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MajorGeek @ Apr 18th 2008 7:41PM
As someone who has a commercial drivers license, where I am confused is the sign says 9 feet. You must be aware your vehicle is over 9 feet. This is beyond laziness, its simply stupidity.
JD @ Apr 18th 2008 8:13PM
Well, even if you were lazy and disregarded the fact that your vehicle was over 9 feet, I can tell you, since I live about 10 minutes from that picture, that they have over-height sensors that blink lights at you on either side of that bridge. So you'd have to trust the GPS, ignore your knowledge that the bus is over 9 feet, AND ignore the blinking lights over the sign that's labeled "Over-height Warning". That's just stupidity.
MajorGeek @ Apr 18th 2008 8:16PM
Wow! We have a bridge like that, flashing lights to direct drivers to an alternate road and of course signs with pictures and more before the bridge, yet it gets hit once a year.