Absolute scenes on my road today as a lorry fucked up a turn and has got itself wedged across the road like that ship in the suez canal

[harriettmb@toot.wales]

@stavvers @floppyplopper We have one just outside Antrim town. Loads of signs advising alternative routes and bridge height - all of which are ignored. Traffic has to use the middle of the road to go under, so it causes a mess regularly.

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@stavvers It's certainly "specialist equipment", but Richard's thing was decades ago. There's probably more choice these days.

[evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net]

@stavvers truly an Evergreen tweet

[stavvers@masto.ai]

@evilstevie weeeey

[benofbrown@toot.cat]

@stavvers @floppyplopper I don't think I have but I've seen one about a lorry scalping bridge in Australia, possibly Melbourne

[benofbrown@toot.cat]

@stavvers @floppyplopper there's a local news clip where they're talking about the bridge with a reporter on the scene and a lorry gets scalped in real time in the background. Classic

[floppyplopper@todon.nl]

@stavvers
i love ALL the low bridges that scalp lorries

[stavvers@masto.ai]

Update: no movement. Poor lil dude is still sitting there, hazards forlornly blinking

[gypsumfantastic@toottoot.eu]

@stavvers thanks for the frequent live reports. I am on tenterhooks.

[trantion@masto.ai]

@stavvers @floppyplopper my favourite time for that bridge is when they added sensors to detect a high vehicle approaching and turn the lights red with a warning sign. Because so many drivers saw the lights begin to change and accelerated to get through

[floppyplopper@todon.nl]

@trantion @stavvers
i'd like to design a bridge that lowers itself when it detects prey

[dr2chase@ohai.social]

@stavvers they could carve it up in place with oxyacetylene torches like a steel whale, to convert it into more portable bits.

[stavvers@masto.ai]

Bad news: I have to leave the house for a few hours. Good news: meant I got to take a closer look at the stricken lorry on the way out. Bad news: I don't know how vehicles work so I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong with it.

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@stavvers Well clearly, it's broken.

[stavvers@masto.ai]

What I can say is that sickly lorry has signs on it warning of flammable stuff inside, so that's fun

[stavvers@masto.ai]

I will let you know if the lil guy is still there when I get back

[wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at]

@stavvers

[aadeacon@mastodon.social]

@stavvers The Technical, engineering term for this lorry is "It is fucked".

[agturcz@circumstances.run]

@stavvers Make pictures, put on fedi, brace for impact

[wnd@fosstodon.org]

@darkling @stavvers no. Shouting and gesticulating are much more important/helpful. Perhaps loudly pointing out the lorry should never have been put into this position etc