Call it schadenfreude or voyeurism or something else, but
it’s hard to resist watching the videos of truck after truck crashing into the
low railroad overpass in Durham, North Carolina, captured for posterity on the
amazing website 11foot8.com.
For those who haven’t watched, the website has two fixed
cameras that record the occurrence of trucks failing to obey the flashing
lights and clearly posted height limit and slicing off the top of their truck
and/or getting stuck by running straight into the bridge. This happens on average about once a
month. A lot of the trucks seem to
be rentals, so I guess that unfamiliarity with the vehicle is some sort of
excuse (although when I’m in a rented vehicle I tend to be super-cautious and
observant).
I don’t know what lessons can be drawn from this crazy
place, but it sure reminds us that the human element is always unpredictable.
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