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There used to be a police checkpoint at each end of the bridge when restrictions were in force. They would turn back any banned vehicles. Not these days, the restrictions are frequently ignored.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16560795
a) that no-one was injured ?
b) to get away without being charged ?
Duplicated thread - worth answering BS' question though
Last edited by: R.P. on Sat 14 Jan 12 at 15:11
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Looks to me like a large Transit box van or at the most a 7.5 tonner rather than an HGV. Ifor Williams type trailer, more like a large caravan really. Evidently empty, possibly one of those covered car trailers; wasn't you Dave TDCi was it? ;-)
It's not what I'd call a lorry, but I suppose it makes a good headline.
Still a prat for doing it though.
Last edited by: Harleyman on Sat 14 Jan 12 at 15:56
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He was German, they are currently having a dip in taking notice of warning signs :-p
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Absolutely HM BUT had I have got myself in the doo doo like that and was lucky enough to have the trailer come back on it's wheels, I would have friven off the bridge pronto too, to get some shelter;)
Pat
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Not a 'proper' truck driver then. No, of course not.
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Boxsterboy, I object to the headline for the same reason as I object to those which describe chavs riding helmet-less on uninsured moto-ctoss bikes as "bikers".
The vast majority of HGV drivers (it would be foolhardy of course to say every one) wouldn't have taken that chance. Having said that, they would, I suspect, have been less likely to come to grief unless they were pulling an empty double-deck trailer. Had the vehicle in the vido been an artic, the whole lot would've gone over not just the trailer. HGV drawbar outfits do not use the standard ball coupling as was the case there.
And no, he isn't. ;-)
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Silly trucker ignores Forth Bridge wind warning - Old Navy
