i must add to anyone wondering, the bridge was fixed and has been up and running for a few years now.

@digitalchaos1980

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to ask that. Thank you! Glad they were able to repair it.

@tiptoe38

3 жыл бұрын

Company got a nice bill.

@tristana.8304

3 жыл бұрын

@@tiptoe38 For sure. And hopefully they learned from that and did better training on how to understand load and weight limits.

@Milesco

3 жыл бұрын

@@tiptoe38 (and Tristan) (updated): Yeah, my understanding is that the small trucking company went out of business and its insurance company paid for the damage to the bridge.

I’ve been a truck driver for almost 20 yrs now, and i hate most other drivers for this reason

I'm not even a CDL driver and I know that if I see a 100 year old antique bridge I probably shouldn't take a 60,000 vehicle over it.

Must be a SWIFT trucking company driver !

@MontgomeryMall

6 жыл бұрын

News articles say that she was working for a little trucking firm known as Louisville Logistics at the time. The firm went out of business not long after the collapse of the bridge. She had recently begun driving trucks. She and her husband had recently left the Amish world to make a living for themselves in the free world. News article: tinyurl.com/IndianaBridgeCollapse

@adriannewman1322

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what I was thinking. Well I bet swift hired her

What I heard was that her company went bankrupt after this and went out of business

@kman-mi7su

3 жыл бұрын

Shame, anybody else that worked there and relied on a paycheck from it to feed themselves or a family, got screwed.

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

News Reports said the Trucking Co she worked for Insurnace Co forked out $750,000.00 for repairs..

Did the guy say 1980?

@rickfrank7934

6 жыл бұрын

akbychoice yes he did lol. And its only a bridge after all. Geez.

@noahmeme2

6 жыл бұрын

1880

@georgew.5639

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

She said she didn't know how many pounds were in 6 tons.........

@mikemajoris8283

6 жыл бұрын

WifeBTR123 - Which is why she had no business driving a truck in the first place. You don’t know what your combined gross vehicle weight is? Come up to a sign and you’re not sure how much your truck weighs? Or how tall you are? STOP. But that also requires paying attention to the signs and not just blindly following wherever your GPS tells you to go. I swear some people would drive right off of a God damn cliff if it told them to bear left and continue straight.

@richardross7219

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikemajoris8283 You are right. I actually saw an suv ignore traffic and make a 3 point turn in the middle of a state highway at a construction project. Our State Trooper(who was supposed to be protecting us) went after him. His excuse was that his gps told him to turn around. The trooper gave a ticket.

~136 years old at the time - she says it stood for centuries.

It's common sense people !! If it says no trucks !! Don't try it use your eyes !! Call the cops and ask how to tune around !! I would rather get a ticket for stopping traffic than destroy a bridge any day !!!!!

What a shame. These old towns are beautiful. Being destroyed one notch at s time.

Wait a minute. The guy said it was built in 1980, then the lady said it's been there for centuries. Ok, which one of them is either misinformed or can't do simple math???

@americansupervillain4595

3 жыл бұрын

He misspoke, the bridge was built in 1880.

@epiendless1128

2 жыл бұрын

@@americansupervillain4595 I think he said 1880 correctly, but not very distinctly. I too heard 1980 the first time.

I'm noticing there are a lot of other similar videos on YT of stupid semi drivers doing the same thing to other old bridges.

Like all 23 year olds who were never taught what a map was she was just doing what her SatNav told her to do ... And was probably texting her 'Best Friend' and sort of missed the weight limit sign ...

@cowboykody6775

3 жыл бұрын

Most new drivers cant read a map, follow gps off a cliff and have no.common sense

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

No she lived in that Town all her Live and Drive over that Bridge with Horse and Buggy many times..

I don't think she even had height clearance, let alone weight. That bridge is done, you cannot repair that. You'd have to completely rebuild it from scratch. Once the steel is bent like that, it's lost a good part of it's strength.

@djo9c1

6 жыл бұрын

Worse yet, that's wrought iron, which isn't even commercially manufactured anywhere in the world anymore.

@ElementofKindness

6 жыл бұрын

You are right. She didn't have height clearance either. She did get served 180 days in jail (prob served only 90), lost her job, and also cost her husband his job as well, because he worked for the same small trucking outfit, which closed it's doors because of this. Unknown how many others were employed there. Insurance is paying $750,000 to rebuild it, (Yes, they are really trying to restore it!) but there will be a $2000 reinspection fee that the insurance doesn't pay, and will likely come out of her pocket. The real kicker to this story, which is ignored, is the fact that this wasn't a wayward trucker lost in an unfamiliar town. THIS IS HER HOME TOWN!!! edit: Just found out that the bridge is to reopen in just two days from now!

@mikemajoris8283

6 жыл бұрын

Element of Kindness - Unbelievable. This woman stands as a true testament to very real existence of complete and total sheer stupidity. Well done, Mary.

Sadly we rely on our electronics too much. When that happens? All hell breaks lose. :/

Truk driver must pay for bridge

She was carrying bottled water.. The weight in the box had to exceed 42,500 lbs. The weight of the tractor and the trailor, for a volvo anda Utility 53 ft. van would have been around 30,000 full of fuel, for a total of around 72,500 lbs gross weight.. About 60,000 lbs heavier than what the the bridge was rated for....

@sheepdavis

5 жыл бұрын

30,000 lbs. of fuel in that truck? Doubtful.

@murtag9571

4 жыл бұрын

@@sheepdavis Not IN fuel. WITH fuel. Diesel weighs close to 7lbs per US gallon. Trucks tanks are anywhere from 125 - 300 gallons. While that's still a lot of weigh, it's insignificant in this case.

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheepdavis Truck and Trailer empty are 30,000 # the water bottles were 21.5 tons what does that total ? 43,000 + 30,000 = Truck and trailer were over 73,000 # or so ..

@californiadreaming9216

Жыл бұрын

I can see that y'all are not truck drivers. She was netting 43000. Her tare (empty vehicle weight) on a sleeper Volvo with dry van would have been at least 35000. Therefore she was grossing at least 78000 lbs.

The bridge was rebuilt...and it still has a 6 ton weight limit. That means that trucks and buses can't use it. One would think that they'd make it stronger when they rebuilt it.

@murtag9571

4 жыл бұрын

Insurance companies pay only what they absolutely have to. I'm betting the town wasn't willing to spend their budget on upgrades common sense is all that's needed to around.

@Leonard_Wilson

3 жыл бұрын

@soupertrooper I won't disagree with you. With that said, the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903. It carries trucks, buses, and trains.

@epiendless1128

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like they restored it, not replaced it. So it's no surprise the weight limit is the same.

Swift?

The truck by itself weighs 6000 pounds. The trailer empty, weighs 14 to 16 thousand pounds. The the bottled water in the trailer, weighs 24,000 pounds. Knowing how to do your job safely, priceless.

@bryantford3054

3 жыл бұрын

Paul Elliott Where did you get these numbers? The reporter stated she was carrying 43,000 pounds of water. The tractor weighs around 18,000 & the reefer trailer about 15,000.

@paulelliott3739

3 жыл бұрын

@@bryantford3054 the weight of the truck is on the side of the truck. I drive a truck. The empty weight of the trailer is on the side of the trailer. When a truck driver picks up a product. It’s the drivers responsibility to know the total weight of everything combined, before leaving the warehouse and driving down the road.

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

Truck Trailer and Water was close to 80,000# and 13'6" tall and the Bridge had a 10 feet height limit too and 6 tons which is 12,000#

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulelliott3739 The Bridge said weight limit 6 tons she knew she was 78,000 pounds but she didn't know how many pounds are in a Ton .. She got 90 days in Jail to think about it or maybe 180 days

Why would they let Amish drive a semi truck on the bridge in my hometown!

Location please? We have a Paoli in Indiana.

@alison__16

3 жыл бұрын

Given that the story was from Indiana Newsdesk, I'd say it was the same one

Nice job there, Mary! Maybe you can go get your heavy equipment operators license and go tear up the town green for your next trick! 👍🏼😉

No common sense there! I can imagine the first thing the driver said? What sign

0:17 you mean 1880 year built, Not 1980?

Leave it to a woman, lol!!

@kman-mi7su

3 жыл бұрын

Not really I've seen some dumb effing dudes driving trucks in my 33 years in the industry. I mean so stupid I wonder, "how can you be brain dead and still live?".

Paoli in what state?

@alison__16

3 жыл бұрын

Uh...Indiana maybe? Just like it says on the screen and in the description box

So the driver got jailtime and bridge was repaired.

Must have been a swiftly truck driver dhurrr

It's a pretty bad idea to go down a road when you are overweight. I can't imagine trying to cross a bridge when you are that far overweight.

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

She was perfectly Legal weight for Normal roads andNormal Bridges but not for a 6 Ton Bridge that was built in 1880 ..

@tylerbonser7686

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeskidmore6754 where exactly did I say they weren't of legal weight?

@mikeskidmore6754

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerbonser7686 The Truck was not overweight .. The Bridge was built in 1880 for Wagons pulled by horses I suppose.. Now I am goig to Copy and paste your words.. that said Imagine trying to cross that Bridge when you are that Overweight .... tyler bonser 3 months ago It's a pretty bad idea to go down a road when you are overweight. I can't imagine trying to cross a bridge when you are that far overweight. The Truck was loaded a bit below the National Bidge Law Legal Limit of of 80,000 pounds the Bridge was rated for 6 Tons that is 12,000 pounds..

@tylerbonser7686

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeskidmore6754 You're not very bright are you? You need to slow down and read and not draw your own conclusions to a statement. I wasn't saying she was overweight for normal roads. The fact the she was of legal weight for most roads is completely irrelevant when you drive over a bridge that is rated for a fraction of your weight. What I was saying if you were 80k lbs driving down a road rated for 60k lbs it would be dumb but you will make it. You would have to be a complete idiot to try and go over a bridge that isn't even rated to for the weight of the tractor. I don't quite get why you even bring up she was of legal weight for most bridges and roads other than you are trying to defend her stupidity.

Let's hope she doesn't have any offspring oh my God

Filigranowa konstrukcja tego typu mostów , powinna dać do myślenia kierowcy ciężarówki ! Ponadto znaki drogowe określają nośność podaną w tonach !!!

Fire the driver, take their CDL away, and the trucking company should pay for the repairs/replacement no matter the cost, they have insurance.......

Lol fix the bridge...so i can stand for centuries to come...get out the duct tape and a crowbar...

These small bridges make it common sense for the average people to know a semi truck with trailer wont make it through. You have to be stupid to assume itll hold.

and sorry your bridge is not fixable.

Truck weigh almost 40 tons. Rated for 6. 2+2=4 not 5 ppl. 🙄

Freaking Dummy Must've Been New Rookie Driver He's Fired By Now

So what happened? Was it scrap metal?

@americansupervillain4595

3 жыл бұрын

The bridge was repaired. www.indianalandmarks.org/2018/01/damaged-paoli-bridge-reopens/

@stegomon

3 жыл бұрын

@@americansupervillain4595 that is amazing. Thank you for the update

GPS my ass, the driver can't read??

Build a new bridge and they will come.

Send to all school CDL training drivers. Only send stupid drivers to the road. For big companys

Put a man on the moon but your not sure you can repair the bridge ? Just tell the truth . The cost and maintenance of this bridge was and is too much . The driver did Paoli a favor . With that said , They should have turned this historic bridge into a pedestrian walkway .

Phil Swift and his brand of flex seal products will have the bridge back up and running in no time.....WEEEEEE DOGGIE

Another "Pro" trucker

I would like to hear the truck driver's perspective before judging her

I mean she shouldn’t have crossed it but wtf 1880? Build something better. Restore it? Lol scrap that shit.

It was bout time it fall sooner or later it would because it's old ass he'll. People crying over an old rusty bridge

@mikemajoris8283

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Cortez - Bridges are required to be inspected annually at a minimum which this one was. It was perfectly safe up to a 6 ton capacity maximum... not over 20 tons.

I see all these negative comments and no one is getting it right!!!!! Federal government is giving these trucking companies money to train drivers the companies are using the drivers to make money and not train new drivers properly they put them through a three-week school to teach them how to get their CDL then they put them with a driver trainer that might only have been on the road for 6 months

@mikemajoris8283

6 жыл бұрын

Well I hate to say it, but you’re not getting it right either. We learn how to do things like pay attention (to things such as road signs) and read (specifically road signs that say NO TRUCKS: 6 Ton Capacity Maximum) in grammar school, not at a Federally funded CDL training facility. If you don’t understand what a picture of a truck with a BIG red circle and line going through it means, you REALLY have absolutely no business being around them, let alone operating them. Many scenarios that get truck drivers into hairy situations like getting into somewhere they can’t get out of, or having problems backing up; can be blamed on a lack of driver training. This is not one of those scenarios. This was complete and total negligence and carelessness on the part of this woman. Part of being a professional driver is delivering your load safely. You can’t do that if the simplest of tasks such as reading a road sign, and paying attention to your surroundings, is lost on you.

LOL 1980

Oh it was a she. Go figure

Ahahahahahaha

She.s another six week wonder. No common sense whatso ever. I wouldnt ride a bike over that bridge much less a big truck.

@insanitycubed8832

7 жыл бұрын

that rig was 13 feet tall and how didn't that moron know what tons were

Off course it had to be a woman driving

If they didn’t want the bridge damaged because it was a historic landmark, then it should have only been foot traffic going across it. The trucker was ignorant and illiterate obviously. But a bridge that old should be preserved with a bike/walking path. Cars and trucks(and semis) just shorten its life. Sad day.

Tear it down and build a better bridge so trucks can use it, move on quit living in past

That bridge is trash. Keep the end with the sign and sell the rest as pre nuclear testing steel or iron. Replace it with a new bridge with greater capacity. Charge it all to the trucking company's insurance.

gee!! women drivers!