So, what exactly are you supposed to do when you see those signs that say "Clearance: 10 Feet", and you're driving a semi down the highway? I mean, you can't exactly make a u-turn on the freeway, can you? No, I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to do that.* So what are you supposed to do? You'd think truck drivers would just plan ahead in the first place, but then that raises the question of what the point of having the signs is in the first place.
It's the same thing with those bridges that have a weight limit. What are you supposed to do in this situation? Take the bed off the back of the truck? Actually, I'm not sure if a truck driver would even KNOW the weight of their truck. You'd think that would change depending on what they were carrying, wouldn't it? Maybe trucks can fly, and they just don't want anybody to know about it, so they just do it when no one's looking. Wait, no, that's stupid. Trucks are far too heavy too fly.**
So why do these signs even exist? Are they just there to taunt to the truck drivers? "HA HA YOU'RE GONNA DIE AND YOU CAN'T DO NOTHIN' ABOUT IT!" Maybe the people who are in charge of putting up street signs really hate truck drivers. Maybe truck drivers killed the Street Sign Committee's*** father. That seems like a perfectly logical explanation to me.
*Actually, pulling a u-turn in a semi sounds pretty difficult. I imagine truck drivers just never make mistakes. Ever.
**That sound you hear is the joke going over everyone's head. Including mine.
***May or may not be a real organization.
You're kidding, right? Not only do truck drivers have to know the exact height of their truck, there are trucking scales to measure weight next to the freeways. Eighteen-wheelers have to keep very good books, which include weight, because they have to pay the state depending on the load they carry across an interstate. If I remember correctly, it's a specific threshold they have to be within, not a flat price per kilo shipped.
ReplyDeleteThe place where you got tripped up was the first sentence. Yes, I am kidding. I am almost always kidding. That's the joke of the entire website.
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