Squisher
Lifer
- Aug 17, 2000
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You can't have something swing down on to an active road.
The railroad does it for trains.
You can't have something swing down on to an active road.
The railroad does it for trains.
No. The chimes chime for quite some time before the bars decend. It's not the same as detecting a tall truck and then quickly lowering something to block the path.
One has something like 30 seconds of warning, then the bars lower, the other would require immediate lowering to block the 30 mph vehicle with 0 warning. How is that exactly going to work? (especially with traffic in front of that truck)
So, you couldn't have lights going off first and then the swing arm come down? Why not? The lights could start 200 feet up the road and continue flashing every 50 feet until the swing arm comes down 20 feet from the bridge.
I wonder who's fault is that, the bridge raising people or the ship? :biggrin:
And all the side streets that connect to it closer than your arbitrary 200 ft mark? How are you going to mitigate issues with those?
I don't see what is so hard for you.
You're making up "facts" such as lights come on and in 5 seconds gates are closed at a train crossing (I don't think you've ever seen a railroad crossing if you believe this).
Problem solved.
Oh, wait. Its North Carolina. Never mind.
Problem solved.
Oh, wait. Its North Carolina. Never mind.
Whoever designed that bridge was a fucking asshole, though. How much more would it have cost to allow a standard trailer to fit underneath?Look like people just don't read the sign before passing under that bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAqKdX3rXi4
1:47 was my favorite.
Whoever designed that bridge was a fucking asshole, though. How much more would it have cost to allow a standard trailer to fit underneath?