Must be embarrassing!

[RGM]

To be an Alberta truck driver today.

Alberta truck driver takes out I5 Skagit Bridgebetween Vancouver and Seattle

 

[lilduke]

Yeah they gotta be,,, cause one guy crashing reflects a whole province of drivers

 

[Joholio]

He probably had dirty tarsand derived diesel in his tanks. Was there a curve in the road? A hill? At home he probably drives a lifted F350 with a Tapout sticker in the window and wears white shades and rides a Poopoo.

 

[snopro]

I might have a few questions for the pilot vehicle driver as well. Maybe he is from BC?

 

[FatGuy]

What does this thread have to do about snowmobiling?

 

[imdoo'n]

To be an Alberta truck driver today.

Alberta truck driver takes out I5 Skagit Bridgebetween Vancouver and Seattle

kinda sounds like he got forced off the road by another truck, not sure why we need another bc against alberta comment?

 

[AreWeThereYet]

To be an Alberta truck driver today.

Alberta truck driver takes out I5 Skagit Bridgebetween Vancouver and Seattle

Actually he was probably from BC driving for an Alberta company because,. well, as we all know Alberta is where the money is











































And why is this in snowmobile chat?

 

[lilduke]

If anyone should be embarrassed it would be the USA for its decaying infrastructor.
They have all kinds of money to fight BS wars and give billions to bankers but no money for new bridges?? WTF

Bridges in Alberta are in very good shape,,a truck hitting them shouldnt make them
collapse in the first place.

 

[sumx54]

What does this thread have to do about snowmobiling?

He's from BC.... Give him a break.

 

[Clode]

The moral of this story....load to big for bridge=broken bridge

 

[Chunk]

Pretty unreal that the bridge collapsed and the load hardly looks damaged

 

[Ballard]

If anyone should be embarrassed it would be the USA for its decaying infrastructor.
They have all kinds of money to fight BS wars and give billions to bankers but no money for new bridges?? WTF

Bridges in Alberta are in very good shape,,a truck hitting them shouldnt make them
collapse in the first place.

We have had 2 hit in town "ft mac" in the last 4 months and they are still standing and being road on and not fixed yet...

 

[teeroy]

looking at the pictures on the news he made it all the way across the bridge and hit the last section with the upper front passenger side corner of the building. looked like an empty pump building. if clearance to the sides was that tight the pilot car should have stopped traffic on the bridge, he may have gotten crowded over by oncoming traffic. driver from spruce grove, and a mullen production.

 

[snopro]

looking at the pictures on the news he made it all the way across the bridge and hit the last section with the upper front passenger side corner of the building. looked like an empty pump building. if clearance to the sides was that tight the pilot car should have stopped traffic on the bridge, he may have gotten crowded over by oncoming traffic. driver from spruce grove, and a mullen production.

Everybody is throwing the driver under the bus. Like I said shouldn't the pilot car driver have some splaining to do?

 

[teeroy]

Everybody is throwing the driver under the bus. Like I said shouldn't the pilot car driver have some splaining to do?

he had all the proper permits in place, mullen doesn't fawk around. they would have measured that load every which way knowing it was going that far south, and permitted accordingly. they will try to hang the driver tho, mullen has their own insurance and lots of high priced lawyers. if they stand behind their driver will be another thing....they are famous for washing their hands of leased guys when they have an accident.

 

[Summiteer]

I'd be embarrassed if a building on a truck could cause my bridge to collapse while sustaining only minor damage.

 

[teeroy]

I'd be embarrassed if a building on a truck could cause my bridge to collapse while sustaining only minor damage.

agreed. I watched a dude mow thru a bridge on the Bald Mountain Tower road loaded with a buncher and a skidder on one load....the buncher head was up on the gooseneck and the stick caught the main beam and about 4 more after that, bridge was still good other than missing a lot of iron....

 

[polaris011]

drive throu the tunnels at rodgers pass and see how many time they have been hit they seem to be standing strong!!

 

[lilduke]

There was an overpass that colapsed in Missouri today, hasnt been confirmed
but im sure Alberta is behind this.

 

[tmo1620]

Or to be a truck driver period