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Or maybe red warning lights instead of yellow warning lights. Maybe they have changed it. But yellow lights to me doesn't suggest "you absolutely need to stop".

edit: okay. Now they have a sign. With white lettering. In a location where we know from years of experience drivers aren't looking. This makes no sense to me. Everything about this is bad design.



There are lights that come on and the stoplight changes to red when an overheight vehicle approaches.


White is usually used to indicate information. And in the video in the link the signal turned red after the cab of the truck passed the signal.

I mean I get it. It's funny. But if it were designed well, there wouldn't have been 100+ accidents.


There are at least five signs at eye level on the road leading up to the bridge, four of which are the standard yellow warning signs: https://imgur.com/a/owITLZC

In addition, the illuminated "OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN" sign flashes to attract attention.

I get what you're trying to say, but this bridge is better-marked than the vast majority of road hazards one might encounter. There's a certain point beyond which it doesn't make sense to keep spending time and money protecting people from themselves.


"OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN" is such a stupid phrase. It doesn't even mean what they intend: ”OVERHEIGHT! MUST TURN!"


Every time I drive through that intersection I’m amazed when I remember how fast most of the trucks are going by the time they get to the bridge.


And how's that working out for them? 100+ accidents?


The bridge just shrugs the hits off it is very tough. So the damage and the problems are really for the trucks not observant enough to see half a dozen warning signs and lights.

They are the ones who end up paying, not the railroad that owns the bridge.


There's a slightly lower heavy steel bar in front of the bridge to prevent people from hitting the bridge itself.




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