear their vehicles up.
I think the issue here is that there's so little road between the intersection and the bridge, and the drivers are going so fast (partly because lingering in an intersection is a good way to cause an accident), that it would give them little warning before they made impact with the guard rail. If there was more road, then it could work, but as it is it would be about as effective a warning as Trinity's "Dodge this" from the first Matrix movie (spoiler: he didn't dodge it). The only times I can think of where it would be helpful is for the very few people we saw in this video that cautiously approached the bridge because they weren't sure if they'd fit or not.
@@Greywander87 It would still reduce their impact force when they are breaking earlier
@@JIKwood It's basic psychology. People who drive these box trucks typically have a IDGAF attitude. It's not that they don't see the sign, they're betting on the sign being wrong.
These videos are a great learning resource. Made me super cautious of low clearance when driving my RV. I stopped and got out to make sure it would fit under a bridge because I didn't know my vehicle height.
that area is perfect for a truck roof repair shop, will have alot of truck roof repair work for years to come
5:25 Overheight, _and_ through a red light. I'm sure insurance was happy to see that guy.
the overheight detection makes the light turn red
@@chasem4659 it was like 3 sec yellow now it'll turn red exactly when he crossed anywaus
Imagine those truck drivers explaining to their bosses.
At that point just fix it out of your own pocket it will be cheaper than how much youll pay in increased insurance rates.
Trucks have a super far stopping point, so when you're going 40 and you see a green light a few hundred feet away, and suddenly turn yellow, it's not worth to slam the brakes with gigantic truck.
Bridge: My new height will be 12'4"
Penske: Hey guys, let's raise our box trucks another 8 inches for larger capacity!
Or over inflate the tires😂
Truck insurance rates must be murder in this zip code. LOLOL
@@ih82r8Insurance specifically doesn’t cover this bridge because of how many rental trucks crash into it
I love these videos because I once totaled a rental truck in a similar manner, but with an overhanging tree branch. The tree branch ripped off the top of the truck just like you see in these videos. The damage was extraordinary.
I dont know why this is so funny... jeesus, seeing those air conditioning ducts get grated off had me in stitches. Keep on trucking, Can-Opener Bridge!!
If the guard rails could talk...
Old rail: go get'em kid
New rail: I won't let ya down
Underrated comment
Old rail: Ha! I'm free! So long, sucker!
New rail: wait, WHAT?!
I'm not crying....I'm cutting onions....
the bridge is like, just like old times i still got it.
if this was a phone call
OGR (Old Guard Rail): Hey there! So I heard you're the new guard rail?
NGR (New Guard Rail): Yep, I just got installed.
OGR: Good, because this bridge is a little small.
NGR: what do you mean a little sma-
*NGR scrapes a large truck*
NGR: OWWW!
OGR: Yep, that's one's going on the camera.
NGR: Oh, I hope this isn't normal.
OGR: Actually, it happens once a month.
NGR: WHAT?
Imagine watching the video with your boss and trying to explain how u missed 2 regular signs and one HUGE BLINKING sign lol
@Troy Z the blinking sign is next to the traffic light, and when you're never ever supposed to be fixated on just one thing while driving, you should be looking around for other vehicles, pedestrians, and of course, signs and any flashing lights
@Troy Z Yes, but that's not a valid excuse for missing all the warnings and flashing lights
The original commenter's point still stands that the driver would hold all the fault
@Troy Z The light is about to turn red or fully red when a lot of them go through because the truck is overheight. It's part of the system they have set up. Overheight trucks trigger a sensor that starts flashing the message and turns the light red to hopefully give them time to realize that they are about to smash into it. The problem is most of these idiots are speeding to begin with so they mash on the gas to try and race the red.
Nooooo you don’t understaaaaaand, you can’t just expect truck drivers to not ignore road signs
@Troy Z No, and that's not the point, they're bad drivers and its entirely their fault for the damage to their trucks.
The human mind can only do one thing at a time, but it is fast in switching between things. As a responsible driver, one should always have safety in the back of their heads while driving. Check if there are any oncoming cars, if the light is RED, or if there is anything out of the ordinary RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, like WARNING SIGNS or a GIANT FLASHING SIGN!
Kinda wish the bridge was lower again those videos were amazing
You prune,things have to change with time,they cannot remain the same forever
I remember when it was 11' 8" and oversized trucks would try to run it at full speed only to be stopped dead, and the cab would be jerked off the ground, then slams back down! Awesome!
This is not a "the bridge is too low" problem, this is a "drivers who shouldn't be allowed to drive a golf cart, let alone a large truck", problem.
Exactly I drive under this bridge every day for the last 18 years have been present for three of the wrecks and it’s NEVER been an inanimate objects fault
A good truck driver always knows the height of their vehicle
Exactly
It's not like there isn't a way around this bridge. I drove trucks for years in Chicago, the home of low bridges. Know the height of your truck.
@user name spoken like a true wheel holder. Plenty of signage...and most bridges are tall enough? Maybe in Texas..not everywhere else. You need to pay attention to your route and whats ahead of you...smgdh
Man I'm sure this has been said a hell of a lot, but let's just take a minute and appreciate the engineering of that bridge. Years of abuse, tons of semis, and it never even so much as shook. That's crazy.
It's really not that complex. Cars nowadays are made to crumble (to avoid infrastructure damage and reduce damage to pedestrians) and the guardrail took the impact every time.
There actually have been some videos where you could see the entire bridge move. I swear I haven't spent too much time watching these videos
Watch the one with the crane truck, shook the left hand camera that's ACROSS the friggin street.
th-cam.com/video/KD4RXrI0ZWU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=yovo68
They don't hit the bridge itself, the bar is specially designed to skim the trucks so they don't touch it.
@@MrLego3160 the overhead bar base is wrapped around the column as you can see, and it looks like the vertical piece is either cemented in the ground as well or bolted, can’t tell. You’d have to hit the whole assembly pretty fuckin hard to rock that like 10ft concrete column, let alone the support it has too. That’s why OP said what he said.
Seems like it's all rental trucks now. LOL!
Man, I can't even imagine the bill for taking out 4 bus airconditioners.
I think they are about $1000 each
A moment's silence for the old guard rail. You did a fine job scalping idiots.
It's still there. Painted bright yellow and 6" higher lol
@@blue9multimediagroup thats a new one. Watch the video dude
@@blue9multimediagroup they just showed the old one bent to shit, laying beside the new one. 4:21
Stand corrected.
Same design though.
@@blue9multimediagroup than it is not the same lol
Legend has it the owner of the truck repair shops and truck rentals in the area, also owns the railway, and the pipes below the road, as well as the 11-8 website.
infinite money glitch
😂
If all of them pool their money, they could form a lobbying group to petition the state government to lower ALL THE BRIDGES in the state back down to 11'8" XD better yet make that 11'7"
The driver at 2:14 proves that even with a truckload of hope, you can’t wish your way under the can opener.
They destroyed history with this bridge! Make it lower again, I love the funni moments. This is a great bridge. I love it. Lower it back.
Don't be a dickhead,that will never happen
It will permanently stay as it is and you cannot call a bridge that destroys vehicles Historic and in this Video there is clearly no history in the Bridge at all
This is literally why truck rental companies insurance doesn’t cover the roof haha
yes, Not metaphorically
Good thing you threw in "literally" or else I would have thought you didn't REALLY REALLY mean it.
@Alexander Markland "Literally" has been used as hyperbole for a very long time. Hyperbole is an exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. The use of the word "literally" can even highlight that a statement is hyperbole by making the exaggeration more obvious.
@@dbattleaxe this whole comment thread is predictable
I wonder how much that will damage your bank account. Ouch..
This is perfection, with elevation upgrade, a thicker beam and new framework, the can opener peels better than ever!
I'd add an improvement. Big assed steel roller, rolling pin the truck to fit the opening.
I don't often drive a tall truck, other than on rare occasions I was moving. But, passing under a bridge, I had already noted the height of my vehicle and noting the clearance, slowly went under when the gap was a bit close - hoping every inch of the way that the truck and bridge markings were accurate.
It's called common sense, something that is, alas, an endangered species.
New and improved from Ronco!
The fabulous "Ginsu Bridge"! It slices, it dices, it cuts the truck into Julienne Fries! 😆
If they instal spinning diamond blades that beam, still there were drivers testing "would it fit"
And looks like HOPE looks that bridge "does it fit" then beam says "hell no!"
They should lift the bridge
The Hope truck: "There ya go, sharp stuff!"
Thank goodness it's still the can opener. I was afraid it was too high and the trucks would escape.
After the inevitable crash,the sign should read "F**king told you".
Rat Race movie - "Should have bought a squirrel" LOL
needs to be after the bridge so the idiots can go "I didnt see a sign" INSERT VIDEO HERE "...fuck"
Nice space on the other side for an electronic sign right in their faces.
@@cronopoly344 I’m a squirrel!!!!
With no name and no nuts, please adopt me
Most of the "victims" are driving rental trucks, meaning they aren't experienced with driving trucks and have probably learned to tune out signs talking about bridge height, since it is normally not relevant to them.
yeah i don’t get it why so many professional lorry drivers missed the signs, red lights, blinking warning.
I saw one rental truck..most are box trucks.. regular delivery trucks.
@@gutzzgutzz6795 Ryder and Penske trucks are rental trucks. There are several.
You would think by now the moving trucks in the area would tell people explicitly not to go under that bridge and threaten to make them pay for the truck if they do
Yes and no unexperienced drivers do rent them to move but a lot of experienced drivers drive them when there trucks are broke down and other reasons
The entrance to almost every parking garage here in Florida has a pvc pipe suspended by cables at the clearance height a few feet before the actual opening to the garage, so overheight vehicles will contact it first, alerting the driver without serious damage.
I never understood why the city of Durham didn't set up a couple of poles with a suspended clearance marker pipe back at the crosswalk, giving truck drivers a little bit of warning before plowing into solid steel.
Because the trucks are allowed to go left and right. And these bars would be in contact with all of them (and might damage them, even those who know their hight and intend to turn left or right. I would agree with your idea, if there would be lets say 30 yards between the traffic light and the bridge/ bar. But in this constellation, there is no way your idea would work.
All that work for 8"? That's like walking 10 miles to the nearest store and only buying two beers.
I remember renting my first Uhaul and the guy said ‘yea the insurance covers everything minus the roof’. Now I know why 🤣
Lol haha
There is a similar bridge near my hometown. About 70 meters in front of it, there is a heavy and big but free hanging sign saying something like: "If you hit this sign you gonna hit that bridge!"
As far as I know, no vehicles have been damaged since then, but the sign has been damaged several times.
They should do this in addition to the guard rail. Put three of those 11'8" free hanging signs on the roads leading to the intersection well before the bridge!
@@tylerwinkle323 I think the problem is the intersection. Trucks would get hit by the warning even if they weren’t planning on going under the bridge.
This was my exact thought and suggestion (except for the verbiage which sounds even better)
@black_wink1649 Yes but if you pay attention to 50% of the crashes these RV/trucks are bad drivers.
50% of them run the red-light and so they miss the LED sign that only lights when the light is green.
I only feel bad for the ones making a right turn into the intersection.
Seems to be a nice lo-tech solution. I see them all the time in parking garages.
Those air conditioning units on that big charter bus is gone!!!😂
Up in Massachusetts we have a similar bridge rated at 11' 8". Train tracks passing over a road so low it floods with a heavy rain or snow, Extensive signage with blinking LED lights have reduced the crashes to a minimum.
Here in Sweden, some bridges have a dangling reflective metal plate hanging above the road about 250 yards before the bridge with the same clearance, so when you hit the plate it let's you know you won't fit without doing any major damage to your truck
Your beautiful country is leaps and bounds above the U.S. when it comes to safety and ingenuity.
Too easy
This bridge has a sensor which makes the light turn red and turns on a sign to let the driver know they must turn. Drivers who hit the bridge have ignored the sign and run the red light.
@@danieldaniels7571 yeah there is no excuse for not reading the sign, but I can assure you a loud ass bang that almost makes you shit yourself is gonna get anybodys attention
@@gmodderr good point. and that would also make for good TH-cam content, too.
Can we all just take a moment and appreciate the guy at 1:33 actually stopped and creeps forward just in case to avoid major damage!
Thanks for timing this correctly.
about once a week someone will time stamp after the moment their talking bout, which gets annoying.
Exactly. That guy, doesn't have to spend a couple grand or more repairing the truck cause he's not a dum dum.
No, I am not going to appreciate the guy because he's running with the red light
@@KyrieFortune Eh he's moving pretty slow, so I'd say he's walking the red light not running it.
He had Hope.
Only took them 10 years! Amazing
I'll bet Ryder hates that bridge 😂😂
"What the HELL was that noise?"
"Must be another truck hitting the bridge....One gets used to it."
Imagine living there and waking up every couple of months with some really loud crashing noise. I'd wanna live there for the excitement lol but at the same time I wouldn't wanna live there cause I love sleep
Easy answer to stop this, it needs posts on the approaches with cow bells strung between them at the height of the bridge, if an overheight vehicle is going to hit the bridge it will hit the cow bells first and any driver with sense should stop. Much better than signs and flashing lights, problem almost solved. (you can't stop everyone no matter what is done)
The fun part for me is thinking about the people coming home from work who have had a bad day and get to see some idiot take the top off his box truck must make their day so much better after that
meow
More like
"Oh. The train track serving the purpose of a 50 times sized industrial can opener"
4:30 RIP old guard rail! You did a great service!
Would of been nice if they preserved it, but it was more likely melted for scrap.
And imagine all the truck drivers that lost work or their jobs,over this mistake,speaking from experience myself,I didn't rip the whole roof of mind, but slowly went under a small bridge in a flat bed trailer!?caught the upright head board steel bent it as I came out,and lost work when it was reported back!?😕
It had a good life and served with honour. It deserves a comfortable retirement, someplace nice, where it can regale the younger guard rails with its experiences.
@@epiendless1128 It was sent to live with a nice farm family upstate but it's really hard to get there so we can never visit.
How many trucks did it open
Possibly one of the best documentaries I've seen 😂
I remember watching video after video of this bridge, never thought they'd actually raise the bridge.
Odd that they don't have a free hanging sign before the lights that says "if you hit this sign you will hit that bridge".
Sounds clever and so simple....but remember the drivers and City Council are also Simple.
That's how they do it in a lot of countries also in the US in some places.
That’s how it is in Canada. Really I don’t think it’s ignoring the signs and not knowing your truck is X Ft tall.
True now that you say that I have seen those in Kimball, tenn.
In all the underground parking I've seen they have a free swinging bar as a warning before they have any solid barriers.
"If you do a better job of idiot-proofing something, they'll just come up with a better idiot." -- Anon
im pretty sure the military has the claim on that one
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Oh dear, there are far too many truck drivers that have more brawn than brains!🚛😱
Best comment, hands down. You win! 🏆
@@rockclimber1985 Nope. Considering the last election, I think that prize goes to the Democrats for putting a geriatric guy on the ballot, a guy that has dementia..
I love how many signs there are. And they still drive into it.
My Rand McNally trucking GPS alerted me of this bridge before I had a chance to hit it. Thank god.
It would be fantastic to see this channel 30 years from now...
Where the city engineers have gradually increased the clearance to 16’...
...and twice a month, people still manage to hit the bridge.
A truck hits a bump in the road and careens upwards, at just the right height to have it's top expertly removed by the bridge...
You know that saying "give them an inch and they take the whole mile"?
This is the most literal example of that. You can fix the bridge or even some of those trucks but you can't fix stupid.
Congrats on using quotes correctly. Most people don't. :)
@@E3ECO
That wasn’t correct. It’s “Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile”.
@@dr.jamesolack8504 Only if you're British. Americans put periods and commas inside the quotes, but other punctuation outside (like the question mark in the original post). However, you're right in that "give" should have been capitalized.
I also use this as an example of "there's no such thing as idiot-proof instructions."
It’s a wonderful bridge that brings us tons of entertainment though the beauty of technology.
It very neatly removes those RV AC units! Clip! Gone...
I used to train truck drivers. One would miss important sighs so I gave him a task to solve this problem. He had to read every sign we passed out loud, not including mile markers, for 2 hrs. We both came to hate that 2hrs but years later he still reads warning signs with out fail.
I definitely had to call out bridge height signs, it's part of the CDL road test in NY. I drove for almost 3 years without incident, thank God! Also, Ryder box heights are either 12'6" or 13'. So none of those trucks are making it under at all. And it doesn't matter if the driver speaks only Spanish, numbers are the same in every language!
My driving instructor did the same thing to me... not because I ever missed a sign... but because he asked me "What did that last sign say?" ... and I couldn't answer.
@@timburss3335
But, with that kind of experience, you DID see the sign, and you reacted to it.
The ones you don't remember were unimportant.
I also have well over a million under my belt... less than most because I moved into dispatch for much of my trucking career.
Drivers don't plan their trips anymore. They just type in the address in GPS and haul ass.
Meanwhile on railroads at least one of two drivers read signals out loud.
They should put a pic of Gandalf saying “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!”
😂😂😂😂
Thank you! 🤣🤣🤣👍🏽
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This should be a huge street art XD
They did so in Russia
They should just add a big sign with a picture of a truck with a big red kross over it. Maybe a big red arrow towards the height sign too. 😂
They can put a man on the moon, but they can’t make a bridge high enough for a truck to fit through.😂
Ryder's car insurance must be thru the roof, so to speak.
nice,,,lol
I've heard the insurance the rental companies sell has an exclusion for damage resulting from driving through a low clearance situation. The person/company renting the trucks are probably having to pay for the damage without the aid of an insurance claim. They probably also have to reimburse the rental company for the lost rental revenue while the truck is being repaired.
If I had to rent a truck in that city I would definitely be looking for evidence to see if the top of the truck had been reskinned, just out of my own curiosity.
It is my understanding that the rental truck companies in the area explicitly tell the customers about the bridge and that it is not covered under the insurance. Well, that is what I read anyway...
and so does "PENSKE" too !
2:19 I love how he stops and examines the situation for a while and then runs into it anyway lmao
It has 'hope' on the side....
"Lemme see... 11'8"... truck height says 12'6"... yeah, this'll work!"
_B O N K_
@@AngelEmfrbl I noticed that too!! 😂😂😂
Probably flipped a coin heads he goes thru tails he turns around but he ended up with heads so he goes thru
He even opens his door to check. Say “yeah yeah, im low enough, this will work”
There should be a speed bump right in front to minimize the repair costs or even give time for drivers to assess the situation. Many things that could be done if they wanted to.
Good idea
bad idea
the speed bumb would act as an upwards ramp and would be just another distraction from the important overhead flash sign
as the light switches to red when overheight is detected one who crashes into it already ran a red light no matter a speed bumb
fact: the problem's are the drivers - and likely thier bad driving school - as the term "drivers licence" can't be further from the truth: it's just something that only permits you to legally drive vehicles on public roads - it doesn't say anything about your driving skills
unless that changes drastically this bridge will rightfully cause further damage
I don’t know why they don’t just go ahead and say it’s in Durham. I lived there for about 12 years and it was a never ending treat to watch.
"OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN" Nah that doesn't apply to me in a truck - Truck driver
Truck Drivers: That sign can't stop me because I can't read.
They should make a ramp so trucks can jump it.
They don't have enough run-up distance to make the speed they'd need. With truck gearing, that could take miles!
@@xheralt don't try too hard man
😂
Modern problems require modern solutions.
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1:35 props to this guy for actually testing it first.
Love the "Chariots of Fire" style background music - adds just that little touch of comic irony!
The cheese grater effect is oddly more satisfying than the previous can opener.
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Bro, you are genius!
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No. I prefer those videos where the guard rail chews into the box trucks and lifts the front wheels off the ground.
Only modification I can suggest to bridge is sharpen the over height guard so it creates a cleaner cut. Like a can opener
That’s what I was thinking
An angled blade would help too. Maybe serrated
Why do you want a cleaner cut?
@@Cacowninja cause it’ll be more satisfying
I think they should add some type of special effects, fireworks for example, that go off right after a truck hits that big hunk of steel.
This is a great advertisement for Ryder, Penske and U-Haul.
There's another wicked part to the bridge: the placement after a red light. Drivers will naturally focus on the light, and many, seeing a yellow, hit the throttle. Great can opening.
There is a similar bridge in my town, has had 0 crashes. The main reason is that a set of chains were installed, hanging some 300 ft. before the bridge. So if a truck hits them, it means it will not go through the bridge, giving it time to detour.
Great idea
Hey, we don't want that! It will take all our viewing pleasure away watching these idiots that don't know how to read.
Is your town in North Carolina?
Doesn't always work. A low bridge near me has chains also but they ignore those and still get stuck lol
@@victorburk2932 😂🤣😂
There’s a 10’11” bridge in my hometown that gets hit so frequently they are trying to get the state to impose fines for hitting it. It’s probably the most fascinating thing about the area
Please tell us what city. So we can go watch.
@@jesse75 Search for Glenville Bridge, it’s in New York state. Unfortunately they don’t have cameras to monitor the actual strikes but there’s some pretty great footage of the aftermath.
Is that so the state can make money from it? Fines for speeding has worked so well on intentional speeders why not fine people who accidentally hit a bridge that will teach them.
@@Suds649 It’s because it’s technically on state land, but the town always ends up paying for everything
Hilarious to think that you don't fine people already, that's destruction of public property and failure to abide road law because you're ignoring traffic information a.k.a. not paying attention
Are those trucks growing??😂😂
My brother’s last day working for a plumbing supply company in NH was the day he tried running the truck under a low bridge. The truck looked like a sardine can
I love how the bridge was designed so well it has taken 100s of impacts and hasnt budged.
The bridge hasn’t taken 100’s of impacts, the dedicated collision mitigation barrier has… the thing designed to do exactly what it does.
The barrier… not the bridge
until you look at 1:40
@@Ken.- I’m not sure what part that was, maybe the walkway, because those steel bridge bearers wouldn’t lift like that with that little impact. Good pickup though.
@@Nathanation88 That's not a walkway. That's the iron girder they put there so the trucks would hit it before they hit the bridge. That steel beam is supposed to take most of the damage and then be easily replaced when it gets too damaged.
This bridge has a well earned reputation. All truck rental agencies in town advise truck operators not to drive under this bridge. Alas, some still make the attempt and are doomed to absolute (expensive) failure.
Worse, it seems that many if not most of the trucks are indeed rentals. Where I am (sydney, oz) if you hire a truck the pantechnicon is not covered by any optional insurance, so you break it, you won it. If it is the same in that city, it must have been a financial disaster for some renters..
The road needs to be renamed…. Ignorant f🤬k blvd
@@alexanderSydneyOz thanks to this comment, I learned a new word "pantechnicon." Here in the southern part of the states it's just a box truck.
@@alexanderSydneyOz Professional drivers probably understand their truck height, so this will be mostly idiots renting lol
@@DataLog completely agree.
2:30 just take a short look and HOPE 😂😂😂😂😂 this is the best I've seen this year so far 😂😂😂