> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms > >> > > Everybody in Durham knows about that bridge. It's been going on since I > was a little kid. > > About once a week a truck driver from out of town will head down that > street. I don't think reading is the problem; it's not remembering that > your truck is 12' that get's 'em every time. > > Or not paying attention ... because it does occasionally still catch a > local driver. > > They used to have a pipe hanging on chains across the street for the > trucks to hit before they got to the bridge. But replacing it every > week got too expensive. Trucks kept ripping it down and smashing it > against the bridge. > > They replaced it with those flashing lights which are high enough the > trucks don't normally hit them before they hit the bridge. >
Perhaps they should consider lowering the road. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
