Truck carrying excavator hits Hay st overpass

[DoreSlamR]

I passed this this morning, it's still stuck apparently!

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...-1227160442430

[Danny]

"A digger has gouged a whole"

A whole? a whol- A WHOLE!???? Who the F writes the news stories these days?? Year 8 remedial English students??

Are they that desperate to get the news out first that no one proof reads anymore?

How can you obtain a journalism degree and make such an unbeleivably imbecilic mistake!? News flash - JOURNALISM IS WRITING!!!!!!!!! By Christ, what is this world coming to?

Cool story btw

[Yellow_Festiva]

Perhaps they were half way through a sentence and got distracted?

"A digger has gouged a whole lot of concrete out of the overpass"

I agree BTW.. I see 2-3 obvious mistakes a week in online news reports / articles.

Would be lucky to find that many in a month when I was reading the paper every day.

[xr8territory]

Quote: 'The truck struck the bridge just after 8am this morning, casung commuter chaos on the freeway and in streets around Perth’s inner suburbs as motorists sought alternative routes.'

It is crazy how much chaos this incident 'cased'

[JC]

Originally Posted by Danny

A whole? a whol- A WHOLE!???? Who the F writes the news stories these days?? Year 8 remedial English students??

Are they that desperate to get the news out first that no one proof reads anymore?

How can you obtain a journalism degree and make such an unbeleivably imbecilic mistake!? News flash - JOURNALISM IS WRITING!!!!!!!!! By Christ, what is this world coming to?

Cool story btw

I agree, but it's ironic then that you misspelt unbelievably....(i before e except after c)

[mik]

Won't be the first high vehicle to hit a bridge. ........ won't be the last.
what is the height of that bridge ???

[CoupeKing]

Originally Posted by mik

Won't be the first high vehicle to hit a bridge. ........ won't be the last.
???

Amen to that

[Wretched]

From a non truck driver here, how is it that a truck driver doesn't know the height of the load they are carrying? I would have thought you'd have to know the height before you drive off just so you know which bridges you can and cannot go under.

[new2ford]

The story was probably written on an iPhone

[nstg8a]

Certainly took a decent chuck out of the bridge.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by mik

Won't be the first high vehicle to hit a bridge. ........ won't be the last.
what is the height of that bridge ???

On the Mitchell Freeway??? That's a first as far as I am aware. Talk about chaos, I bet he, err, got a talking to about that one.

Don't drivers use the road atlases anymore?

Looks like he ruined the trailer as well

http://t.co/nlPveK9U0m

[Ben73]

That guy selling his turck must of wrote that article.

[nuthin' fancy]

Originally Posted by mik

Won't be the first high vehicle to hit a bridge. ........ won't be the last.
what is the height of that bridge ???

About 50cm too low.

[aussiblue]

whole? a whol- A WHOLE!????

Perhaps they've just come from the staff Christmas party and had a whole lot to drink.

[aussiblue]

Also this gem:

The truck struck the bridge just after 8am this morning, casung commuter chaos on the freeway and in streets around Perth’s inner suburbs as motorists sought alternative routes....

[arronm]

Originally Posted by Danny

A whole? a whol- A WHOLE!???? Who the F writes the news stories these days?? Year 8 remedial English students??

Are they that desperate to get the news out first that no one proof reads anymore?

How can you obtain a journalism degree and make such an unbeleivably imbecilic mistake!? News flash - JOURNALISM IS WRITING!!!!!!!!! By Christ, what is this world coming to?

Cool story btw

But when you look at the picture it is a whole hole.

[DoreSlamR]

The trailer isn't whole anymore though

[STINKY NINJA]

lol,put a smile on my dial,well done to that turck diver...

[Danny]

Originally Posted by JC

I agree, but it's ironic then that you misspelt unbelievably....(i before e except after c)

I was just trying to be the first to reply, and so didn't proof read.

[commodorenutt]

Same with motoring journalists.

In the 80s, car magazines were impeccable with the accuracy of their spelling & grammar.

Now it's gone to the dogs - the writing, and the writers. Even in print.

And don't get me started about online articles....

[buggerlugs]

So is it a backhoe or an excavator ? Looks like an excavator to me..................

[66GT]

I might be wrong, but it looks as though the "whole" created indicates that this structural member of the bridge is in fact hollow. Is that possible?

[nuthin' fancy]

Maybe the backhow doug the whole.

[mac_man_luke]

that concrete looks a little weak...

[Streets]

Just let some air out of the tyres, she'll be right!!

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by 66GT

I might be wrong, but it looks as though the "whole" created indicates that this structural member of the bridge is in fact hollow. Is that possible?

It certainly appears that way. I thought these concrete bridge spans would be solid.

[jpblue1000]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

It certainly appears that way. I thought these concrete bridge spans would be solid.

span is a ratio of depth to width not weight.
the bridge would be made up of box sections, flat and wide concrete tubes joined together then the road deck would be poured locking it together.
1:20 span to depth as a rule of thumb. for every 20 units of span needs 1 unit of depth.
A solid bridge would suffer unnecessary material cost, and self weight issues.
have a look here, at the cross section of one of the greatest bridges to date!
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=m...ed=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

JP

[mik]

Originally Posted by Wretched

From a non truck driver here, how is it that a truck driver doesn't know the height of the load they are carrying? I would have thought you'd have to know the height before you drive off just so you know which bridges you can and cannot go under.

well this is true, on the other hand truck drivers are human and make mistakes, and when in traffic you can get side tracked dealing with navigation and traffic and there are more things to keep your mind busy in a truck than a car, and I think we are all guilty of a moments inattention at some stage .
we used to have a lot of bridge hits for years near the wharf precinct at dynon Rd footscray , it is a heavily used truck route,
the bridge hits did not stop until the powers that be finally decided they should scallop a bit of the road out giving it a reasonable bridge clearance.

.

[Tonz]

Now that explains why Volvo are pulling out of motor racing.

[mik]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

On the Mitchell Freeway??? That's a first as far as I am aware. Talk about chaos, I bet he, err, got a talking to about that one.

Don't drivers use the road atlases anymore?

Looks like he ruined the trailer as well

http://t.co/nlPveK9U0m

Yes it pays to know your bridge heights,
but it is a lot easier to get caught out than one might think, especially if you swap trucks and trailer equipment around, and truck turn table heights vary, also road crews can resurface and put an inch or two down ......... "that's funny I went under there with the same load yesterday, bang'.

That's funny I went under there with a 25 ton box and had 2 inches to spare, today goes under with an mt container .... bang.