Check your height.............. did they forget what they were driving?

Yep, I used to roll out on in the AM with doubles nearly every day for P&D. Other guys would roll out with triples too. Out west plenty of roads are wide and there are places to park and break a set. Also maybe half of my stops had docks, the rest were forked off the tail. I would also jackknife the rear trailer and get pallets forked off of my front trailer from time to time.

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Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit

*fork lift driver

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Josef_Kant_Deal@reddit

*glorified dock worker

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Own_Strawberry_4262@reddit

Why was he even there?Those doubles guys usually have a specific route.They run to avoid dumb s*** like this

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MiguelSTG@reddit

He could have been coming back from two drop and hook shippers. And if he was new, but told all highways are truck height he was on the Dixie Highway, which is a historic and not modern highway. But lastly, there are plenty of signs to warn him.

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Own_Strawberry_4262@reddit

true I guess but I'm sure there were signs lol plus as a driver it is obviously low.

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MiguelSTG@reddit

Oh, there were. Plenty of them. I posted an imgur link in the comments earlier.

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tommior@reddit

why are your doubles so comically short tho? :D

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Own_Strawberry_4262@reddit

depending on the state some state can run triples.

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Vast-Yak-8713@reddit

So dumb….

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John9250@reddit

Dude probably said, “come this way all the time”. 🤣

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Freightshaker000@reddit

You're only too tall the first try.

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Tots989135@reddit

My dad always says "with enough velocity you can overcome any obstacle"

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driver004@reddit

What I see is a massive quitter, barely even got the tip in

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snarksneeze@reddit

Still has his tires inflated too, clearly didn't try everything

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driver004@reddit

Everyone knows real truckers keep high explosive cutting charges under their bunk to clear the airspace

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ThePeterbilt589@reddit

to tuna can it or not to tuna can it, that is the question - socrates

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driver004@reddit

The answer is cowardice or unapologetic violence of action, there is nothing in between

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Freightshaker000@reddit

No determination or dedication.

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driver004@reddit

The fucks wrong with kids these days

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Sharp_Requirement_50@reddit

No balls.

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Freightshaker000@reddit

No one wants to work...

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driver004@reddit

Man you got to work it, but if you forget your prep work ooff could go badly

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JulianneElise@reddit

Your post and the comments literally made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the smiles. Be safe drivers. 🌹

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Kindly_Region@reddit

Usually I have the opposite problem. I forget I'm just driving a car and will take turns extra wide and slow, go to push in the non existent clutch when I go to stop, try and take a gear on a stick that isn't there. Today I drove through the middle of an arch bridge I clearly had enough space to stay on my side with the wife's corolla

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driver004@reddit

I stay out for months then I come home and get in my Jetta and am like fuck my ass is sitting on pavement, this is like driving a roller skate

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RollinHellfire@reddit

That's a drivers license less on the roads...

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absurdistpassenger@reddit

It's always an LTL, even though they're considered by many to be the best drivers...

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StephenDA@reddit

GPS routing. What could go wrong.

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Arth3r911@reddit

That thing looks like the cab got hit first. Smh

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Mozzatav@reddit

How do you guys avoid this? Not the crashing part, but before it, when you realize that your path has a low hanging bridge you won’t be able to go under?

Can you pinpoint these bridges when you’re pre planning your route?

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BriskManeuver@reddit

Most navigating apps for trucks have you routed to avoid these. They are programmed for 13'6" or use at atlas. general rule is never go on streets that say no trucks. Its very easy to avoid these.

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Mozzatav@reddit

I wondered if such an app existed, thank you!

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FloppyTacoflaps@reddit

Imagine how stupid truck drivers are and realize more then 50% of them are dumber then that.

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BriskManeuver@reddit

This sentence doesnt make sense at all

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BriskManeuver@reddit

Even if you take the wrong turn/exit etc you should still pay attention to bridge heights. Stop, call the cops, get bitched at, and move on with your day. At the end of the day you didnt hit anything

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DazednConfuzed62@reddit

No, not Fed Exy Ex too! Nothing stops those nuts from running...except a low overpass

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Polerize2@reddit

Those bridges take a hell of a beating.

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MiguelSTG@reddit

the bridge, without the truck

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Euphoric-Highlight-5@reddit (OP)

11' 10" lol

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Tonkatte@reddit

That should not be possible. And yet we see it every day. WTF.

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driver004@reddit

What not being possible, morons?

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Tonkatte@reddit

A driver in a rented box truck is one thing. Someone towing a double should know better. But yeah they are all around us.

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driver004@reddit

If I wanted to invoke the saint mr rogers, I would point out that I don’t see any height restriction signs, and I know that I’m doing a green goblen upward gaze of dispare every time I see a 13’8 warning sign because that shits hard to eyeball sometimes.

That said I’ll bet 100 bucks there was a no truck access sign at some point on this route

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