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Xhumeka
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Yet the truck couldn't break those flimsy traffic arms so it could back up (according to the driver LMAO):
Either those are some KICKASS traffic arms or his truck is a POS!
Red_Liner740
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Its a counterweight, its balancing the load of the bridge structure....The full weight is not resting on the truck.
To paraphrase: "I saw that the barriers pinned my truck in, so i let it get crushed" IDIOT! Back the **** up and break the barriers...cuz sure as hell the ins will not cover your truck.
Dave L
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A former St. Catharines resident who now lives in Florida, Duff said he's driven over the bridge many times in the past.
"They've got to be able to stop that thing," he said.
I hope that he was refering to himself driving when he said "that thing" Some people are just completely oblivious.
"They've got to be able to stop that thing," he said.
I hope that he was refering to himself driving when he said "that thing" Some people are just completely oblivious.
100's of tons. I live near the Welland Canal, and more boats hit the bridges than cars do, takes a true idiot to pull this caper off.
I take one day off work, and all the fun happens. I think Bridge 1's counterweight is about 450 ton (900,000 lbs, 410,000 kg). I'll check and see.
The road gates are hollow fiberglass 2x4's, designed to break on impact. They would have scratched the tailgate a little bit.
If he had pulled forward, SPLASH into the canal!
And very few boats hit the bridges. When they do, they win(doc)!
I used to think 1 ton = 1,000 lbs
Judging by the pic I thought it would be 100-200 tons, but I was wrong.
Is that pivoted by a ball bearing?
In pounds, a "short" ton is 2,000 lbs. I was a little off, the total span and counterwieght are 770 tons, so the counterweight alone would be 385 tons.
The bridge is a rolling bascule. Due to the heavy and slow operation, no ball bearings, all the bearings are plain bearings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascule_bridge
I did not know that. I guess you learn something new everyday
Roomie
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He's still probably paying cheaper insurance than you
I say for the old folks to get cheap insurance, they have to do a test every year after the word retired or age 55 comes into play.
FLYTREKKER
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I was in St.Catharines Monday and couldn't cross the canel because of this had to find another bridge to get over to Niagara on the lake.
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In Florida you can get discounted insurance rates if you do a course (6 hours) every three years after you turn 55. It's 70-85 percent cheaper in some cases.
Just wondering if his Florida insurance covers him here in Ontario....
vociferous
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bridge didnt take long to re-open.
its kind of hard to see, but there is an intersection right at the drop bars, the light always goes red or advaced green, and people know to stop at the lights, not the bars. bars also go down long before the bridge drops. its also automated, iirc, that bridge isnt always manned, but the lock is.
