Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, believe it or not, there is some kind of electronic height checker...you can see the "Vehicles Overheight When Flashing" sign with lights that are supposed to blink to warn drivers if the truck won't clear the bridge. Don't know if they were broken, or if the driver just didn't notice them. That double-decker accident sounds horrific. At least here, it was just things and not people. Nathan Wajsman wrote: >Good catch. It is amazing that they do not have some kind of electronic >height checker on the approach to the underpass, if it is a major road. >But then again...there is an underpass in Copenhagen where a Swedish >double-decker bus had a similar accidents two or three years ago. The >consequences were more serious, a couple of people got killed and many >injured. There were signs showing the maximum height, but only after the >accident did they put in a height checking device. after I showed: >>http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_33/index.html