IconoclasT wrote:
] I think I need a WTF / Stupid People category.. What a
] dumbass!
]
] What do you get when you try to pass a 15-foot, 9-inch
] tractor-trailer under a bridge with a posted 14-foot
] clearance?
]
] A least $100,000 in damage and one of Nashville's main
] interstate arteries closed from 9:45 a.m. until about 2:30
] p.m.
]
] Yesterday morning marked the eighth time since 1991 that the
] Demonbreun Street overpass above Interstate 40 had been hit by
] a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load, said Kim Keelor,
] a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of
] Transportation.

I wonder what that must have felt like if you were on the bridge at the time. They have a natural jiggle even when the traffic is stopped. Must have been a bumpy ride when it hit!

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