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They've modified the bridge. It's at 12 ftv4 now. But the nickname for the bridge is the "can opener". BTW, Penske, Ryder, U Haul and some others of these box trucks are rentals for people self moving. The bridge is in Durham North Carolina. It's not the only truck eater. Theres one in Enid Oklahoma that they've actually painted a sharks upper jaw on it. Hilarious.
Before I even clicked on this, I knew what bridge it was gonna be about. And yes, they raised it 8 inches, and the guy who gets the videos changed his site name to 11'8"+8 I think. In Frederick County Maryland, there is a 12' 6" bridge that has claimed it's share of victims too, there used to be chains hanging down that would scrape the roof and alert you, and trucks still hit it. So they took the chains away, and put up more warning signs, and an electronic sign. I think the reason it happens so much at that location, is because around 10 or so years ago they built a large warehouse facility a couple miles from there. It is meant to be reached from Route 70, but truckers in the DC area are probably using GPS and thinking oh look, there's this shorter path I can take.
I live near this bridge. You can't imagine how many signs and warnings there are- even one that flashes and warns you if you're over the height limit. No luck. Some people are determined to visit DF.
Haha! This is in Durham, North Carolina. I used to live in an apartment complex with a clear view to the bridge and it was hilarious to watch trucks get stuck on the bridge each week. You really don't realize that it's that low unless you're in a huge truck, but yeah, great stuff
I don't live far from Durham, and I've never seen it. Maybe I have and just never paid attention. I will be looking for it every time I go now. Lol 😆 But I have realized that there are a lot of short train bridges in NC. Just never seen one that short I don't think.
@@fetzie23 A lot of the box trucks seen here are rentals, so the person driving it prolly doesn't even understand why the vehicle's height clearance is listed in the cab sadly.
Got to give it to the drivers though, what they lack in local knowledge or road awareness they make up for with confidence. I don't think I saw a single one of them hesitate.
Rental Karen's clearly. Don't tell me how tall my truck is, I'm gonna ram raid you for that and prove you wrong. Shitmixed That's the bridges fault not mine.
I'm actually a truck driver in North Carolina. I saw a distinct lack of tractor trailers rolling through there. And I think the issue is that there really isn't special a license or training that goes into driving a box truck, unless it has air brakes. People driving those vehicles don't necessarily think about height. Though I did overhear a lady talking to a new employee(some delivery service) and she flat out states that he needed to pay close attention to height signs.
Tractor trailers with the standard box trailers are about 13.5 feet, so they wouldn't be going through there. I would imagine that those with a CDL are required to know that, whereas some rando renting a box truck probably wouldn't know the height of it. Looks like most of these were only over by maybe 6 inches at the most.
I worked for Penske for 2 years, and always laughed when people roofed the trucks. First, the clearance height is on stickers EVERYWHERE in these trucks. On the dash? Yep. Able to be seen in each rear view mirror? You got it. Also, if I remember correctly, the normal insurance offered by Penske very clearly does not cover roof damage. It made the job very interesting sometimes.
It makes me inordinately happy to hear that the insurance wouldn't cover roof damage. It would be unfair to everyone else to cover stupidity of this magnitude. And I hope they had to pay a fine.
@@DonZaliaz They can't. There are all kinds of pipes under the street that would be very difficult and expensive to move, not to mention, they would have to tear up the surrounding area to get to them. The railroad up on top was raised a few years ago to make it 12' 4", now, but they still get about one moron a month.
Knew the subject of this just from the video title. That bridge is a dead set legend. My favourite part is that the bridge has actually been raised and it still catches new victims on a regular basis. At this point the blame is entirely on the drivers of the trucks. It is incredibly well signed, there are automated signs that indicate you will not fit and every one driving a truck should know the clearance of their vehicle. If they try to drive it under something too low for it to fit, that's entirely their own fault. I have to believe that Penske has a deal going with their insurance and a local truck body place for the idiots that rent their vehicles and then ignore all warning signs leading up to this masterpiece of design. Long live the mighty Can Opener. May it keep us entertained for many years to come, coz stupid people sure as fuck aren't going away anytime soon.
Matter of fact I've heard that all the truck rentals in the area specifically call out this bridge in the contract & if someone damages the truck as a result of driving under it, they're out of pocket - insurance won't cover.
The bridge itself is pretty standard. The big fuck off thick web I-section crash beam just before it is pretty special though. It's lovingly called "the can opener."
There is an 11’8” railroad bridge near where I live in Pennsylvania. It’s in Cressona. Several trucks have plowed into the bridge now. There are flashing lights,the bridge is painted green, hanging objects before the bridge that you hit before the bridge in a attempt to make people not hit the bridge.
they raised the bridge like 7 inches or something (they had to raise the railroad tracks to do it), there are apparently warnings down the street for a couple blocks saying trucks must turn, and it still opens trucks like sardines on the reg
Why would one raise the track instead of digging the road deeper? There are 2 bridges near me that they upgraded to standards, they used to can open trucks all the time. They dug the roads deeper instead of raising the tracks, seems cheaper to me.
I drive box trucks for a living and I can't get over how fast a lot of those bastards are going. Also: Penske is a leasing/rental company. Most of those are driven by renters and non-professionals.
@@devodavis6747 Most rental vehicles have a sticker in the cab that says how tall the truck is. Just takes a bit of effort to look out for signs that apply.
Renters would be less aware of the exact height of the truck they rented. People who drive the same truck every day probably know it’s exact dimensions by heart.
Ah! That answers my question. I'd assumed they were a haulage company and was thinking that their logistics department should surely have found an alternative route by now;
As a former truck driver, I can honestly say that between the signs, and the GIANT LIT UP SIGN, that the state did all it could to warn drivers about the clearance. Most of those trucks are rentals, which means they are driven by people who are not familiar with such things. Like...college students.
Penske & Ryder are truck rental companies, a step above U-Haul, usually small businesses, people moving, like college students, music bands, like college students. That might even be a tier of truck you don't even need a commercial license for, they will rent trucks to anyone. I've seen some other stuff about this bridge, there's also multiple warnings for a couple blocks ahead of time too. Like I said, They will rent trucks to anyone.
@@peterbelanger4094 - Yep, with a standard driver's license, you can rent the biggest trucks they make, up to a tractor. We have a low bridge in our town, (lots of colleges), and every year, you can take it to the bank, somebody is gonna hit that overpass on, or about, move-in day.
We have a similar issue in Melbourne Australia Simply search “Montague street bridge”… There was even a special height warning device place 1/4mile approx down the road with heavy rubber things hanging, if your truck hit those, couldn’t fit People were actively going AROUND the thing …………. 🤦
By now that trunk rental companies got to be like do not make a right turn out of our parking lot you cannot make it under the bridge do not try for the love of God please don't try we don't have enough trucks for you to try
When I worked at U-Haul I would always try to get customers to take the additional insurance as it would fully cover damage like this. The standard answer was “I don’t need it because I have my own insurance.” It was always the ones who didn’t take it that would peel the tops off like a can of sardines, then be baffled when their auto insurance told them they wouldn’t cover it.
go watch the film of when they took the 11'-8" bar down to replace it, it was curved in the middle! It is an interesting video about the process of raising the bridge there and the tracks as well were leveled. it is 12foot4 now but the channel had to stay 11foot8 for reasons.
They should dip the asphalt like we do in Australia. Wagga Wagga, NSW case in point. Or have laser sighting warnings, chains, 35 metres before the obstruction. Close call drivers should heed the measurements and drop their airbags and traverse carefully.
YES. I've been an acolyte of 11 foot 8 for many years. I make a pilgrimage back to the site about every 6 months or so to see the crashes. What makes it even worse is that over the years they've totally redesigned the bridge, added multiple giant warning signs and lights, actually dug it out so that the clearance isn't actually 11 foot 8 anymore, and STILL it mashes trucks that are too stupid to pay attention to what they're doing.
Didn't dig it out, they lifted the rail as high as they could. It's 12 foot 4 inches now. They couldn't dig down due to the sewer being right below the road. Honestly, the best thing to do would be to just completely delete the road under the bridge from Digital Globe's imagery so it gets removed from all GPS programs. They already made it insanely obvious from the signage and made it as tall as they can for now. At this point it's on the drivers. It's almost exclusively rental companies and non-professional drivers.
Best part about the 11'8" bridge is that despite being raised, the rail line above it cannot be altered any further. When discussing if it's possible to lower the road to perhaps compensate for this restriction, it hits into sewage and water lines. Literally there is nothing they can do short of completely replacing it or closing that roadway. As for Penske and multiple other box trucks,. they have rentals nearby and they give a ton of warnings on where they cannot go and the height. Suffice to say, with all the visual and auditory warnings along with it being long standing information, there is little more that can be done.
Yup, The issue is so many of those box truck drivers fail to take note of the height of their truck and ignore the warnings ahead (if you're too high the warning is pretty clear informing you to turn off the road right before hand) I think the other issue is, I don't believe a lot of box trucks from those companies require CDLs and can also be rents (How anyone is allowed to rent the massive Uhaul box trucks without a CDL is beyond me) They def. don't know the height of their trucks.
@@TheGLORY13 they can rent them because the trucks are down rated. They have a registered gvwr that has been lowered below the threshold of what would require a CDL. The reason they can do that is that furniture is less dense than freight, AND when you rent, you are agreeing to rent for personal, non commercial use. Those same trucks that you can rent without a CDL, are also available for commercial businesses, but if used for that purpose they do have extra requirements.
@@shadowprince4482 it's more like reducing to extent of the damage. Rather than being an actual can opener to every reefer truck that tries, it just skims off the top, which still needs repairing/replacing
As a USA citizen, I can sadly say, all too often, that is the pattern followed for infrastructure "fixes" in my nation. Purse Strings Person 1: "Well, since we're spending a bunch of money for this project regardless, we could add 17% more to the budget, raise the bridge to regulation height and never again have any problems." Purse Strings Person 2: "Nah. I'm sure an extra 8 inches of clearance is close enough." Both together: "Sounds good. After all, it's the ~appearance~ of addressing the issue that truly matters. What, me worry?" High fives and laughing ensue.
@@mugwump242 The raising wasn't s government project, it was a private project by the railroad as the rails are privately owned. Raising the bridge those 8 inches, cost millions, because the had to raise the tracks for miles, so the grade of the track was right (the grade is the angle change of the track over a short distance).
@@maurer3d Thanks for sharing but I was already aware of all of that. Accordingly, if you refer back to my comment, you will see nowhere did I say anything about government specifically. I purposely worded it in a generic way as it applies to both privately owned and government-owned infrastructure in the USA. The thrust of my comment was meant to be a critique of American culture writ large because of how it tends to view building and maintaining infrastructure in a short-sighted, half-measured way (in the long run, usually ending up more costly too). I don't know what led to your misinterpretation but sorry if I wasn't clear.
I find this bridge mesmerizing. There's an optical sensor that triggers the sign telling the drivers they won't fit if the beam is interrupted, there's no margin or ambiguity but somehow, so many people seem to think if they only drive either slow or fast enough they won't be the height that they are :|
I suppose if you hit the brakes just before impact to dip the nose, then speed back up again you *might* just make it if you are maybe an inch or two overheight. It'd still make a mess of the roof though.
I've driven under this bridge many times in Durham, NC. The bridge is famously known as "the can opener." More hilarious is they raised it, and it's still to short. 😂
Stop by everywhere where there are large trucks parked nearby and put a sign on their windshield asking them to hold the sign up for the camera after they crash. And in big letters, it says, "I got shitmixed!" I'll bet you'd still get some.
@@wurdnurd1 Lol. It doesn't happen as often as the video has you believe. Since they've raised it, it more less grazes the top now, but I still find it hilarious that the raised it and it still isn't quite tall enough. It's now 12'4"
What I find most interesting in this video...already familiar with this super well-built bridge...is how Ozzy googled Google to google the bridge. I love these reviews!!
Actually, the rental agreement for the local Penske and other truck rental businesses know about the bridge and warn the renters that if they damage the truck on that bridge, insurance will not cover it and the renter will be personally and fully liabile. They do not offer any insurance to renters specifically for that bridge. You can get full-coverage insurance for a rented truck and still, if you hit that bridge, insurance won't cover it.
I laughed so hard when you ranted about Pensky and Ryder. Those aren't employees driving. Those 2 companies rent out trucks to people who are moving stuff. The drivers are not related to the companies at all. They are like U-Haul. I laughed so hard every time you are like, "What's wrong with that company. They gotta be out of business by now." LOL
Thanks for the explanation, that makes a lot more sense. Although there's one trucking company near me that has professional drivers who never secure their load - I always avoid them after my car was hit by flying debris.
I can imagine the insurance suggestion before hiring... "Would you like to take out our insurance for the vehicle" "How much is that?" "About $80... .... ... oh hang about are you going near the 11'8" bridge" "Yes I think its on my route" "in that case there's an extra $1800 additional insurance fee"
@@mattreviews4948 It is posted. Most have it down the front left corner of the box itself. See it at all times in the mirror. The average "driver" is really that stupid. Think about it, the 95% driving around out there, how stupid and pathetic they really are....they are driving those trucks. Yeah, it's fucked.
I live right in front of a culvert drain and only last year did the council bother to put up signs warning people to slow down or risk bottoming their car out. At least twice a day I still hear the CCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHKKKKKK of some mouthbreathers exhaust scraping the bitumen. All the signs in the world can't help lost causes.
I remember the railroad had a crossing closed for repairs. I went to check on it and someone pulled up behind me after going around the barricades with "road closed" on them. The person asked if the road was closed and I said yes. The then said that some signs needed to be put up because they didn't see any. I asked which way they came and it was the same way I had just come. I told the person that they had passed five signs before they got here and their response was "well I didn't see any". 🙄
I believe the light turns red when it detects an over height truck too. So some people speed up to beat the light and get absolutely wrecked. But others stop for the light. Then they sit there for about a minute staring at the bridge and the flashing warning sign thinking about what they're going to do. Then they hit the bridge.
There are never enough signs for dumb people. Plus most of those wrecked trucks are from rental companies driven by people who don’t know and don’t care how high the truck is. Bet they try to return the truck saying, it was like that when I got it. 😂
Lol my reply about math and literacy being called racist in usa was removed even though it is a policy of nyc chicago and LA as well as a genuine talking point of woke leftists... Guess youtube is shilling for them even on your channel
As a truck driver I adore that bridge they have added so many safety features to prevent people from hitting, even adjusted the height to 12'4'' and nope people still hit it.
I have a theory that this is where Penske (and other moving truck companies) send their trucks that are nearing the end of their usable lifespan, just so that they can get someone else to pay for their eventual replacement.
I remember working in London years ago and getting stuck in traffic, when I went to investigate the hold up was due to a truck being stuck under a bridge. Properly wedged, couldn't move forward or backward. When a traffic cop finally showed up to sort the traffic out he spoke to the driver and said, "So you got your truck stuck?" And I shit you not, the driver just fired straight back; " Nope, I was delivering this bridge and I've run out of fuel"
One day in 2019 before the pandemic, I was in an airport with a 6 hour layover. I discovered Ozzy Man Reviews that day and laughed the entire 6 hours afterwards.
One day in 2022 as I was sick with COVID (yesterday) i did the same find. And I don't even care that I can't properly breathe, I'm gonna watch and laugh till I drop 🤌🤌
Someone liked my comment so I got a reminder of it, I'm perfectly good again, it was however a rough disease to go through, can't recommend for anyone, kinda jealous to a friend who sneezed once and that was basically it for him.
Great video. Just to let you know, none of the trucks are actually hitting the bridge. They are hitting a CPB (collision protection beam) which is about a metre in front of the bridge. It’s been put there purposefully to prevent trucks hitting the bridge, and as you can see it was well worth the money as it’s doing it’s job well! Keep up the good work mate
There have been a few instances of rigs actually striking the bridge and not just the CPB. They then close the rail line down until engineers certify the bridge is safe. I'll try to find a few links. Edit: I may be wrong as I haven't been able to find proper resources. I do remember seeing some crashes that made the rail line on the bridge wobble slightly. Or it could be a false memory.
I had no idea about the protection beam, and I used to be a trucker. I also knew my truck height, 13'6", so I never collided with a bridge or its protection beam.
@@HellHunter00 I think there was one several years ago that where a truck went under the bridge right as a train went over...the weight of the train flexed the bridge down slightly, as they do, and the truck scraped the bottom. There was also an actual semi (it's near the end of this video) that went DEEP under the bridge, like 25 feet into the trailer. With semis being 13'6", I imagine that one might've scraped the bridge as well.
When I was a little kid, I went to kindergarten in North Carolina. There was a bridge just past the school on the main highway that also would catch semis. Signs be damned, it would catch about one truck a week. As a 4 year old, I loved seeing the trucks under there, didn't understand any of the downsides.
The best part is, this happens so frequently that insurance companies have exclusion waivers in their policies, so if you actually do this, it is NOT covered by insurance!
The Can Opener! I know there's less "accidents" (pronounced idiots) since they increased clearance but the fact that people still hit it is amazing. As I understood it insurance companies in the area specifically do not cover the damages on those rental trucks. The renters are fully on the hook for all repairs.
I can confirm. I was a dispatcher for 2 different moving companies in Durham for a while and I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of money we were constantly having to spend on having the truck boxes repaired and replaced.
This bridge gets a lot of attention for being 11' 8". Meanwhile in Boston, we have 10' 0", 10' 6", and 11' 0" clearances on Storrow Drive, a major arterial road that gets you in and out of the city. Boston is a big college town, so every year a bunch of U-Hauls get shitmixed by students moving in and out of the city. It's sometimes a daily occurance. Even worse, it's not an intersection like this, it's basically a highway with a concrete center median. If you fuck up but catch yourself before you crash, you have to exit in reverse to the nearest ramp. There's no shoulder.
Some call that the "Can Opener Bridge." They supposedly raised the clearance from 11'8" to 12' a couple years ago. Interesting that drivers of rental trucks and other tall vehicles don't familiarize themselves with their vehicle's clearance requirements, and then READ THE FREAKING SIGNS ON THE BRIDGE that state what the max clearance is. Bridge must shake its head every day at the stupidity on display.
@@stevepirie8130 Here's another option, since the RR owns the right-of-way and really is not obligated to raise the bridge (and apparently can't do it, from an engineering standpoint): LOWER THE ROAD. IOW, dig out the underpass. We have one where I live that they dug and scraped down 24 feet below the level of the 6 -lane surface street to make an underpass for the 8-lane freeway. Overhead clearance for the freeway traffic is NOT 24 feet, but IS around 16 feet, depending upon the lane. Far as I know, no trucks have created their own sun roofs going under it.
@@SCSlimBoiseID I think this is also explained in the FAQ about the Can opener or in one of the channels videos. There's too much things that need to be moved so thats why they haven't lowered the road.
Some non-US viewers might not know that Penske, Ryder and Budget are rental companies. The drivers in those cases might not have any professional level training and even those who do will often be driving that particular vehicle for the first time.
More training ref "situational awareness"? Or send the bill for repairs to the drivers ... that should focus their concentration. There again perhaps it was a mistake to award commercial driving licenses to these so called "professional drivers"? Perhaps a mandatory IQ test before even applying for driving lessons ... that should halve the number of drivers from "Day One". That's the way to do it.
Most cities, and definitely larger ones, have designated "truck routes" with signs, that professional drivers USUALLY pay attention to. Anybody can rent a Penske, or Ryder, for a day, hence the high incidence rate for those trucks. The 11foot8 website explains that they can't dig the road lower, as a sewer line runs right under that section of road.
Thanks for saying it for me. The yellow ones could be you or me driving it. The white ones are commercial rentals but, yes, probably driver's first day in that equipment. My guess is, the rental yard is not far down the road and they were warned about this 5 minutes ago.
I'll never forget the only time I drove a 26' long mover truck. Thank goodness it was 2 a.m. and we were moving within the city. Was a peace of cake. ;-)
Years ago we had a wreck at that bridge not because we did not fit but because hubby slowed down in the UHaul and a lady passed and cut back into his fender. It is one way and the rental company is around the corner and does not give any warnings. 😊
There not actually hitting the bridge at first , it's a big "I" beam to protect the bridge. Still love the nickname "the can opener " Scrappers must love it!
@@davidanderson1451 Yep, everytime the bridge is hit, it has to be shutdown for inspections, which impacts schedules on the trains running that line. When the I beam is hit, no big deal. Well, big deal for the dummy driving the truck, but the trains keep running :D
@@paulketner5077 Did you see that one really big hit before the railroad put in the beam catcher? The ENTIRE railroad iron system moved up/down and left a big dent.
It's now the 12' 4" bridge. They raised it 8 inches a while back, which was the highest they could raise the bridge without having to also raise the nearest level crossings. For those who prefer metric, it was 355 cm before, and is 376 cm now.
this reminds me of the bayswater bridge here in perth, its a similar thing where trucks get stuck all the time. massive signs showing the height. there is a website that counts and records how many days since the last incident.
Thanks again Ozzy for using our song. I could't help but laugh at the trucks entering destination f! Keep the editor on the pay roll, the person did a great job!
At 6:50, that’s my brother’s business’ truck. I used to work pretty much across the street and could hear when the trucks hit the bridge guard. There is another bridge just a couple hundred yards away that also catches lots of trucks. The sewer lines under the road were a hundred or so years old and would have been very expensive to retrofit. The bridge was was raised (and the road MAY have been lowered during subsequent repaving) in 2016-17 but even with the extra 8” and extra signage, it still catches some trucks.
@@NWquadriders You are correct that the track was raised. However, I watched them do the construction. It seemed like they raised the tracks and lowered the roadway. It’s possible that they were just doing a resurfacing/repaving of that particular street because several blocks of Gregson St were closed for two weeks. The track work was done pretty quick.
Ha! We’re talking about the bridge at work. The repaving was not done quite at the same time, but a few months afterwards. There’s been so much construction in that area (including a gas explosion), it’s hard to keep it all straight.
@UCVdS2z3lu5jCOPyCwnP4B8w Yes, partly. Now that street was repaved, right by the bus station. That bridge mainly catches the long trucks because of the approaches on either side are higher than the road surface under the bridge.
I'm an EMT and whenever I go under a low overpass in the ambulance I feel SO nervous, because it almost never seems high enough. Most of our rigs are only about 9-10 ft high, so there is usually plenty of clearance. I don't understand how some of these trucks are just trying to blast through. I know they knew that bridge looked too low. Side note: must be a well constructed bridge to handle all that damage.
@@HavokTheorem And that is because it's a train bridge.. If structural integrity is compromised, it would a lot worse than a top-opened box truck. Seeing as how many times it gets hit, they would be forever checking/correcting the viability of said train bridge.
The bridge had a steel crash beam protecting it. There is a video of the beam when they raised the bridge, pretty impressive how much those penske trucks bent it.
They actually raised this bridge 8" I believe, but, there are trucks out there that still don't clear. Penske is a rental company, so many of the people driving these trucks are not used to driving tall vehicles.
This bridge is also nicknamed "The Can Opener" the way it peels the top of those trucks. Penske, Ryder, Enterprise are all rental companies. I occasionally drive a dock height Ryder rental and it stands at 13' 6".
Once in NY I had to have the traffic stopped so I could turn around a bridge that was 10 feet and I'm at 13.6. I was saved, thank you to the great drivers that helped
There was a bridge in thunder Bay Ontario This truck was starting to go under but too high. He had no damages and just let the air out of his tires to get out
Here in the land of low bridges, Chicago, this happens all the time. I did see a car hauler speeding down the street toward a bridge. Two of the cars scraped off ending up upside down in the street. Classic. Many of these railroad bridges here date from 1900 or earlier.
Exactly. Raised 8 inches almost a couple of couple of years ago. Here's a video talking about it and people still hitting it at 12' 4". The segment showing the old and new guardrail is crazy. The old guardrail has definitely sent many a truck to "Destination Fucked" given how much it was bent. ua-cam.com/video/tO6x0eBnrmU/v-deo.html
fun fact, all the truck rental places in the area "Ryder, penske, etc etc" ALL warn people renting their trucks that they do NOT fit under that bride. And people still do it. Also, the extra insurance does not protect from running into that bridge, the driver's insurance has to cover it.
@@retrowave69 with a large population of Spanish and other language speaking people. Around 10% of the state has a non-english native language. Definitely could see people trying this arguement I've seen people who speak perfect english suddenly only know spanish when they get pulled over lol
There's a bridge in Enid, Oklahoma that's only 11'4". It has shark teeth painted on both sides. I duck when I drive under it in my small pickup truck. It's not on the highway and that road has little traffic so I'm not sure there's a lot of footage of trucks eaten by the "shark".
Love the 11'8" bridge! There's a kind of opposite to that on a channel called BenGregers. It's a river ford called Rufford Mill near Ollerton in Nottinghamshire over here in the UK which kills cars by drowning them
I moved to Durham NC, where this bridge is located, 2.5 years ago, and honestly the first time I saw the bridge it felt like I was meeting a celebrity 😂 Was I incredibly excited to see you doing a video on a bridge I’ve driven under many times (although never in a truck)? Why yes; yes I was!
Had a low bridge like that in Griffin Georgia. About half a block away over the road hung a sign that read "if you hit this sign, you will hit that bridge". It seemed to work. The bridge got removed a few years back.
My favorite moment when it was still only 11'8" was two pick up trucks each hauling a load of neatly baled hay. One right after another, POOF!, two explosions of hay cascading around the bridge.
I know this bridge! I live in Raleigh, NC but work in Durham. They did raise it a few inches, but it was for the train tracks not to help trucks. They also added a system to detect over height trucks and it flashes lights and signs telling them to turn. You saw it in the first video. It didn't seem to help
I've been through here before. We have a "kindred spirit" of sorts in The Syracuse, NY area... another railroad bridge on Onondaga Lake Parkway standing a very Penske-Unfriendly 10' 9". And yeah, the Penske truck rental is just a few minutes away from the bridge... as is the Ryder truck rental. The devastation is frequent and unsurprising at this point. 🤣
I've seen it a time or two myself over the years. That bridge is an absolute MENACE to those who ignore the warning signs! Remember the MegaBus crash a few years ago? 😳
Yeah, there's a similar thing in Boston. Storrow Drive has a 10' height limit due to low bridges, but every year when college starts moving trucks get stuck there. There's even a term for it: "Storrowing" which is defined as : putting a 12’6” truck under a 10’6” bridge. Common in Boston MA. Storrowing Season is usually during late August and Early Sept when College kids that cannot read attempt to navigate their way through the Corn maze roadways of Bahstahn. ( Boston) The rest of the year "Storrowing” occurs by Canadian Commercial Drivers. Je me souviens. DOH!!!
I've heard about a similar bridge here in Australia (the Montague St bridge in Melbourne) that also has the same issue. I actually initially thought that this vid was going to be about that bridge. In any case I'm glad we're not the only ones with dodgy bridges leftover from a bygone era.
The problem isn't with the bridges. The problem is the dickhead drivers that don't know how high thier rig is. Knowing your height is big vehicle driving 101.
What’s really awesome is there’s some sort of sensor that triggers the flashing over height must turn sign and the red light, so the drivers have time to choose wisely. It seems they usually accelerate to try and beat the light.
I’m with Ozzy. I think it’d be a great time to just hang out with your friends near the bridge, drink, listen to music, shoot the shit with each other, and just start hollering like “is he gonna make it!? Here it comes…!” when we see a truck approach 😆
Exactly what happens at the Bayswater rail bridge on frequent occasions. Despite more than ample signage and warning. Penske box trucks sold separately.
*Penske* trucks are rental trucks. Therefore, average citizens are driving this truck and unfamiliar with the height of the truck, and the height of the bridge. This equals chaos, but great entertainment! Also Ryder, and Budget are rental trucks.
@Vanghost Art There are more countries that watch Ozzy than there are countries that Penske trucks operate in. Penske only operates in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Try not being a simple-minded, self-centered fool that thinks the world revolves around them, and that they know everything.
I've watched the 11foot8 channel, and I don't recall ever seeing a U-haul truck meet this fate. Does U-haul operate in NC ? In the past 30 years I've rented, and driven, trucks from both Penske & U-haul, tall enough as not to fit under this bridge. Fortunately, never in Durham, NC. There are signs, in most cities, designating "truck routes", that most "everyday joes" ignore, hence the high rate of rented trucks and RVs, falling victim to this bridge.
I wonder how much of this is folks just following Maps, Waze, etc. and it not recognizing a hazard and/or assuming you're not driving a larger than average vehicle.
Penske and other rental agencies near this bridge have in their clause when you rent the truck if you hit it, you have to pay for all damages due to the truck. Their insurance won't cover it, average truck cause is ALOT.
For those of you that do not know this bridge is also called "the can opener bridge" it is world famous because it has been raised twice people still hit it even with all the signs
I've watched videos about this bridge before and I always thought that the people driving rental trucks for moving could be excused for this mistake since they most likely aren't accustomed to this sort of thing, but the professional truckers that do it just leaves me speechless. They should definitely know better.
nope, if you're choosing to rent a large truck, you are accepting every responsibility that comes along with driving that truck. you also need to leave more space behind other vehicles because you can't stop as fast as in a car and if you rear-end someone it's your fault too. And you have to be aware that turning corners and maneuvering parking lots becomes more difficult. it's 100% on the driver. know the height of the vehicle you're driving and READ THE SIGNS
@@jlt131 don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they should be given a pass about it, I am only saying that I can understand the mistake. Understanding a mistake isn't the same as holding them blameless.
I lived near this bridge and even drove a box truck right by it a few times. they literally just have to take a left and go down a block or so to get around the low bridge. They have also raised the bridge. The penske, budget, Ryder and enterprise trucks are all rental trucks as well so normally are not driven by experienced drivers.
About time you finally talked about this bridge lol! Penske are rental trucks....most of these are rental trucks getting smashed. Penske is loaded man...dude owns race cars and rental truck company and car dealerships etc....
@@stevevernon1978 Stands to reason. This video proves that Yanks don't pay too much attention when driving. Wouldn't want to overload them with left AND right turns...
I live in Lexington, NC. I know this bridge. I drive an 18 wheeler for a living. The day I became a truck driver, I began reading street signs on a professional level. 11 foot 8 has been raised now but still a foot too low for mid sized trucks and up. Good video though man. Crazy it’s so close to home too
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What about that Bridge in Bayswater, Perth. *LoL*
Its 12 foot and claims many trucks each year :-)
Most of those trucks are rental trucks ie: Penske, United, Ryder ect
it's called the can opener there was another vid on yt with facts and where it is
Can we please take a second and appreciate how Ozzy googled Google to google the bridge?
And then typed the URL into the Google that he Googled.
@@RandysRides Who said anything about valiant? It was just an ingenious use of the internet
I did, I did....
This was by far my favorite part of the video
I Google Google to Google something every day.
It's since been raised to 12' 4" (3.76m) and there are a lot fewer hits, but still some. One of its nicknames is "The Penske Peeler."
Haha brilliant
Live near it… it is the greatest
Yeah, mostly because real truck drivers know to avoid it. It's almost exclusively rental trucks.
@@Dogvinity because everyone that is smart at all will know the height of their vehicle
Im going to show psychic and remote viewing ability here... Im seeing... im seeing... a Penske branch for rentals located near the bridge...
They've modified the bridge. It's at 12 ftv4 now. But the nickname for the bridge is the "can opener".
BTW, Penske, Ryder, U Haul and some others of these box trucks are rentals for people self moving.
The bridge is in Durham North Carolina.
It's not the only truck eater. Theres one in Enid Oklahoma that they've actually painted a sharks upper jaw on it. Hilarious.
🤣🤣🤣 That is funny! I will google a phot of that shark jaw brigde now!
Oooh...You must feel extremely stupid after driving to that bridge!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Before I even clicked on this, I knew what bridge it was gonna be about. And yes, they raised it 8 inches, and the guy who gets the videos changed his site name to 11'8"+8 I think. In Frederick County Maryland, there is a 12' 6" bridge that has claimed it's share of victims too, there used to be chains hanging down that would scrape the roof and alert you, and trucks still hit it.
So they took the chains away, and put up more warning signs, and an electronic sign. I think the reason it happens so much at that location, is because around 10 or so years ago they built a large warehouse facility a couple miles from there. It is meant to be reached from Route 70, but truckers in the DC area are probably using GPS and thinking oh look, there's this shorter path I can take.
I live in Enid and the shark Bridge usually claims a new victim every couple weeks.
Link for the Enid OK bridge
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I live near this bridge. You can't imagine how many signs and warnings there are- even one that flashes and warns you if you're over the height limit. No luck. Some people are determined to visit DF.
Haha! This is in Durham, North Carolina. I used to live in an apartment complex with a clear view to the bridge and it was hilarious to watch trucks get stuck on the bridge each week. You really don't realize that it's that low unless you're in a huge truck, but yeah, great stuff
I assume your friends and you made a drinking game out of it?
I don't live far from Durham, and I've never seen it. Maybe I have and just never paid attention. I will be looking for it every time I go now. Lol 😆
But I have realized that there are a lot of short train bridges in NC. Just never seen one that short I don't think.
And it’s not far from my alma mater, Duke. We can lose heartbreakers in basketball, but this bridge will always be there to warm our hearts.
You'd think they would know how high their vehicle is, wouldn't you?
@@fetzie23 A lot of the box trucks seen here are rentals, so the person driving it prolly doesn't even understand why the vehicle's height clearance is listed in the cab sadly.
Can you imagine the sign at Pensky saying " days without hitting the can opener."
Lol underrated comment here!
@@SquirrelThis lol. Thanks man!
ROTFLMAO
Got to give it to the drivers though, what they lack in local knowledge or road awareness they make up for with confidence. I don't think I saw a single one of them hesitate.
Best comment 😂😂😂
Signs: "YOUR SHIT IS TOO TALL, TURN AND GO AROUND."
Drivers of tall trucks: "Hm. I wonder who that is for."
Pretty much accurate.
Best comment right here! LOL
That's for truckers. That's not for me. I'm just out here driving.
"That sign may be for me. Let me slowly sneak up on it just in case."
"Well.... shit."
Rental Karen's clearly. Don't tell me how tall my truck is, I'm gonna ram raid you for that and prove you wrong.
Shitmixed
That's the bridges fault not mine.
I'm actually a truck driver in North Carolina. I saw a distinct lack of tractor trailers rolling through there. And I think the issue is that there really isn't special a license or training that goes into driving a box truck, unless it has air brakes. People driving those vehicles don't necessarily think about height. Though I did overhear a lady talking to a new employee(some delivery service) and she flat out states that he needed to pay close attention to height signs.
Tractor trailers with the standard box trailers are about 13.5 feet, so they wouldn't be going through there. I would imagine that those with a CDL are required to know that, whereas some rando renting a box truck probably wouldn't know the height of it. Looks like most of these were only over by maybe 6 inches at the most.
I worked for Penske for 2 years, and always laughed when people roofed the trucks. First, the clearance height is on stickers EVERYWHERE in these trucks. On the dash? Yep. Able to be seen in each rear view mirror? You got it. Also, if I remember correctly, the normal insurance offered by Penske very clearly does not cover roof damage. It made the job very interesting sometimes.
It makes me inordinately happy to hear that the insurance wouldn't cover roof damage.
It would be unfair to everyone else to cover stupidity of this magnitude.
And I hope they had to pay a fine.
It would be cheaper for the transport companies to club together and get the road resurfaced and lowered with a slope.
There is all side of stuff under the Road
@@DonZaliaz the bridge was modified to give more clearance. It got better, but there's still morons out there that can't read.
@@DonZaliaz They can't. There are all kinds of pipes under the street that would be very difficult and expensive to move, not to mention, they would have to tear up the surrounding area to get to them. The railroad up on top was raised a few years ago to make it 12' 4", now, but they still get about one moron a month.
Knew the subject of this just from the video title. That bridge is a dead set legend.
My favourite part is that the bridge has actually been raised and it still catches new victims on a regular basis. At this point the blame is entirely on the drivers of the trucks. It is incredibly well signed, there are automated signs that indicate you will not fit and every one driving a truck should know the clearance of their vehicle. If they try to drive it under something too low for it to fit, that's entirely their own fault.
I have to believe that Penske has a deal going with their insurance and a local truck body place for the idiots that rent their vehicles and then ignore all warning signs leading up to this masterpiece of design.
Long live the mighty Can Opener. May it keep us entertained for many years to come, coz stupid people sure as fuck aren't going away anytime soon.
Matter of fact I've heard that all the truck rentals in the area specifically call out this bridge in the contract & if someone damages the truck as a result of driving under it, they're out of pocket - insurance won't cover.
There's at least one other that's still an 11'8 in Durham, but not as busy
Yes, it is 12'4 now. You can actually see both on street view on google maps - just look from different streets.
why don't they just lower the road underneath a bit - iso raising a bridge, but to little?
@@hrgunit I was wondering the same thing in another comment I made. Maybe they wanted to repair the bridge, anyway???
can we all just take a moment to admire the engineering & construction of this bridge? just keeps taking hit after hit, amazing!
Yes! A huge round of applause to that I beam, truck-opening legend!
@@stephenschroeder6567 Railroads Rule.
Isn't the collision with a beam prior to the bridge to prevent contact with the actual bridge?... until someone speeding comes a long.
@@Mafootion In a word. YES.
The bridge itself is pretty standard. The big fuck off thick web I-section crash beam just before it is pretty special though. It's lovingly called "the can opener."
There is an 11’8” railroad bridge near where I live in Pennsylvania. It’s in Cressona. Several trucks have plowed into the bridge now. There are flashing lights,the bridge is painted green, hanging objects before the bridge that you hit before the bridge in a attempt to make people not hit the bridge.
Set a camera, get popular, get money.
It's the one on Silly St?
@@hypeninja4786 yes it is
@@hellspyro666420 lol
@@hypeninja4786 are you from the area?
they raised the bridge like 7 inches or something (they had to raise the railroad tracks to do it), there are apparently warnings down the street for a couple blocks saying trucks must turn, and it still opens trucks like sardines on the reg
Less frequently than before, but sure. Stupidity will not be denied.
My working hypothesis is these drivers are stupid.
8 inches - it is now commonly known as the 11ft8+8 bridge.
Why would one raise the track instead of digging the road deeper? There are 2 bridges near me that they upgraded to standards, they used to can open trucks all the time. They dug the roads deeper instead of raising the tracks, seems cheaper to me.
wouldnt it be much easier just to lower the street?
I drive box trucks for a living and I can't get over how fast a lot of those bastards are going. Also: Penske is a leasing/rental company. Most of those are driven by renters and non-professionals.
That's what I was about to say; Ryder too.
I'm in the middle of moving and it sucks ass, imagine fucking up your rental truck on top of all that!
@@devodavis6747 Most rental vehicles have a sticker in the cab that says how tall the truck is. Just takes a bit of effort to look out for signs that apply.
Part of the system with the warning sign changes the light to red, so many people speed up to beat the red light
Renters would be less aware of the exact height of the truck they rented. People who drive the same truck every day probably know it’s exact dimensions by heart.
Ah! That answers my question. I'd assumed they were a haulage company and was thinking that their logistics department should surely have found an alternative route by now;
As a former truck driver, I can honestly say that between the signs, and the GIANT LIT UP SIGN, that the state did all it could to warn drivers about the clearance. Most of those trucks are rentals, which means they are driven by people who are not familiar with such things. Like...college students.
I'm a truck driver and I see semi do this shit all the time
Penske & Ryder are truck rental companies, a step above U-Haul, usually small businesses, people moving, like college students, music bands, like college students. That might even be a tier of truck you don't even need a commercial license for, they will rent trucks to anyone.
I've seen some other stuff about this bridge, there's also multiple warnings for a couple blocks ahead of time too.
Like I said, They will rent trucks to anyone.
@@peterbelanger4094 - Yep, with a standard driver's license, you can rent the biggest trucks they make, up to a tractor. We have a low bridge in our town, (lots of colleges), and every year, you can take it to the bank, somebody is gonna hit that overpass on, or about, move-in day.
We have a similar issue in Melbourne Australia
Simply search “Montague street bridge”…
There was even a special height warning device place 1/4mile approx down the road with heavy rubber things hanging, if your truck hit those, couldn’t fit
People were actively going AROUND the thing ………….
🤦
By now that trunk rental companies got to be like do not make a right turn out of our parking lot you cannot make it under the bridge do not try for the love of God please don't try we don't have enough trucks for you to try
When I worked at U-Haul I would always try to get customers to take the additional insurance as it would fully cover damage like this. The standard answer was “I don’t need it because I have my own insurance.”
It was always the ones who didn’t take it that would peel the tops off like a can of sardines, then be baffled when their auto insurance told them they wouldn’t cover it.
Let's give props to the engineer who designed and built that protective overhead bar. That thing took a beating and never seemed to budge!
It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
go watch the film of when they took the 11'-8" bar down to replace it, it was curved in the middle! It is an interesting video about the process of raising the bridge there and the tracks as well were leveled. it is 12foot4 now but the channel had to stay 11foot8 for reasons.
It should just read "Asshole Warning".
They should dip the asphalt like we do in Australia. Wagga Wagga, NSW case in point. Or have laser sighting warnings, chains, 35 metres before the obstruction. Close call drivers should heed the measurements and drop their airbags and traverse carefully.
@@hudsonstraight8628 the city could definitely do more to warn drivers since this keeps happening. Just some chains would be good for a low budget.
YES.
I've been an acolyte of 11 foot 8 for many years. I make a pilgrimage back to the site about every 6 months or so to see the crashes.
What makes it even worse is that over the years they've totally redesigned the bridge, added multiple giant warning signs and lights, actually dug it out so that the clearance isn't actually 11 foot 8 anymore, and STILL it mashes trucks that are too stupid to pay attention to what they're doing.
Didn't dig it out, they lifted the rail as high as they could. It's 12 foot 4 inches now. They couldn't dig down due to the sewer being right below the road.
Honestly, the best thing to do would be to just completely delete the road under the bridge from Digital Globe's imagery so it gets removed from all GPS programs. They already made it insanely obvious from the signage and made it as tall as they can for now. At this point it's on the drivers. It's almost exclusively rental companies and non-professional drivers.
@@MinistryOfMagic_DoM penske nearby should add in contracts that insurance doesn't cover damage from this bridge
Best part about the 11'8" bridge is that despite being raised, the rail line above it cannot be altered any further. When discussing if it's possible to lower the road to perhaps compensate for this restriction, it hits into sewage and water lines. Literally there is nothing they can do short of completely replacing it or closing that roadway. As for Penske and multiple other box trucks,. they have rentals nearby and they give a ton of warnings on where they cannot go and the height.
Suffice to say, with all the visual and auditory warnings along with it being long standing information, there is little more that can be done.
Yup, The issue is so many of those box truck drivers fail to take note of the height of their truck and ignore the warnings ahead (if you're too high the warning is pretty clear informing you to turn off the road right before hand)
I think the other issue is, I don't believe a lot of box trucks from those companies require CDLs and can also be rents (How anyone is allowed to rent the massive Uhaul box trucks without a CDL is beyond me) They def. don't know the height of their trucks.
Why cant they just knock down the bridge?
@@TheGLORY13 they can rent them because the trucks are down rated. They have a registered gvwr that has been lowered below the threshold of what would require a CDL.
The reason they can do that is that furniture is less dense than freight, AND when you rent, you are agreeing to rent for personal, non commercial use.
Those same trucks that you can rent without a CDL, are also available for commercial businesses, but if used for that purpose they do have extra requirements.
They did not raise the rail line, they lowered the road.
I was going to say, I hope all these pensky renters, they best have the insurance plan on it lol!!
In 2019 they raised the trestle and surrounding track buy 8 inches (now 12' 4") but it still gets hit fairly regularly by taller trucks.
I imagine those 8 inches drastically lowered the number of strikes.
@@shadowprince4482 it's more like reducing to extent of the damage. Rather than being an actual can opener to every reefer truck that tries, it just skims off the top, which still needs repairing/replacing
As a USA citizen, I can sadly say, all too often, that is the pattern followed for infrastructure "fixes" in my nation. Purse Strings Person 1: "Well, since we're spending a bunch of money for this project regardless, we could add 17% more to the budget, raise the bridge to regulation height and never again have any problems." Purse Strings Person 2: "Nah. I'm sure an extra 8 inches of clearance is close enough." Both together: "Sounds good. After all, it's the ~appearance~ of addressing the issue that truly matters. What, me worry?" High fives and laughing ensue.
@@mugwump242 The raising wasn't s government project, it was a private project by the railroad as the rails are privately owned. Raising the bridge those 8 inches, cost millions, because the had to raise the tracks for miles, so the grade of the track was right (the grade is the angle change of the track over a short distance).
@@maurer3d Thanks for sharing but I was already aware of all of that. Accordingly, if you refer back to my comment, you will see nowhere did I say anything about government specifically. I purposely worded it in a generic way as it applies to both privately owned and government-owned infrastructure in the USA. The thrust of my comment was meant to be a critique of American culture writ large because of how it tends to view building and maintaining infrastructure in a short-sighted, half-measured way (in the long run, usually ending up more costly too). I don't know what led to your misinterpretation but sorry if I wasn't clear.
I find this bridge mesmerizing. There's an optical sensor that triggers the sign telling the drivers they won't fit if the beam is interrupted, there's no margin or ambiguity but somehow, so many people seem to think if they only drive either slow or fast enough they won't be the height that they are :|
I suppose if you hit the brakes just before impact to dip the nose, then speed back up again you *might* just make it if you are maybe an inch or two overheight.
It'd still make a mess of the roof though.
I've driven under this bridge many times in Durham, NC. The bridge is famously known as "the can opener." More hilarious is they raised it, and it's still to short. 😂
Stop by everywhere where there are large trucks parked nearby and put a sign on their windshield asking them to hold the sign up for the camera after they crash. And in big letters, it says, "I got shitmixed!" I'll bet you'd still get some.
Oh, it's in Durham? I'm in Charlotte...maybe I'll take a little trip to watch the action in real-time...
@@wurdnurd1 Lol. It doesn't happen as often as the video has you believe. Since they've raised it, it more less grazes the top now, but I still find it hilarious that the raised it and it still isn't quite tall enough. It's now 12'4"
Too*
@@englishatheart Nope
What I find most interesting in this video...already familiar with this super well-built bridge...is how Ozzy googled Google to google the bridge. I love these reviews!!
And then googled the URL to get the link to the URL!
Too many mid-strength beers or not enough? 🤔
I was going to post about googling Google to get the site, he could have just typed the URL 🤣
@@MatthewHorwood-mhzawadi It drives me insane when I see someone type the URL into the Google search box....
I thought every phone, tablet, and PC, now had a Google search box right on the desk top. I have never seen anyone Google "Google Search". 😂😂
Actually, the rental agreement for the local Penske and other truck rental businesses know about the bridge and warn the renters that if they damage the truck on that bridge, insurance will not cover it and the renter will be personally and fully liabile. They do not offer any insurance to renters specifically for that bridge. You can get full-coverage insurance for a rented truck and still, if you hit that bridge, insurance won't cover it.
I laughed so hard when you ranted about Pensky and Ryder. Those aren't employees driving. Those 2 companies rent out trucks to people who are moving stuff. The drivers are not related to the companies at all. They are like U-Haul. I laughed so hard every time you are like, "What's wrong with that company. They gotta be out of business by now." LOL
Thanks for the explanation, that makes a lot more sense.
Although there's one trucking company near me that has professional drivers who never secure their load - I always avoid them after my car was hit by flying debris.
I can imagine the insurance suggestion before hiring...
"Would you like to take out our insurance for the vehicle"
"How much is that?"
"About $80... .... ... oh hang about are you going near the 11'8" bridge"
"Yes I think its on my route"
"in that case there's an extra $1800 additional insurance fee"
youd think theyd have the height of the truck clearly displayed in the cabin since its a rental as to avoid this situation
@@mattreviews4948 They tell you how tall it is when you rent it. It is VERY clearly communicated.
@@mattreviews4948 It is posted. Most have it down the front left corner of the box itself. See it at all times in the mirror. The average "driver" is really that stupid. Think about it, the 95% driving around out there, how stupid and pathetic they really are....they are driving those trucks. Yeah, it's fucked.
the real question, the big question that's actually being gradually answered by this bridge, is how many warning signs does something actually need?
I live right in front of a culvert drain and only last year did the council bother to put up signs warning people to slow down or risk bottoming their car out. At least twice a day I still hear the CCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHKKKKKK of some mouthbreathers exhaust scraping the bitumen. All the signs in the world can't help lost causes.
I remember the railroad had a crossing closed for repairs. I went to check on it and someone pulled up behind me after going around the barricades with "road closed" on them. The person asked if the road was closed and I said yes. The then said that some signs needed to be put up because they didn't see any. I asked which way they came and it was the same way I had just come. I told the person that they had passed five signs before they got here and their response was "well I didn't see any". 🙄
I believe the light turns red when it detects an over height truck too. So some people speed up to beat the light and get absolutely wrecked. But others stop for the light. Then they sit there for about a minute staring at the bridge and the flashing warning sign thinking about what they're going to do. Then they hit the bridge.
There are never enough signs for dumb people. Plus most of those wrecked trucks are from rental companies driven by people who don’t know and don’t care how high the truck is. Bet they try to return the truck saying, it was like that when I got it. 😂
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As a truck driver I adore that bridge they have added so many safety features to prevent people from hitting, even adjusted the height to 12'4'' and nope people still hit it.
The warning signs are written in English. Big problem for many.
Penske’s entire budget must be coming from their insurance provider.
Penske is a truck renting company and the assurance policy doesn't cover this kind of damage. This come from the pocket of the renters.
@@CatherinePuce I was just about to say the same thing. That goes for Ryder as well.
@@CatherinePuce Oh no, that OOF is so big you can see it from low orbit... 😬
I have a theory that this is where Penske (and other moving truck companies) send their trucks that are nearing the end of their usable lifespan, just so that they can get someone else to pay for their eventual replacement.
@@CatherinePuce iirc all the local truck rentals explicitly warn people about the bridge. But I guess people don’t listen.
I remember working in London years ago and getting stuck in traffic, when I went to investigate the hold up was due to a truck being stuck under a bridge. Properly wedged, couldn't move forward or backward.
When a traffic cop finally showed up to sort the traffic out he spoke to the driver and said,
"So you got your truck stuck?"
And I shit you not, the driver just fired straight back;
" Nope, I was delivering this bridge and I've run out of fuel"
🤣🤣🤣
What a mad bastard!
Now that's a confident retort
Ozzy-class response, I'd call this one! :)
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"Penske fuck off" made me lol! There should be a big sticker in each of the cabs saying "If you see the 11 foot 8 bridge then stop! Please stop!" 😂
Did you notice the electric board screaming at the vehicles that were "OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN"?
Penske need a mounted sign on all their dashboards that say 'DONT DRIVE UNDER THE F-ING BRIDGE!'
Great video.
Just to let you know, none of the trucks are actually hitting the bridge. They are hitting a CPB (collision protection beam) which is about a metre in front of the bridge. It’s been put there purposefully to prevent trucks hitting the bridge, and as you can see it was well worth the money as it’s doing it’s job well! Keep up the good work mate
There have been a few instances of rigs actually striking the bridge and not just the CPB. They then close the rail line down until engineers certify the bridge is safe. I'll try to find a few links.
Edit: I may be wrong as I haven't been able to find proper resources. I do remember seeing some crashes that made the rail line on the bridge wobble slightly. Or it could be a false memory.
I had no idea about the protection beam, and I used to be a trucker. I also knew my truck height, 13'6", so I never collided with a bridge or its protection beam.
Yeah, they don't wanna risk derailed train because a few blind and illiterate idiots hit the track...
@@HellHunter00 I think there was one several years ago that where a truck went under the bridge right as a train went over...the weight of the train flexed the bridge down slightly, as they do, and the truck scraped the bottom. There was also an actual semi (it's near the end of this video) that went DEEP under the bridge, like 25 feet into the trailer. With semis being 13'6", I imagine that one might've scraped the bridge as well.
@@HellHunter00 I'd believe that.
When I was a little kid, I went to kindergarten in North Carolina. There was a bridge just past the school on the main highway that also would catch semis. Signs be damned, it would catch about one truck a week. As a 4 year old, I loved seeing the trucks under there, didn't understand any of the downsides.
The best part is, this happens so frequently that insurance companies have exclusion waivers in their policies, so if you actually do this, it is NOT covered by insurance!
The Can Opener! I know there's less "accidents" (pronounced idiots) since they increased clearance but the fact that people still hit it is amazing. As I understood it insurance companies in the area specifically do not cover the damages on those rental trucks. The renters are fully on the hook for all repairs.
I can confirm. I was a dispatcher for 2 different moving companies in Durham for a while and I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of money we were constantly having to spend on having the truck boxes repaired and replaced.
This bridge gets a lot of attention for being 11' 8". Meanwhile in Boston, we have 10' 0", 10' 6", and 11' 0" clearances on Storrow Drive, a major arterial road that gets you in and out of the city. Boston is a big college town, so every year a bunch of U-Hauls get shitmixed by students moving in and out of the city. It's sometimes a daily occurance. Even worse, it's not an intersection like this, it's basically a highway with a concrete center median. If you fuck up but catch yourself before you crash, you have to exit in reverse to the nearest ramp. There's no shoulder.
That sounds like it deserves its own youtube channel
Ahh Storrow Drive. There are signs on the ramps that dangle and say If you hit this sign, you'll hit the bridges. Trucks get stuck anyway.
@@margarethoughton9993 sounds like it should be called Sorrow Drive.
I lived pretty close to a can opener myself. Locals lovingly call it "The truck-eating bridge"
Probably because this bridge has a dedicated camera on it just to catch this stuff.
Some call that the "Can Opener Bridge." They supposedly raised the clearance from 11'8" to 12' a couple years ago. Interesting that drivers of rental trucks and other tall vehicles don't familiarize themselves with their vehicle's clearance requirements, and then READ THE FREAKING SIGNS ON THE BRIDGE that state what the max clearance is. Bridge must shake its head every day at the stupidity on display.
They raised it eight inches but still below the 14’ normal 🙈
@@stevepirie8130 Here's another option, since the RR owns the right-of-way and really is not obligated to raise the bridge (and apparently can't do it, from an engineering standpoint): LOWER THE ROAD. IOW, dig out the underpass. We have one where I live that they dug and scraped down 24 feet below the level of the 6 -lane surface street to make an underpass for the 8-lane freeway. Overhead clearance for the freeway traffic is NOT 24 feet, but IS around 16 feet, depending upon the lane. Far as I know, no trucks have created their own sun roofs going under it.
@@SCSlimBoiseID I think this is also explained in the FAQ about the Can opener or in one of the channels videos. There's too much things that need to be moved so thats why they haven't lowered the road.
Ozzy Man wouldn't have a job if people actually read signs.
@@peterbelanger4094 Neither would thousands of trial lawyers.
"The Can Opener"...one of my favorite go-to videos.
The real legend here: the I-beam can opener that doesn’t even shrug at any truck that comes it’s way!
Some non-US viewers might not know that Penske, Ryder and Budget are rental companies.
The drivers in those cases might not have any professional level training and even those who do will often be driving that particular vehicle for the first time.
More training ref "situational awareness"?
Or send the bill for repairs to the drivers ... that should focus their concentration.
There again perhaps it was a mistake to award commercial driving licenses to these so called "professional drivers"?
Perhaps a mandatory IQ test before even applying for driving lessons ... that should halve the number of drivers from "Day One".
That's the way to do it.
I bet they don't get their deposit back...
Most cities, and definitely larger ones, have designated "truck routes" with signs, that professional drivers USUALLY pay attention to. Anybody can rent a Penske, or Ryder, for a day, hence the high incidence rate for those trucks.
The 11foot8 website explains that they can't dig the road lower, as a sewer line runs right under that section of road.
Thanks for saying it for me. The yellow ones could be you or me driving it. The white ones are commercial rentals but, yes, probably driver's first day in that equipment. My guess is, the rental yard is not far down the road and they were warned about this 5 minutes ago.
I'll never forget the only time I drove a 26' long mover truck. Thank goodness it was 2 a.m. and we were moving within the city. Was a peace of cake. ;-)
Years ago we had a wreck at that bridge not because we did not fit but because hubby slowed down in the UHaul and a lady passed and cut back into his fender. It is one way and the rental company is around the corner and does not give any warnings. 😊
There not actually hitting the bridge at first , it's a big "I" beam to protect the bridge. Still love the nickname "the can opener "
Scrappers must love it!
that I beam was probably installed to protect the bridge from damage after being hit many times before.
@@davidanderson1451 correct ✌
@@davidanderson1451 Yep, everytime the bridge is hit, it has to be shutdown for inspections, which impacts schedules on the trains running that line. When the I beam is hit, no big deal. Well, big deal for the dummy driving the truck, but the trains keep running :D
@@paulketner5077 Did you see that one really big hit before the railroad put in the beam catcher? The ENTIRE railroad iron system moved up/down and left a big dent.
I love how the sign is flashing “Over Height Must Turn” and they proceed to hit it at ramming speed! 🤪
Most of the drivers are probably 18 year old interns trying to earn some bucks
A non intern wouldn't have this kind of accident
Or they try to creep through even though it specifically says they won’t fit. Creeping doesn’t make your truck any shorter.
@@quacker1008 probably a lot of illegal immigrants with no license
@@evilsharkey8954 Your the same guy that says an ostrich putting its head in the sand does not prevent the catastrophe being evaded!
@@andrewkaminskas7721 No sir! those illegals tend to be shorter in stature, they fit under the bridge.
It's now the 12' 4" bridge. They raised it 8 inches a while back, which was the highest they could raise the bridge without having to also raise the nearest level crossings.
For those who prefer metric, it was 355 cm before, and is 376 cm now.
It's not 12'4", it's 11ft8+8 :)
4:31 has a video after the height increase
My science teacher insisted in 1968 that the USA would be full on metric........by 1975.
this reminds me of the bayswater bridge here in perth, its a similar thing where trucks get stuck all the time. massive signs showing the height. there is a website that counts and records how many days since the last incident.
Thanks again Ozzy for using our song. I could't help but laugh at the trucks entering destination f! Keep the editor on the pay roll, the person did a great job!
Durham's notorious 11'8" can-opener bridge is now the 11'8"+8" can-opener bridge. It's still reliably giving unobservant drivers a little off the top.
YES, I lived there, that’s my town!
At 6:50, that’s my brother’s business’ truck. I used to work pretty much across the street and could hear when the trucks hit the bridge guard. There is another bridge just a couple hundred yards away that also catches lots of trucks. The sewer lines under the road were a hundred or so years old and would have been very expensive to retrofit. The bridge was was raised (and the road MAY have been lowered during subsequent repaving) in 2016-17 but even with the extra 8” and extra signage, it still catches some trucks.
Not lowered, track was raised. There's a couple videos about it. They used jacks to lift the bridge and then regraded the tracks.
@@NWquadriders You are correct that the track was raised. However, I watched them do the construction. It seemed like they raised the tracks and lowered the roadway. It’s possible that they were just doing a resurfacing/repaving of that particular street because several blocks of Gregson St were closed for two weeks. The track work was done pretty quick.
Ha! We’re talking about the bridge at work. The repaving was not done quite at the same time, but a few months afterwards. There’s been so much construction in that area (including a gas explosion), it’s hard to keep it all straight.
@UCVdS2z3lu5jCOPyCwnP4B8w Yes, partly. Now that street was repaved, right by the bus station. That bridge mainly catches the long trucks because of the approaches on either side are higher than the road surface under the bridge.
Love your themed song mixed with the trucks smashing the overpass 😢😂
So much scrap metal...
I'm an EMT and whenever I go under a low overpass in the ambulance I feel SO nervous, because it almost never seems high enough. Most of our rigs are only about 9-10 ft high, so there is usually plenty of clearance. I don't understand how some of these trucks are just trying to blast through. I know they knew that bridge looked too low.
Side note: must be a well constructed bridge to handle all that damage.
The can opener is a steel girder which takes the impact instead of the bridge.
@@HavokTheorem And that is because it's a train bridge.. If structural integrity is compromised, it would a lot worse than a top-opened box truck. Seeing as how many times it gets hit, they would be forever checking/correcting the viability of said train bridge.
The bridge had a steel crash beam protecting it. There is a video of the beam when they raised the bridge, pretty impressive how much those penske trucks bent it.
They actually raised this bridge 8" I believe, but, there are trucks out there that still don't clear.
Penske is a rental company, so many of the people driving these trucks are not used to driving tall vehicles.
I don't think these people are used to reading the small print in their contracts, either, seeing as Penske are still in business.
Yup, roof damage is NOT covered by the 'full truck rental coverage' should you buy it when renting.
They could reduce the grade of the road going under the bridge, but the engineering students at NCSU close by are tired of being ignored.
Look at how absolutely smug that train is going over the wedged carcass of that truck.
This bridge is also nicknamed "The Can Opener" the way it peels the top of those trucks. Penske, Ryder, Enterprise are all rental companies. I occasionally drive a dock height Ryder rental and it stands at 13' 6".
Two legends in one video! Ozzy man and the 11'8" bridge! Loved it!
Once in NY I had to have the traffic stopped so I could turn around a bridge that was 10 feet and I'm at 13.6. I was saved, thank you to the great drivers that helped
There was a bridge in thunder Bay Ontario
This truck was starting to go under but too high.
He had no damages and just let the air out of his tires to get out
Here in the land of low bridges, Chicago, this happens all the time. I did see a car hauler speeding down the street toward a bridge. Two of the cars scraped off ending up upside down in the street. Classic. Many of these railroad bridges here date from 1900 or earlier.
I ❤️ 11' 8" Bridge.
(I also feel that reading comprehension is an underrated skill.)
I saw a Penske truck on the road this morning and started laughing hysterically.
Thanks for this laugh.
Wait what ? They are still in buisness ? xD They must earn some good money to keep fixing them trucks, or just have a hell of a good insurance xD
@@NickPaulsen They're a truck rental company so the cost of the damages were probably paid by whoever rented it
@@joeflood6870 Yeah okay. Lets hope that atleast. Otherwise it would be a costly affair with the insurance raising the cost. xD
That bridge is about 20 minutes from me in Durham, NC. They raised it a little while ago, it's now 12'4" and still eating trucks, lol.
Exactly. Raised 8 inches almost a couple of couple of years ago. Here's a video talking about it and people still hitting it at 12' 4". The segment showing the old and new guardrail is crazy. The old guardrail has definitely sent many a truck to "Destination Fucked" given how much it was bent. ua-cam.com/video/tO6x0eBnrmU/v-deo.html
You would think that they would would have raised it enough to fix the problem, knowing the regulation height of trucks. It’s basically a trap.
Good, my crane truck is 12'2" high, I STILL wouldn't go anywhere near that bridge!
fun fact, all the truck rental places in the area "Ryder, penske, etc etc" ALL warn people renting their trucks that they do NOT fit under that bride.
And people still do it.
Also, the extra insurance does not protect from running into that bridge, the driver's insurance has to cover it.
And those truck trailer parts are 10k-45k each time....ouch
My friend is an insurance agent and he says most "victims" complain because the warnings are written in English.
@@myrtlelittle4130 but... north Carolina is a predominantly English speaking state.
@@retrowave69 with a large population of Spanish and other language speaking people. Around 10% of the state has a non-english native language. Definitely could see people trying this arguement I've seen people who speak perfect english suddenly only know spanish when they get pulled over lol
There's a bridge in Enid, Oklahoma that's only 11'4". It has shark teeth painted on both sides. I duck when I drive under it in my small pickup truck. It's not on the highway and that road has little traffic so I'm not sure there's a lot of footage of trucks eaten by the "shark".
I came here to say that too. Our bridge loves to eat trucks. 😜🤪
Love the 11'8" bridge! There's a kind of opposite to that on a channel called BenGregers. It's a river ford called Rufford Mill near Ollerton in Nottinghamshire over here in the UK which kills cars by drowning them
Love Rufford mill. So many idiots.
Think we need an ozzy man reviews on Rufford Ford
@@dougtherugg yes! Absolutely!
Just looked at Ben Gregers site and I love that the flooding and the stupidity of drivers is so common that people gather there for the entertainment.
I saw those videos on Blackpanthaa's channel lol🤣🤣🤣
I moved to Durham NC, where this bridge is located, 2.5 years ago, and honestly the first time I saw the bridge it felt like I was meeting a celebrity 😂 Was I incredibly excited to see you doing a video on a bridge I’ve driven under many times (although never in a truck)? Why yes; yes I was!
Had a low bridge like that in Griffin Georgia. About half a block away over the road hung a sign that read "if you hit this sign, you will hit that bridge". It seemed to work. The bridge got removed a few years back.
NOOOOO!!! I haven’t been in Griffin in about 10 years, but remember that bridge and the hilarious sign. And that sign had quite a few dings on it.
Before raising the bridge the rail company installed a free standing iron cutting edge to reduce impact which is why it cuts like a can opener
My favorite moment when it was still only 11'8" was two pick up trucks each hauling a load of neatly baled hay. One right after another, POOF!, two explosions of hay cascading around the bridge.
I know this bridge! I live in Raleigh, NC but work in Durham. They did raise it a few inches, but it was for the train tracks not to help trucks. They also added a system to detect over height trucks and it flashes lights and signs telling them to turn. You saw it in the first video. It didn't seem to help
I've been through here before. We have a "kindred spirit" of sorts in The Syracuse, NY area... another railroad bridge on Onondaga Lake Parkway standing a very Penske-Unfriendly 10' 9". And yeah, the Penske truck rental is just a few minutes away from the bridge... as is the Ryder truck rental. The devastation is frequent and unsurprising at this point. 🤣
you'd think the drivers woukd learn eventually
Hahaha yes it's in Liverpool, NY I've seen it happen with my own eyes and I shit you not if was a Penske truck
I've seen it a time or two myself over the years. That bridge is an absolute MENACE to those who ignore the warning signs! Remember the MegaBus crash a few years ago? 😳
Yeah jeez it's been about 10 or 11 years since that happened but yes I do remember that
Yeah, there's a similar thing in Boston. Storrow Drive has a 10' height limit due to low bridges, but every year when college starts moving trucks get stuck there. There's even a term for it: "Storrowing" which is defined as :
putting a 12’6” truck under a 10’6” bridge. Common in Boston MA. Storrowing Season is usually during late August and Early Sept when College kids that cannot read attempt to navigate their way through the Corn maze roadways of Bahstahn. ( Boston) The rest of the year "Storrowing” occurs by Canadian Commercial Drivers. Je me souviens. DOH!!!
Its weirdly satisfying to have the top of the truck perfectly peeled off
That bridge has its own channel with millions upon millions of views...the bridge probably makes more money than most people watching it's videos.
I'm so happy! I've commented a few times over the years that it would be great to hear what Ozzy Man has to say about this bridge. Thank you!!
"It's like a cheese grater"
Fun fact: the local nickname for this bridge in the area is "The Can Opener".
4:23 dude also went through a red light
Can we just appreciate the fact this bridge has its own website 🤣
appreciate the fact that there are 8 people running livestreams of that one bridge. the one with the website is just most notable.
@@PeterSedesse 😲🤣
It has it's own UA-cam channel as well. www.youtube.com/@11foot8plus8
I've heard about a similar bridge here in Australia (the Montague St bridge in Melbourne) that also has the same issue. I actually initially thought that this vid was going to be about that bridge. In any case I'm glad we're not the only ones with dodgy bridges leftover from a bygone era.
The problem isn't with the bridges. The problem is the dickhead drivers that don't know how high thier rig is. Knowing your height is big vehicle driving 101.
It's the dumbasses not paying attention really at fault. Good exercise in weeding out the shit end of heavy duty drivers though.
Bayswater Bridge in Perth too, last I heard they are demolishing the bridge 😂
Sherwood in Qld has one too
The Old Montague St Bridge was my first thought too lol
Every town needs an 11' 8"
Edit: He Googled Google from the Google page, clicked Google and then Googled his search.
Ikr I was like WTF he googled google ... doh
Lol i didn't even catch that. It had to be on purpose
That was hilarious af. I live a couple hours from the bridge and we hear stories often enough to know that you don’t pick a fight with 11foot8!!
What’s really awesome is there’s some sort of sensor that triggers the flashing over height must turn sign and the red light, so the drivers have time to choose wisely. It seems they usually accelerate to try and beat the light.
Ozzy Man really typed google into google just to then type a URL into it lol
5:25
I’m with Ozzy. I think it’d be a great time to just hang out with your friends near the bridge, drink, listen to music, shoot the shit with each other, and just start hollering like “is he gonna make it!? Here it comes…!” when we see a truck approach 😆
“The sign said clearance to the twelve-foot line, but the chickens was stacked to thirteen-nine…” 😱
-from “Wolf Creek Pass”, by C.W. McCall
Exactly what happens at the Bayswater rail bridge on frequent occasions. Despite more than ample signage and warning. Penske box trucks sold separately.
*Penske* trucks are rental trucks. Therefore, average citizens are driving this truck and unfamiliar with the height of the truck, and the height of the bridge. This equals chaos, but great entertainment!
Also Ryder, and Budget are rental trucks.
That makes a lot of sense.
They better have good insurance though ^^
Rent out your older trucks to North Carolina customers and boom. New truck on the customers insurance.
@Vanghost Art There are more countries that watch Ozzy than there are countries that Penske trucks operate in. Penske only operates in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Try not being a simple-minded, self-centered fool that thinks the world revolves around them, and that they know everything.
I've watched the 11foot8 channel, and I don't recall ever seeing a U-haul truck meet this fate. Does U-haul operate in NC ?
In the past 30 years I've rented, and driven, trucks from both Penske & U-haul, tall enough as not to fit under this bridge. Fortunately, never in Durham, NC. There are signs, in most cities, designating "truck routes", that most "everyday joes" ignore, hence the high rate of rented trucks and RVs, falling victim to this bridge.
I wonder how much of this is folks just following Maps, Waze, etc. and it not recognizing a hazard and/or assuming you're not driving a larger than average vehicle.
Penske and other rental agencies near this bridge have in their clause when you rent the truck if you hit it, you have to pay for all damages due to the truck. Their insurance won't cover it, average truck cause is ALOT.
For those of you that do not know this bridge is also called "the can opener bridge" it is world famous because it has been raised twice people still hit it even with all the signs
I've watched videos about this bridge before and I always thought that the people driving rental trucks for moving could be excused for this mistake since they most likely aren't accustomed to this sort of thing, but the professional truckers that do it just leaves me speechless. They should definitely know better.
nope, if you're choosing to rent a large truck, you are accepting every responsibility that comes along with driving that truck. you also need to leave more space behind other vehicles because you can't stop as fast as in a car and if you rear-end someone it's your fault too. And you have to be aware that turning corners and maneuvering parking lots becomes more difficult. it's 100% on the driver. know the height of the vehicle you're driving and READ THE SIGNS
@@jlt131 don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they should be given a pass about it, I am only saying that I can understand the mistake. Understanding a mistake isn't the same as holding them blameless.
I lived near this bridge and even drove a box truck right by it a few times. they literally just have to take a left and go down a block or so to get around the low bridge. They have also raised the bridge. The penske, budget, Ryder and enterprise trucks are all rental trucks as well so normally are not driven by experienced drivers.
I love the way some of these drivers slowed down before they went under the bridge of doom - do they really think going slower makes them smaller?
They were trying to take the bridge by surprise
@@Apocalypse21187 If you sneak up on it, it won't see you coming :D
It looks like a game where some trucks get as much speed as possible to try make it through😂😂🍺🍺
About time you finally talked about this bridge lol! Penske are rental trucks....most of these are rental trucks getting smashed. Penske is loaded man...dude owns race cars and rental truck company and car dealerships etc....
and, he recently became the owner of the home of the Indy 500: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
@@stevevernon1978 Stands to reason. This video proves that Yanks don't pay too much attention when driving. Wouldn't want to overload them with left AND right turns...
@@dannyarcher6370 lol yeah, coz nobody else ever has an accident
@@dannyarcher6370 you've obviously never been to Europe, Russia, Quebec, or South America,, have "vous"??
@@soakupthesunman @Dwight st. john. Neither of you two clowns got the joke.
I live in Lexington, NC. I know this bridge. I drive an 18 wheeler for a living. The day I became a truck driver, I began reading street signs on a professional level. 11 foot 8 has been raised now but still a foot too low for mid sized trucks and up. Good video though man. Crazy it’s so close to home too
18 bloody wheels I struggle on 4🤣
I had a trucker friend nicknamed "Low Bridge" (for obvious reasons), but THAT bridge must have baptised a lot of them!!!
I'll be the one to say that song is absolutely a hit in my book. I love it, very well done
Penske, Budget, etc. are rental companies. Those trucks are driven by renters who probably shouldn't be driving box trucks.
Roger Penske would be way too rich to be bothered about 10 smashed trucks.
Fun fact: Penske is actually a truck rental company which explains why their drivers didn't get it after heading to destination fucked so many times 😅
you got to give it to the engineer who designed that steel shield bar and the welders who put it in
God damn, that bridge is like the Rambo of truck destruction 😳 😆 🤣 😂
On the bright side, now we know how they make aluminum foil.