From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.urban
for the amusement of anyone still hanging around here
[wsj]
Historic Covered Bridge Eats Vehicles by the Dozens.
"I Haven't Seen a Truck Win Yet."
June Neumann was in the backroom of her Scandinavian gift shop in this historic
village outside Chicago on a recent day when she said she heard an all-too-familiar "woompf-boom-clap" echo through the quiet streets.
"You know what that sound is," said Ms. Neumann, whose shop, Viking Treasures, is a few doors down from a one-lane covered bridge that is a symbol for the town--and a magnet for inattentive drivers. "I grabbed my phone, ran out and called the sheriff."
Defying numerous signs and warnings, the driver of a 15-foot box truck had tried to squeeze under the bridge's metal-and-wood cover with a posted height of 8'6".
It was the 41st such accident [a] since the bridge reopened in 2020, after the original all-wood covering was demolished by another too-tall box truck that tried to go under two years earlier, according to Christopher Covelli, deputy chief of the Lake County Sheriff's Office. A rental truck that got stuck on the
bridge Monday, and drove away [b] after having air let out of its tires, was the 42nd. None of the drivers have been injured, Mr. Covelli said.
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[a] Dear WSJ: Please stop defaulting to using the blameless
descriptor "accident" when, 99 or so pct of the time, like here,
there's human [ir]responsibility at play.
Even the Feds have decided to move away from "accident"
to "crash". (NYC opted for "collission")
Yes, there's lots of inertia.
[b] No, WSJ, the truck didn't drive away. It was driven away
by the clumsy oaf
Oh, and dannyb would strongly suggest a redesign of the approach
with better signage and, well, how about... a warning signal
that screams out at the motor vehicle operator if their vehicle
is too tall?
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