Driver of flatbed truck hauling an excavator learns why Storrow Drive is 'Cars Only'

By adamg on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:12am

NBC Boston reports State Police had to call in a crane truck to remove the remains of an excavator on a flatbed whose driver slammed into the top of the inbound tunnel around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday. No, the crane truck did not then also storrow.

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It doesn't happen there very often

By Ron Newman on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 5:08am.

To get to this location, you have to first fit under both the Fairfield Street and Dartmouth Street pedestrian bridges.

What is the citation?

By Lecil on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 8:29am.

The driver gets a citation; is the company that they work for also fined? Is the dollar amount involved painful enough to actually educate?

I think the embarrassment is

By anon on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 9:16am.

I think the embarrassment is plenty enough to educate. I doubt many people Storrow twice in their lifetime.

Even when nobody gets hurt, a

By dvg on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 9:48am.

Even when nobody gets hurt, a small excavator like the one on the picture starts in the high five-figure. A decapitated truck would also be in the $tens of thousands in damage and a huge insurance penalty. I don't think that anyone who gets closely involved with a storrowed vehicle ever forgets about it.

Educate who?

By Greene on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 11:08am.

It's a new driver every time.

Big fines for the last guy won't stop the next guy.

We had the privilege....

By Michael Kerpan on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 6:58pm.

... to be stuck in this mess while on the way to MGH for a medical appointment.