Ah yes, the pedestrian deleter. Seriously, if you look at crashtests these things are anihilators of anyone who isn't in a lifted or semi truck. Also due to generally worse dynamics to keep the chance of a crash the same you would have to drive slower and considering the severity of crashes driving 20% below the speed limit would be reasonable. Seriously it is like lives are cheap in the US.
We're I'm from half of them are spaced out from driving with no sleep on uppers. I once saw the face of the driver of a huge truck run a red light at a distance of about 100m (metres) with out any sign of recognition, completely blank faced and staring straight ahead.
Edit: metres
This is because they’re paid by the mile, not by the hour. So if they can smoke some meth and drive for 24 hours to delivery a thing, then they get paid the same as if they take 3 days driving of 8 hours a day.
~~Left turn from Bushwick Avenue to Highland Blvd and stayed in the wrong lane, would be my guess.~~
Edit: nope, he's going south. That's the Myrtle Avenue overpass, which is posted 11'5" (actual 12'5") in the left lane.
Probably took the wrong lane from the Van Wyck, then. That one takes you pretty straight in. Might have been trying for Union Turnpike and stayed too far to the left.
I often ignore "No Trucks" signs.
I never ignore hight clearance. If it's even close to my height and not a frequently traveled spot, I'm inching and checking.
Edit to add: I make restaurant deliveries. More than an insignificant amount of restaurants are on roads that say "No Trucks." Some of these are even high profile, corporate restaurants too, not just Mom and Pops.
Most "No Trucks" signs are for weight reasons. While you are continually breaking sub-pavement infrastructure, one day something big will collapse beneath you and swallow your truck.
No, most "No Trucks" signs are there because they don't want a big ugly truck in their scenic town square. There's a lot of restaurants on truck restricted roads, so not much choice. Heck, our trucks are 3 times the weight limit for the road that our depot is located on.
I am wary of weight limits on bridges though.
Yes, but that's why the "No Thru Trucks" sign exists; to allow local deliveries while preventing excess wear and tear. Just a lot of times whoever is in charge of signage just places don't understand trucks. I do take precautions to minimize that though, such as only turning the wheels while the vehicle is in motion.
It's not completely true. I do local driving, and where they build some of these stores, are in the WORST locations for a semi. Sometimes, the only way to the store is in a truck restrictuon route. I can name a handful of stores that are like that. It's so bad that even the GPS will yell turn around even though it's the only way I'm getting to said store to deliver. We have the resources to fix the infrastructure of some of these old roads, but the reality is that it's cheaper to send a big semi into Metropolitan areas than it is to send a group of small box trucks. Plus, no one wants to detour around their street all day.
Glad to see someone coming to my aid! And I'm technically in a box truck, but because it's liquids I'm still pushing 50k, so might as well be a full semi, but worse since I've got two less axles.
And that's why I keep the gps on mute!
Good point. Truckers have to look out for each other when the general public is uneducated in this manner.
Over hear on the east coast, I deliver to the giant food stores grocery franchise, and even the store managers agree that these businesses don't account for growth AT ALL. I usually use 3 different resources to make sure that I'm squared away before attempting to get stuck in downtown Philly. I know in Georgia l, a lot of their no truck signs are just pure ordinance and nothing else, lol.
Glad I don't have to deal with that side of the US. I'm in the South, so I likely encounter signage issues less often than you. I don't mind deliveries to Food Giant, Piggly Wiggly, and IGA around here, because they're usually in small towns that haven't grown up much. Though I believe two of them that I deliver to are on truck restricted roads.
They also have the most redneck, hidden bathrooms I've ever seen. "Go through there, take three lefts then a right, and it's in the plywood shed in the middle of the hallway."
No, I make restaurant deliveries, and I would estimate at least 5% of my customers are on streets that prohibit trucks, especially the "historic" and touristy towns. I can't help it their elected officials didn't have the foresight to think about business deliveries.
My favorite is the towns that say "No air compression brakes allowed." Guess I'm not stopping here lol.
Don’t “no trucks signs” not apply to local deliveries lol? Their roads just can’t handle trucks using them as a thru road, because they are old and weak.
The roads can't handle the constant wear of daily thru traffic. But I'm not using them as a thru road, my customer is literally located on said road.
It's like the shoulder of the interstate. You can park a semi there no problem, but when they're doing construction, that's why they have the "trucks use left lane" signs, because the shoulder often isn't built to withstand the constant forces of truck traffic.
You're one of those meatheads who ignores the No Trucks signs in my neighborhood and gets stuck trying to turn onto my narrow one-way street aren't you? I enjoy calling the cops on you morons.
I ignore no truck signs all the time. I don't even own a truck.
Same. I recommend ignoring signs that do not relate to my situation
That sign can’t stop me because I can’t read!
Are you ignoring it if you are following it by having “no truck”
No trucks given
I mean, yes I agree, but you don't have to tell people subbed here 🤣
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Aww, bless your heart
Micropenis energy
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Ah yes, the pedestrian deleter. Seriously, if you look at crashtests these things are anihilators of anyone who isn't in a lifted or semi truck. Also due to generally worse dynamics to keep the chance of a crash the same you would have to drive slower and considering the severity of crashes driving 20% below the speed limit would be reasonable. Seriously it is like lives are cheap in the US.
We're I'm from half of them are spaced out from driving with no sleep on uppers. I once saw the face of the driver of a huge truck run a red light at a distance of about 100m (metres) with out any sign of recognition, completely blank faced and staring straight ahead. Edit: metres
This is because they’re paid by the mile, not by the hour. So if they can smoke some meth and drive for 24 hours to delivery a thing, then they get paid the same as if they take 3 days driving of 8 hours a day.
Yeah my ex was a truckie. He was paid by distance (kilometres here) aswell
His “super” ego got in the way
r/MomentsBeforeDisaster
Not really, he hit the bridge and is stuck under it.
More like r/MomentsAfterDisaster
I guess you could say he had...a big Ego (crowd booing)
Looks like it already crunched!
Wait, this sub is back? Awesome!
To be fair... that was an 11' 5" sign.
Ha I just spotted one on Monday on the Jackie Robinson going East bound. I’ll post it up now.
This looks like Columbia SC
More likely the ~~Interborough~~ Jackie Robinson Parkway in Queens NY.
I saw Myrtle on the sign and thought it was Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Ave not Myrtle Beach but I could see why you'd think that. It's for sure NY by the rest of the sign and the look of it though.
How did he even get onto it? Every ramp is so small and terrible
~~Left turn from Bushwick Avenue to Highland Blvd and stayed in the wrong lane, would be my guess.~~ Edit: nope, he's going south. That's the Myrtle Avenue overpass, which is posted 11'5" (actual 12'5") in the left lane. Probably took the wrong lane from the Van Wyck, then. That one takes you pretty straight in. Might have been trying for Union Turnpike and stayed too far to the left.
This is why I come to reddit. Nice Job
Well what happened?
I peeled back the top of a Uhaul truck moving from MA to MD. Fuck those low bridges..
It's you, you are the problem
Hope you had the insurance.
That's a super ego. They can't read. So this post is kinda inert
>They can't read *English.* FTFY
I often ignore "No Trucks" signs. I never ignore hight clearance. If it's even close to my height and not a frequently traveled spot, I'm inching and checking. Edit to add: I make restaurant deliveries. More than an insignificant amount of restaurants are on roads that say "No Trucks." Some of these are even high profile, corporate restaurants too, not just Mom and Pops.
Most "No Trucks" signs are for weight reasons. While you are continually breaking sub-pavement infrastructure, one day something big will collapse beneath you and swallow your truck.
No, most "No Trucks" signs are there because they don't want a big ugly truck in their scenic town square. There's a lot of restaurants on truck restricted roads, so not much choice. Heck, our trucks are 3 times the weight limit for the road that our depot is located on. I am wary of weight limits on bridges though.
Depending on the road it can also rip up pavement and incease wear and tear, especially on older roads.
Yes, but that's why the "No Thru Trucks" sign exists; to allow local deliveries while preventing excess wear and tear. Just a lot of times whoever is in charge of signage just places don't understand trucks. I do take precautions to minimize that though, such as only turning the wheels while the vehicle is in motion.
Do you also believe deer crossing signs are there to tell deer where to cross?
I'm not that dumb. They're there to tell me where the good hunting spots are
Glad to hear you think you’re above the rules ☻
It's not completely true. I do local driving, and where they build some of these stores, are in the WORST locations for a semi. Sometimes, the only way to the store is in a truck restrictuon route. I can name a handful of stores that are like that. It's so bad that even the GPS will yell turn around even though it's the only way I'm getting to said store to deliver. We have the resources to fix the infrastructure of some of these old roads, but the reality is that it's cheaper to send a big semi into Metropolitan areas than it is to send a group of small box trucks. Plus, no one wants to detour around their street all day.
Glad to see someone coming to my aid! And I'm technically in a box truck, but because it's liquids I'm still pushing 50k, so might as well be a full semi, but worse since I've got two less axles. And that's why I keep the gps on mute!
Good point. Truckers have to look out for each other when the general public is uneducated in this manner. Over hear on the east coast, I deliver to the giant food stores grocery franchise, and even the store managers agree that these businesses don't account for growth AT ALL. I usually use 3 different resources to make sure that I'm squared away before attempting to get stuck in downtown Philly. I know in Georgia l, a lot of their no truck signs are just pure ordinance and nothing else, lol.
Glad I don't have to deal with that side of the US. I'm in the South, so I likely encounter signage issues less often than you. I don't mind deliveries to Food Giant, Piggly Wiggly, and IGA around here, because they're usually in small towns that haven't grown up much. Though I believe two of them that I deliver to are on truck restricted roads. They also have the most redneck, hidden bathrooms I've ever seen. "Go through there, take three lefts then a right, and it's in the plywood shed in the middle of the hallway."
No, I make restaurant deliveries, and I would estimate at least 5% of my customers are on streets that prohibit trucks, especially the "historic" and touristy towns. I can't help it their elected officials didn't have the foresight to think about business deliveries. My favorite is the towns that say "No air compression brakes allowed." Guess I'm not stopping here lol.
Don’t “no trucks signs” not apply to local deliveries lol? Their roads just can’t handle trucks using them as a thru road, because they are old and weak.
The roads can't handle the constant wear of daily thru traffic. But I'm not using them as a thru road, my customer is literally located on said road. It's like the shoulder of the interstate. You can park a semi there no problem, but when they're doing construction, that's why they have the "trucks use left lane" signs, because the shoulder often isn't built to withstand the constant forces of truck traffic.
So we agree, that’s what I just said lol
You're one of those meatheads who ignores the No Trucks signs in my neighborhood and gets stuck trying to turn onto my narrow one-way street aren't you? I enjoy calling the cops on you morons.
Never seen one.
classic jackie robinson moment