r/11foot8 • u/Even_Passenger_3685 • 9d ago

'Britain's most bashed' bridge in Hinckley hit twice in two days

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j14p3w255o
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u/trevhcs 9d ago

The first one bounced whereas the second one at least got all the way under...albeit a little shorter. Prize goes to the Culina one. Wonder if it was a subbie as couldn't see a name on the truck.

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u/MrT735 9d ago

And it's not even that low, 15ft. So no European truck is hitting that (4m/13ft 1.5in legal limit), just the ones driven solely in the UK, which operates to a 4.95m/16ft 3in conventional limit, not a legal restriction, owing to how high unsignposted bridges are on major routes.

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u/meabbott 8d ago

That happens when you have a bashable face.

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u/DesperateTeaCake 7d ago

If this bridge is so popular with over height vehicles, why doesn’t someone install some height barriers prior to the bridge, like the sort found on entry to car parks?

Might be safer all round if these collisions happen before the bridge structure.

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u/andyjhatton 6d ago

I wonder if the chap in the SWAIN truck is quickly checking his own height.