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[email protected] · May 28th 16, 10:47 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Optimist) wrote:

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?

Good question!

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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