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TomTurkey
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I was called to numerous situations though most were neglect lowering it.

Paving project; empty load and pull away, and hit an overhead sign or bridge beam. Call Tom! Most instances were drivers in cars and pickups running off of the road and smacking the vertical support. More fatalities than I cared to see.
Posted: 09/05/2024 at 12:07 PM ET
(In response to this post by HokieDan95)

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64 west near 295 east of Ric**
HokieDan95 • 09/05/24 10:54 AM ET
What time was that??? I came through there around 3PM. Saw nothing**
HOKIERIT • 09/05/24 08:18 PM ET
Step 1 - it's down
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 03:03 PM ET
Pic from X from a car behind this mess crazy how cars driving around it
RhinoVT • 09/05/24 03:19 PM ET
Never mind......I was WEST of Richmond. Saw the gravel truck and assumed@**
HOKIERIT • 09/05/24 08:20 PM ET
Very unstable. Could easily fall without warning.
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 03:24 PM ET
That pic is wierdly out of proportion
Spudnut • 09/05/24 01:10 PM ET
See my reply below.**
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 01:56 PM ET
Actual image**
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 02:16 PM ET
Holy moly!
Spudnut • 09/05/24 04:07 PM ET
^^Still has inside connections^^
MP4VT2004 • 09/05/24 02:17 PM ET
If he got this far, you have to wonder...**
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 02:37 PM ET
You can see the piston for raising and lowering the bed.
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 01:48 PM ET
7 years ago, I'd be there representing VDOT structure program.
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 11:54 AM ET
dump trailer must have a mind of its own
HokieDan95 • 09/05/24 12:00 PM ET
I was called to numerous situations though most were neglect lowering it. ◄
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 12:07 PM ET
Post script: One truck hit the only 3 O/H sign structures between...
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 12:34 PM ET
Do trucks with dump beds not have some sort of super annoying buzzer...
MP4VT2004 • 09/05/24 01:10 PM ET
Obviously not, or can't be heard over the engine/transmission noise.
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 01:19 PM ET
OK Tom, here’s an observation. When we drive sown on 95 to Charleston, I
Stork • 09/05/24 01:05 PM ET
Well, I’m in that industry. Those breakaways are designed to take
HokieHam • 09/05/24 01:19 PM ET
Well, they need to teach those mowing tractor drivers in SC how to drive.
Stork • 09/05/24 01:23 PM ET
Not in our structural sign inventory so not under purview of bridge engrs.
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 02:02 PM ET
Haha. You should see how long some signs stay down…..
HokieHam • 09/05/24 01:43 PM ET
VA has a narrowing vertical member at the support. Same expectation.
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 01:14 PM ET
That's gonna leave a mark...
Burruss Writer • 09/05/24 11:05 AM ET
I64 teaches I81 how it’s done. **
Stork • 09/05/24 11:02 AM ET
What the???? I hope they have the video of the actual accident. **
RhinoVT • 09/05/24 11:01 AM ET
There are traffic cameras and it looks like a still from opposite direction
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 12:16 PM ET
There was a similar accident years ago right around there, where a dump
Stork • 09/05/24 11:04 AM ET
It was an 8" diameter primary member of a box truss (4, with diagonals).
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 12:21 PM ET
Was trying to remember how long ago that was. And wasn’t that near where 64
Stork • 09/05/24 12:59 PM ET
I believe it was west bound between the Nine Mile Road and 360 interchanges**
VT72 • 09/05/24 07:04 PM ET
Maybe. Well before 295 was constructed. Early 80's?
TomTurkey • 09/05/24 01:07 PM ET