A tractor trailer carrying food to be distributed by Chasdei Lev for Pesach slammed into the subway overpass on Kings Highway and East 15 Street on Thursday morning.
The incident caused a traffic nightmare in the area, as it happened during the morning rush.
Thankfully, no injuries were reported, and no items were ruined.
YWN notes that truck have been hitting the subway overpass on the East 15 subway line for decades.
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Is it really so hard for an experience driver to avoid a low bridge with a high truck?
This happens way too frequently – at Kings Highway, Avenue P and elsewhere along the B/Q line. But why? A truck driver presumably knows the height of his vehicle, and signs before and at the overpasses clearly state the clearance, so how do they mess up?
It happened at 6:58 AM .The train platform shock . And , yes it can happen if the driver is not alert , & doesn’t notice the yellow diamond shaped sign indicating clearance of the bridge or overpass
I don’t know the facts.
Was this a regular tractor trailer truck or, as appears, a container being carried?
Was the driver experienced at driving these vehicles or was it a one off, doing a chesed?
Good thing this isn’t Baltimore! At least the bridge didn’t come down with it!
Like the article states, this has been happening over and over for decades.
That’s what happens when they get free drivers. Thank you.
Unbelievable!! Hashem took the words “Thank you Rebbi” and clearly plastered them on the news! Exactly how it should always be! THANK YOU ALL REBBIEM!!
Shout to “@A Jew From Monsey”, Best Rebbi ever!!!!
@ Bklyntrucker – Why would you knock an Incredible organization that gets “Free Drivers”??? Even if your comment is true (which most likely it isn’t!) Do you know how many of our Rebbeim and Moros benfit from this incredible organization??? Your comment is so awful I want to puke!
This article omitted the most important part:- Are B & Q trains running, or suspended indefinitely until this bridge is checked out & stabilized.
At least this isn’t another Boeing ineptitude.
Every truck driver with any experience understands the importance of being vigilant about height. There are videos where you can watch trucks hitting bridges or anything low.
95% of the crashes are truck rentals or motor homes. Professional semi drivers should know better.
Actually to clarify things, anyone who knows how trucks work, they have much slower braking systems, especially when trailing long trailers, with the weight of the load only adding to the diffidulty, the driver may have even noticed the signage, but by that time it was too late, and got caught under the bridge at the entry point, but due to the way Hashem makes things happen, the truck doesn’t stop straight away, and the driver is than in an even more precarous state, and needs to proceed with caution, this can sometimes result in the need to proceed a little more to keep control and stop the truck from twisting over completely, just like when Chas Veshalom they say that when one gets into a skid, instead of breaking suddenly which will worsen the skid danger, you should brake little subtle brakes, and turn the wheel slightly towards the direction of the skid not away as many believe, and so with a truck, they also have directives how to proceed in circumstances such as this.
really no use in rubbing into the wounds of a chesed organisation, it is not a Jewish middah.
Pure Yiddishkeit,
Let me clarify a few things.
1. The Engineers/Traffic planners/Dept of Transportation are well aware of how long it takes to stop a semi. That’s why they notify drivers with enough time to safely stop.
2. The length of the trailer plays no role in stopping distance (the weight of the load does).
3. Stopping as soon as possible is the best move. I’m not sure how “proceeding a little further” would keep the truck from “twisting over completely ” whatever that means.
Driving a car requires we know the distance between us & the car in front of us. Driving a car (99% of the time) we do not have to know or worry about height clearance.
Driving a truck requires knowing as much about height as they are required to know about distance.