Half of UK truck drivers unaware of vehicle height, impacting railways
Network Fail. Unplanned unloading as a huge lorry gets wrecked under a railway bridge yet again Image Network Rail media centre
Road freight fails are wrecking rail freight schedules, and causing plenty more disruption too. Research by Britain’s infrastructure agency Network Rail reveals that around a half of UK truck drivers are unaware of the height of their vehicle. Couple that with anecdotal evidence that almost all drivers are unaware of the lack of a height restriction on UK roads, and you are well on your way to understanding why Britain’s bridges are among the bashiest bridges in the world, often causing delay to rail freight operations.
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The most vulnerable and/or most hit bridges should have sensors and warning lights similar to those on level crossing barriers and cameras triggered at least three truck lengths before the bridge.