Damn Trucks

[dangerous]

Interesting riding the VFR over those ones on the coast - which side of the railway lines to stay on? and watch it as you cross over them when they are wet.

Seddon bridge being a double decker is easy compared to the others. That's up for replacement shortly isn't it too?

I always woundered about those ones on the west coast, what happens if a train shows up in frount of you half way across
And as for the sedden one I woundered there, what would happen if a train passed above me in the truck.... remembering that I only had 50 odd mm clearance

[LB]

Interesting riding the VFR over those ones on the coast - which side of the railway lines to stay on? and watch it as you cross over them when they are wet.

Bugsplat and Matthewt - any comments??

[Deano]

Street Services at Council had no idea about the 'incident', so if the cops turned up they didn't consider it worthy of a mention. Probably had to race off an earn some speeding ticket money to pay for more LTSA beureacrats....

If they want more info about it I will PM you EddieB..

[merv]

I always woundered about those ones on the west coast, what happens if a train shows up in frount of you half way across
And as for the sedden one I woundered there, what would happen if a train passed above me in the truck.... remembering that I only had 50 odd mm clearance

Don't worry on the Coast the trains are only the slow ones on the Hokitika Branch and they stop and make sure the bridge is clear and stop the traffic before they proceed.

Seddon bridge no worries except in the old days when trains didn't have retention toilets.

[Mongoose]

Don't worry on the Coast the trains are only the slow ones on the Hokitika Branch and they stop and make sure the bridge is clear and stop the traffic before they proceed.

Dont know if i would totally rely on this advice, ie to stretch it out to *All* trains on the Coast are those slow ones. Some of those coal trains would take a hell of a lot of stopping!!

[merv]

Dont know if i would totally rely on this advice, ie to stretch it out to *All* trains on the Coast are those slow ones. Some of those coal trains would take a hell of a lot of stopping!!

Yeah but they don't run over the road rail bridges which are only on the Hokitika Branch.

[bgd]

The Blackwall Tunnel is a major arterial route under the Thames in east London. The tunnel was built by the Victorians so is too low for many of todays trucks. Height limits are well sign posted with bars that hang down to prevent over height vehicles getting in.

In the early 90s a Euro driver ignored all the warnings and drove his truck into the tunnel. Realising he was a little high he thought the best approach was to carry on and force his way through. Of course he got jammed solid. The result was some of the worst traffic jams London has ever seen. People were stuck for over 8 hours. It happened in the morning rush hour and the roads around us didn't clear until after 7 in the evening.

There is some justice in the world. It turns out the truck was carrying a major shipment of drugs and was being tailed by customs hoping to catch the whole gang. They had to arrest the driver at the tunnel and he was jailed.

[dangerous]

Dont know if i would totally rely on this advice, ie to stretch it out to *All* trains on the Coast are those slow ones. Some of those coal trains would take a hell of a lot of stopping!!

Yeah, and what about that movie that was filmed on the w/c with Temra what ever is his name Morrison in it where his Mk3 Z car shit its self on the bridge as the train was comming...... he jumped over into the river and the Mk3 became a hood ornament on the train.

[merv]

The Blackwall Tunnel is a major arterial route under the Thames in east London. The tunnel was built by the Victorians so is too low for many of todays trucks. Height limits are well sign posted with bars that hang down to prevent over height vehicles getting in.

In the early 90s a Euro driver ignored all the warnings and drove his truck into the tunnel. Realising he was a little high he thought the best approach was to carry on and force his way through. Of course he got jammed solid. The result was some of the worst traffic jams London has ever seen. People were stuck for over 8 hours. It happened in the morning rush hour and the roads around us didn't clear until after 7 in the evening.

There is some justice in the world. It turns out the truck was carrying a major shipment of drugs and was being tailed by customs hoping to catch the whole gang. They had to arrest the driver at the tunnel and he was jailed.

He'd win the dickhead of the year prize eh!

[FROSTY:Me]

hey talking about bridges--Has anyone ever stopped on the harbour bridge when its a little bit windy?
The darn thing moves up and down and Im sure side to side.

[Mongoose]

Yeah but they don't run over the road rail bridges which are only on the Hokitika Branch.

Yep, Yer right, was not disagreeing with you just pointing out that them there coal trains would take one hell of a stopping, and there are quite a few railway crossings that look all innocent and little used just waiting to nab an unwary biker.