The police said that the driver of this charter bus was not familiar with the restrictions on this parkway:Article about bus crash late on April 8But isn't this a design failure? If you are towing your trailer and you are from out of town, how are you supposed to know that there is this bizarre low bridge ahead of you? Maybe there is an app that will provide a warning, but that means that unless you have a passenger with a smartphone, you either have to take your chances or try to operate the phone while towing, a really bad idea.Seriously. What to do? Are very low bridges still around? I have rarely seen anything under 13 feet, at least out West. Maybe things are different on the East Coast??

Traveling secondary/back roads almost exclusively we encountered 'Low Bridges/Trestles/Overpasses' many times.Typically there was clear signage stating height and usually far enough in advance that an alternative route could be used.Occasionally signage was lacking or was just prior/right at so we just turned around.And if one KNOWS their height and PAYS ATTENTION then once again turn aroundLot more 'low heights' out east then in the westOur motto:IF IN DOUBT-TURN ABOUTBut isn't this a design failure? If you are towing your trailer and you are from out of town, how are you supposed to know that there is this bizarre low bridge ahead of you? One MUST PAY ATTENTION regardless of where they are driving4' height difference IS something one SHOULD easily recognize IF PAYING ATTENTION to their driving.......especially a 'professional driver':SInformation on NY State ParkwaysHummmmmmmmm.....somebody didn't pay attention to the 'signage'

There is an app for that, it's called road signs. You can't fix stupid.

The driver is obviously at fault, but it does strike me as odd that an overpass could be constructed that is so out of spec with national DOT standards.

The picture looks like it was on a major highway. How can they have a bridge on a highway that is only 9 1/2 ft high? That is not up to NHTSA standards, signs or not! That is criminal!

Wow, that's terrible! Why couldn't the highway department put an arm over the entrance ramp that is 7 feet 7 inches high, like they do in parking garages. It would be better to slam into something like that, than to take out 4 feet high of a passenger bus! If the parkway has a height restriction, then every entrance point should have one of these! People not familiar with the local area, tourists, and travelers can't know everything about every road they've never been down before! Especially if they don't know the area, are watching traffic, and trying to figure out where to go! A height restriction sign a mile or two away from the low overpass could easily be missed, or miss-interpreted.I can understand a low bridge, or a low overpass, or a low railroad tussle on a secondary road or highway, but on a major parkway considered interstate grade... come-on!

A highway bridge at 7 ft., 7 in. -- what could go wrong?

Ductape
Explorer
Apr 09, 2018
There is an app for that, it's called road signs. You can't fix stupid.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Apr 09, 2018
Traveling secondary/back roads almost exclusively we encountered 'Low Bridges/Trestles/Overpasses' many times.

Typically there was clear signage stating height and usually far enough in advance that an alternative route could be used.

Occasionally signage was lacking or was just prior/right at so we just turned around.

And if one KNOWS their height and PAYS ATTENTION then once again turn around

Lot more 'low heights' out east then in the west

Our motto:
IF IN DOUBT-TURN ABOUT

But isn't this a design failure? If you are towing your trailer and you are from out of town, how are you supposed to know that there is this bizarre low bridge ahead of you?

One MUST PAY ATTENTION regardless of where they are driving

4' height difference IS something one SHOULD easily recognize IF PAYING ATTENTION to their driving.......especially a 'professional driver'

:S

Information on NY State Parkways

Hummmmmmmmm.....somebody didn't pay attention to the 'signage'

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