High Level Bridge

[David A]

This boggles my mind. Giant signs. Big and yellow and loud. And still the idiots think that somehow the laws of physics and geometry don't apply to them. Should these people even be allowed to operate heavy machinery?

Not sure in this case, but it seems to often be someone from out of town, who I assume is not very familiar with our city. Although, I don't quite understand how they miss or ignore the signs? Are they illiterate?

It is hard to back out, so perhaps that is what leads some to try continue on when they shouldn't. I do agree having a more of a barrier before the bridge could help some.

 

[Yeggy]

Truckers used to have special gps navigation that prevented this. I winder if google maps has become the replacement.

 

[ADob]

Not sure in this case, but it seems to often be someone from out of town, who I assume is not very familiar with our city. Although, I don't quite understand how they miss or ignore the signs? Are they illiterate?

It is hard to back out, so perhaps that is what leads some to try continue on when they shouldn't. I do agree having a more of a barrier before the bridge could help some.

Out of town, illiterate, and yellow-specific colour blind. The perfect storm...

I lived nearby and used to walk across the bridge almost daily and watched a bus driver, a random elderly passerby, and twice the police stop traffic and help the dingbat manoeuvre back out.

I honestly don't buy the "I'm not from around these here parts" because the warning signs are getting bigger and bigger and harder to miss. I think this is the same attitude that makes people turn into the oncoming LRT, turn right on a "no right on red" intersections, and blow through red lights. Yes, there are laws (including in this case the laws of physics), they just don't pertain to me because I'm special.

 

[Gronk!]

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• Charges are pending against the driver of a tractor-trailer that became lodged on Edmonton’s High Level Bridge on Feb. 11. The Edmonton Police Service said there was significant damage to the bridge. No injuries were reported, and the investigation continues.

 

[AJo]

Obviously the many warnings do not work. Why not build a structure on the 109st approach that the truck driver can smash into BEFORE the bridge. That way the accident happens before the bridge is blocked and traffic can be routed around the idiot.

I agree that they need to put a over-height barrier before the bridge. However my biggest question is: Why is 109th street a 24 hr truck route when it cannot accommodate most trucks and passes through mostly residential zones?