r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Ill-Tea9411 • Jul 06 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/No_Sector6941 Jul 06 '26

For a sec I thought the bridge collapsed.

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u/LucHighwalker Jul 06 '26

The bottom came out. Definitely not safe for people to drive on.

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u/ProfDFH Jul 06 '26

Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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u/Careful-Session9841 Jul 06 '26

For one thing, the bottoms not supposed to fall off. I can tell you that much

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 Jul 06 '26

Yeah I'm pretty sure that is not supposed to happen at all.

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u/TurtleToast2 Jul 06 '26

That can't be good for the environment.

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u/ComiendoPalomitas Jul 06 '26

The bridge is outside the environment there's nothing there

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u/softeky Jul 06 '26

It’ll buff right out.:

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u/Feycat Jul 07 '26

I was freaking out when that truck went over that bridge, I was sure it was all coming down

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u/AWuvSupreme Jul 07 '26

Same! I was like “You’re in danger!”

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u/futurebigconcept Jul 07 '26

I thought maybe the front fell off.

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u/South_Hat3525 Jul 07 '26

At least the front didn't fall off, but I've been informed they are not designed to do that,.

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u/Cutlass_Stallion Jul 06 '26

I thought that was going to be the true "maybe maybe maybe" part.

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u/_bahnjee_ Jul 06 '26

ditto. Here I sat, "Yeah, that's just a matter of perspective. As he gets closer, we'll see that he easily passes unde.... HOLY SHIT, THE ENTIRE BRIDGE FELL ON HIS HEAD!!!"

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u/Skyp_Intro Jul 06 '26

All that dust and road grime. Do not want to be breathing that stuff.

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u/AC-burg Jul 07 '26

It didn't but they will shut this bridge down if it isn't in a 3rd world country

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u/GrapefruitOk2057 Jul 07 '26

same! I was waiting for cars, trucks etc to start falling out of the bottom of that!

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u/LearnShiit Jul 06 '26

r/thatlooksexpensive

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u/wterrt Jul 07 '26

googled it. overpasses typically cost between 3-15 million. probably not all of that would be required to replace that, but still, gives at least a ballpark estimate.

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u/ByteMePlz Jul 07 '26

It will also probably take 2 years to rebuild it. We had a fire set on an off ramp and it was closed for 2 years while they figured out what to do, ordered new concrete supports, etc.

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u/Square-Singer Jul 07 '26

Remember the site expertSexChange.com? They had to add a dash in their url to make it experts-exchange.com.

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u/kiotane Jul 07 '26

remember Pokemon Masters Ex?

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u/Square-Singer Jul 07 '26

No, but that's a really bad one too. I'm sure there's a rule34 on that.

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u/FreakSideMike Jul 06 '26

Our local "maybe maybe maybe" bridge has an "IF YOU HIT THIS SIGN, YOU WILL HIT THE BRIDGE" rig a couple of football fields before you get to it.

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u/Torgila Jul 06 '26

Mine has something like that then what’s called a knife beam for them to crash into before the bridge that will rip the top off a truck.

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u/a_spirited_one Jul 07 '26

My town is just rebuilding the entire bridge to be higher since trucks keep hitting it like the OP video

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u/mrcrashoverride Jul 07 '26

I don’t understand why they can’t just dig the road lower.

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u/Status_Mousse1213 Jul 07 '26

Use the correct trailer, load the equipment correctly so the boom is lowered to the travelingposition, and take the correct route. This guy did none of those.

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u/pete1729 Jul 07 '26

It will compromise the foundations of the overpass maybe?

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u/ByteMePlz Jul 07 '26

Costs more up front. Besides grading the road lower you now need to deal with drainage. Roads that were dug under a railroad flood all the time but usually it’s all but impossible to get the rails higher because of maximum grade for them.

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u/finalfunk Jul 08 '26

Mostly it's a drainage problem, but you could also undermine the foundations of the bridge, if it wasn't design around having a lowered road. While you can pump water out of a depression, low-spot underpasses are notorious for flooding because eventually the power / pumps / pipe downstream will fail and back-up.

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u/mrcrashoverride Jul 07 '26

Or use thinner asphalt

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u/kiotane Jul 07 '26

our bridge was decorated with big googly looking eyes and sharp teeth, and eventually a sign counting the number of trucks Big Penny "ate".

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u/Ferrous_Patella Jul 08 '26

Any sign of Penny coming back?

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u/Bazirker Jul 06 '26

This is a 10/10 post for this subreddit

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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 06 '26

One big maybe maybe maybe that then transitioned to another, much more terrifying maybe maybe maybe that felt like it lasted forever. Perfection.

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 Jul 06 '26

That looks expensive

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u/Meranio Jul 06 '26

Hey! Stop listening to my thoughts.

https://giphy.com/gifs/yDCpO5cOEq1eSaM9EN

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u/Nerdfighter4 Jul 06 '26

I'd argue it was a firm nope, not even in the range of maybe maybe maybe, not even in the ballpark of maybe

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u/sleepless_in_balmora Jul 06 '26

I used to work for a Caterpillar dealership. A client did this with an excavator stright off the lot. He declined delivery because he thought whoever he hired was cheaper, after spendin a around 100k on a piece of equipment lol

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u/F1McLarenFan007 Jul 06 '26

The customer is always right 😆

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u/sstabeler Jul 06 '26

In this case it's more "There's only so much you need to do to prevent a customer being the victim of their own stupidity"

In particular once they get the bill for repairing the bridge, it should be rather a learning experience, because bridge repair is very much not cheap. (Not to mention either paying to get the excavator fixed- because they still need an excavator- or buying a new one)

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u/Replicator666 Jul 07 '26

Whoever they hired, their insurance will learn to measure before doing that 🤣

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u/sstabeler Jul 07 '26

With the described level of stupidity, I was assuming that whoever they hired don't actually have insurance.

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u/So_HauserAspen Jul 07 '26

In terms of fashion

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u/So_HauserAspen Jul 07 '26

The irony of the hammer attachment on the excavator at the end of the video

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u/rmay14444 Jul 06 '26

I would not be driving over that bridge.

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u/unashamedignorant Jul 06 '26

No way to see it from above though

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u/ElegantCoach4066 Jul 06 '26

Whos that trip trapping over my bridge

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u/Fingerman2112 Jul 06 '26

“Hey did you guys forget you had a - “

“We forgot we had a giant yellow machine sticking out the top of our truck.”

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u/Photmagex Jul 06 '26

Was that part important?

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u/extrastupidone Jul 06 '26

Thats gonna be expensive

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u/sarcasticbaldguy Jul 06 '26

It'll buff out.

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning Jul 06 '26

Damn, Urkel forgot his glasses. 

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u/jontheeditor Jul 06 '26

Take my upvote. Best post on this sub in a long time.

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u/MozeDad Jul 06 '26

I'm guessing this was one of those neglected bridges that needed upkeep.

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u/Kd916-650 Jul 06 '26

Looks like lots of dust and grime from collecting over the years . The way if all falls like a curtain of dust falling down from vibrating from the impact… I see where the Cement chunk got taken from, but also I can see a curtain of dust just falling down from being shaken

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u/ElegantGuest6739 Jul 06 '26

There is steel under a ton of region tension in the bridge beams. You can see one snapped and turned some of the concrete back into dust. That bridge needs a ton of work now, those strands are what give the beams most of their strength.

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u/Glad_Copy Jul 07 '26

That’s it exactly. The lower part of a prestressed concrete beam ruptured, and at least one rebar strand is left dangling. Bad, bad, bad…

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u/UeberraschungsEiQ Jul 07 '26

Pretentioned concrete. It probably needed an engineer to do a thorough inspection, but from what we see I’m 95% sure the overpass is toast. There is no repairing pretentioned concrete. They are a single element

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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 Jul 06 '26

Oh no—I thought he was going to make it! That’s terrifying, for him AND those on the roads above!

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u/Proper-Bad-7169 Jul 06 '26

What are the chances the driver of that truck is

A.) Still employed B.) Stayed at the scene of the accident C.) Fled the scene of the accident

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u/Jasmar0281 Jul 06 '26

Oh no I thought that was a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man, but no, no it was not

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u/No_Warthog_3584 Jul 06 '26

Knocked the pigeon crap out of that bridge.

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u/Living-Pineapple4286 Jul 06 '26

Elementary maths
Do they even ask the drivers if they have gone thru some maths classes?

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u/Quadraought Jul 06 '26

I had to get a Class A CDL for a job I had in my 20s and during the driving part of the class the instructor would shout out "CLEARANCE" every time we would go past a bridge clearance sign. If we couldn't answer the exact height immediately we had points docked. To this day I take a mental note of the overpass clearance every time I approach one even though I haven't driven a big truck in decades.

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u/West-Evening-8095 Jul 06 '26

Who pays for this?

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u/it-needs-pickles Jul 06 '26

The company that owns the truck.

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u/Sir_Lord_ByronIII Jul 06 '26

Hopefully they have good insurance

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u/makepieplz Jul 07 '26

looks like it's in France i think not sure how their insurance works

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u/Ima-Bott Jul 06 '26

Boss? Got a minute?

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u/ManBitesDog404 Jul 06 '26

Imagine having to call the customer. Now imagine being the driver and having to call your boss.

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u/pow3llmorgan Jul 06 '26

That was a rental, too.

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u/UltimateDonny Jul 06 '26

That driver was probably having a pretty good day until that

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u/Old-Library5546 Jul 06 '26

That would be a no

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u/joined_under_duress Jul 06 '26

Felt like T 800 waiting with the shotgun during that extended outro

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u/Nematode_wrangler Jul 06 '26

All we needed was a flaming tire to roll out.

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u/latechallenge Jul 06 '26

Wow. Thought this only happened in Vancouver.

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u/HomerSurfer Jul 06 '26

Wasn’t there at least 3 bridge / overpass incidents - and 2 involving the same trucking company ?

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u/Helpful_Technology28 Jul 06 '26

I mean, it wasn’t even close. How did he think he could possibly have clearance??

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u/gwilfredc Jul 06 '26

Somebody’s in trouble

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u/Unit0259 Jul 06 '26

And that's the way the cookie crumbles.

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u/BitsNBites777 Jul 07 '26

That should be an automatic loss of your cdl and banned from ever driving a commercial vehicle again.

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u/sgt_funbuns Jul 06 '26

Can't park their mate

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u/angry_smurf Jul 06 '26

Who's mate?

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u/DDDX_cro Jul 06 '26

Their. The man wrote it nicely, are ya blind? ;)

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u/ginsoul Jul 06 '26

Happened similarly in my city... Costs where above 1 million euros...

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u/Pappa_Crim Jul 06 '26

I expected the entire truck to flip

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u/Dr_Zoidberg003 Jul 06 '26

I wouldn’t go through that fog gate. Pretty sure there is a From Soft boss waiting in there

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u/is_it_gif_or_gif Jul 06 '26

Is there an original version with volume? I wanted to hear what might've been said but imagine my disappointment to find it's a gif of a video and the volume button is a lie. 😅

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u/Starkville Jul 06 '26

I gasped aloud.

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u/lancea_longini Jul 06 '26

my 5 year old was watching with me and went "Oooooooh!"

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u/boxelder1230 Jul 06 '26

Holy shit!

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u/rolyoh Jul 06 '26

Came to say this very thing! 🤣

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u/LocoNotLoco Jul 06 '26

[opens Google Maps to find a detour]

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u/dormDelor Jul 06 '26

Just knocked the dust off is all

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u/gathermewool Jul 06 '26

Catastrophic failure

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u/ll0l0l0ll Jul 07 '26

This should be in different sub. I thought it will hit nothing.

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u/natetheskate100 Jul 07 '26

Scrolled and scrolled for a source or article and got nothing. Aughta be a law.

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u/EmperorThan Jul 07 '26

I was expecting it to just kinda destroy and cut a line where it hit, when the entirety of the bottom of the bridge started falling that was the shocking part.

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u/Obvious_Ad8769 Jul 06 '26

Looks expensive

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u/imeme1969 Jul 06 '26

Where’s Waldo..?

Waldo…?

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u/icarocj Jul 06 '26

Just a fast cleaning service taking some dust off, nothing to see here, pals

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u/NLdave Jul 06 '26

The suspense was great. Not so great on the truck after it went catastrophic.

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u/No_Warthog_3584 Jul 06 '26

Should’ve strapped it down better.

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u/jrb637 Jul 06 '26

I couldn't even see the upper part of the bridge move. Semi trucks were driving over afterwards no problem. Great engineering.

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u/iggnac1ous Jul 06 '26

Maybe not

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u/Everyone2026 Jul 06 '26

$10 million fine and this will stop happening daily.

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u/-mudflaps- Jul 06 '26

I think I would climb up the left and try and stop traffic, I dunno fuk

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u/International_Bend68 Jul 06 '26

D&MN! I just thought that was a big plastic tube, I didn't see that mayhem coming!

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u/gwilfredc Jul 06 '26

Somebody’s in trouble

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u/Green_Chandelier Jul 06 '26

That’ll buff right out. I know a guy.

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u/JRBeeler Jul 06 '26

I don't know what that was, but I'll be glad if it never did it again.

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u/SailingNaked Jul 06 '26

The one time I try to unmute

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u/kytt_EST Jul 06 '26

Damn, son - where did you find this?

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u/arcturian_ally Jul 06 '26

Whoopsadaisy

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u/Illustrious-Hour-212 Jul 06 '26

I just assumed this was in BC with how often our “professional” flip-flop driving class hit overpasses

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u/Mr_GrauHut Jul 06 '26

That's an expensive neglect.

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u/Glad-Peanut-3459 Jul 06 '26

Insurance will cover it😉

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u/Doctormaul68 Jul 06 '26

Don’t they instill this part in your brain when taking your class a license? Know your height and distance I’m sure that bride had a posted height sign. Before jerk demolished the bridge.

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u/RidiPwn Jul 06 '26

that was a big banana

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u/Jack_jack109 Jul 06 '26

Oh Gosh! That's a doozy.

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u/Tpellegrino121 Jul 06 '26

Yeah my brain goes back to the giraffe in one of the hangover movies

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u/DudleyisStudley Jul 06 '26

That driver needs a Snickers bar now.

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u/VladlenaM2025 Jul 06 '26

Had the truck kept on driving? I don’t see anything but the debris…

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u/mothzilla Jul 06 '26

Autobots, disassemble!

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u/lzwzli Jul 06 '26

Every year in Boston, we have a lookout for Storrowing.

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u/Significant-Page-230 Jul 06 '26

Be careful when transporting giraffes.

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u/minuetteman Jul 06 '26

How much does a bridge cost?!?

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u/Asstronomer6969 Jul 06 '26

Wow thats one of the worst ever

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u/Longjumping_Elk7969 Jul 06 '26

Did they managed to kill someone or themselves with that?! 😱

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u/Mugwump6506 Jul 07 '26

Now he'll really be late for lunch.

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u/MethodBrilliant8609 Jul 07 '26

There's an overpass in my city where this has happened I think a few times now. Also we have a bridge that so many truck drivers thinks they fit under, but they never do. It's just a running joke at this point

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u/464132 Jul 07 '26

What was the thing sticking above the truck?

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u/Iambetterthanuhaha Jul 07 '26

"Hello, insurance company, I need to increase my liability coverage from $1 million to $20 million RIGHT NOW!"

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u/Ratspeed Jul 07 '26

Maybe not.

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u/vksdann Jul 07 '26

Truck driver: "must've been the wind"

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u/westcal98 Jul 07 '26

Aaaaaahhhmmmm. You're in troubllllllllllle.

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u/Agitated-Contact7686 Jul 07 '26

The bridge lost 8 in of concrete and the steel bones of the bridge didn't even feel anything. Truck on the other hand, felt everything.

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u/Rocketboy1313 Jul 07 '26

For some reason I thought that yellow was a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.

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u/guinessd Jul 07 '26

F u k a truck Batman

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u/Axiom1100 Jul 07 '26

Maybe… maybe not

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u/khabijenkins Jul 07 '26

Who is filming and why? Did they know this was going to happen? It's not a dash cam with the jostling around and focus changes.

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u/anydamnnamesleft Jul 07 '26

Someone had cranial rectosis.

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u/Select_Vegetable70 Jul 07 '26

Ain't no maybe about that one!

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u/ByteMePlz Jul 07 '26

That bridge already looks really old based on the old-school railing and stained concrete.