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Optimist · May 28th 16, 05:38 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 05 May 2016 05:49:21 -0500, wrote:

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 09:12:50 on Thu, 5 May
2016, d remarked:
I think the only solution is to have a sturdy steel beam, painted in
luminous paint, a few metres before the bridge (and obviously mounted so
that, even if hit, no force is transferred to the bridge parapets). The
beam might be a few cm below the bridge, but there might also be a
hanging fringe below that so it's right in the driver's eye line.

Well he failed to spot the pretty obvious warning signs on the bridge so
I doubt this particular Einstein would have seen a painted beam either.

Are we sure he ignored the signs, rather than forgot (or didn't
properly know) the height of his vehicle. Forgetting what you are
driving is just about the only reason one of the fairly regular
double-decker bus bashes happens.

Either way it's a major failure to meet the standard of driving expected of
people driving such large vehicles.

Why aren't vehicles fitted with electronic gadgets to warn the driver of low bridges?

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