Six feet, six inches. Why you can't ignore the math, even in Florida.

[Baitball Blogger]

Somebody please take a screen shot of the trapped truck with the sign, "6 feet, 6 inches"

The truck passed the bridge's height limit, but the trailer didn't.

Report: Roof of covered bridge falls on truck in Maitland

The roof of a covered bridge in Maitland collapsed on an SUV late Monday, wesh.com is reporting.

An 8-foot-tall trailer hauled by the SUV hit the roof of the bridge, which only has a clearance of 6 feet, 6 inches, the news organization said.

The bridge is at Old Horatio Avenue and West Trotters Drive.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-bridge-collapses-maitland-20131015,0,1826975.story

[el_bryanto]

1. I think you are missing the real story - what about that bigoted bridge

that discriminated against this poor trucker. All day long that bridge lets by regular cars, but let a truck be a few inches too tall, and it comes down.

Bryant

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Trailer envy.

You nailed it.

[unblock]

3. i think the evidence is concrete.

[tjwash]

5. It was a rock-solid case

[JimDandy]

4. "Bridge knocks down basketball player."

Bet that's the next headline.

Good grief raise the old bridge already. If a 6 ft 6 in person has to duck to walk under a road bridge, it's too damn low.

[Historic NY]

6. Who builds a 6 foot 6 bridge.....

that most basketball players couldn't walk through

[Baitball Blogger]

7. I think it's a metaphor for Florida.

Holding on to something that will inevitably clash with the changing times.

[hfojvt]

8. reminds me of that joke

The bridge said 14 feet. So the two truck drivers stopped before driving under it and they measured the height of their truck - it was 16 feet. Then they measured the bridge just in case the sign was wrong. Nope, the bridge was 14 feet, just like the sign said. Then one of the drivers looks around and says "I don't see any cops around, let's go for it."

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. I have seen several YouTube complilatins

of too tall trucks and etc trying to get under a bridge.
Twas funny at the time, but that was before the bridge in Skagit Valley collapsed due to the same problem.

[lpbk2713]

10. How big does the sign have to be?

"Hey, I drive a monster SUV and I can go any damn where I want to."


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