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Truck driver storrows on footbridge, gets ticket to boot
By adamg on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 11:53pm
Ed. note: Sometimes a picture isn't worth quite a thousand words. I originally wrote the sign took out the truck, based on the photo. In fact, the photo shows where the driver stopped after hitting the Silber Footbridge, which is what State Police said and I missed in my zeal for a funny headline. I've corrected the headline and post.
State Police report Storrow truck drivers batted .333 this morning: One cracked his truck open like a walnut while two others managed to avoid the embarrassment - if not the tickets State Police routinely hand out to drivers who manage to get on the truck-unfriendly road.
State Police report the driver of the now former truck got onto Storrow Drive inbound at BU around 11:20 a.m. and that he told a responding trooper that, yeah, he saw a sign that said "NO TRUCKS," but said the sign confused him and so he just kept going - at least until a low-hanging sign made the meaning of the sign a bit clearer.
The truck was hauling bundles of hardwood flooring, according to State Police, who add that, in addition to the shame of having to tell his boss why he never made his delivery, he also got a ticket.
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Tough sign.
Just sayin'.
(UPDATE): Sign might just be a big pussy.
The strength test
It's not about what your truck does to the sign. It's about what the sign does to your truck.
It's not about what your
Yeh, right! Ha ha ha ha ha!
How shitty of a condition
How shitty of a condition what the truck in the first place that it succumbed so easily to this sign?
They aren't bank vaults
Truck cargo spaces are built to keep the goods inside and weather out, with a minimum of weight. They're not especially robust, unless they are meant to haul bulk dirt or scrap metal or the like.
Yup.
There are a lot of haulers out there with actual tarpaulins for sides. Like you say, weight counts in the industry.
Also, don't hit stuff.
So I was right... Go on, you
So I was right... Go on, you can say it.
Storrowed by sign?
The police report said that the truck hit one of the footbridges, which most likely caused the damage before it approached the signs (can't imagine the signs themselves causing that much damage without incurring any damage themselves as shown in the picture).
Bonus points for being a post with picture in the state police blog.
You are right
And I am stupid. Post corrected.
Sign
So after hitting the footbridge did he just plan to keep driving to whatever he was headed until he encountered the sign and figured he'd stop this time?
Based on standard scoring he still deserves credit for making entirely through a storrowing.
At the trial
"You were confused by 'NO TRUCKS' . Were you driving a truck?"
< inaudible >
"Do you know what 'NO' means?"
< inaudible >
"Can you think of reasons why a highway might have a 'NO TRUCKS' sign?"
< silence >
"I didn't think those applied to me"
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Exactly
Officer: Did you see the "No Trucks" sign?
Dumbass: Yes, but I went ahead anyway, because the sign is confusing.
Officer: Which part; "no" or "trucks"?
Dumbass: Derp
It's hard to imagine how he
It's hard to imagine how he found this confusing: https://goo.gl/maps/ekQFoJN8w6Kn3QqK9
We have:
Anyone who thinks this isn't sufficient warning needs to have their license shredded immediately.
Perfect post, made me chuckle
Perfect post, made me chuckle
This is what I think of every
This is what I think of every time somebody suggests that Storrowing could be prevented if we just installed more/better signs, and therefore this is all the government's fault.
About those Route 1 signs
And I see that Storrow inbound still has Route 1 signs, despite the fact that Route 1 moved to the SE Xway years ago.