Yesterday, a truck driver in Marion County, Oregon was trying to get to Interstate 5 from a side road, using his GPS for directions. The truck was 14 feet high, and the rapidly approaching railroad overpass was only 11 feet high. The overpass survived, the driver was ok, but the truck is no longer 14 feet high. You could probably get the same effect by driving your pickup truck or SUV loaded with kayaks or canoes and entering a parking garage. Should make quite a racket upon impact. I've done similar with a tree branch. Brad *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
He could have bought a truck-specific GPS system (from Garmin, etc.) for about $500 which has all the pertinent info about clearances, truck routes, etc. programmed into it. These are relatively new but there are job-specific GPS units for aviation with some more sophisticated (IFR approaches, etc.) and some less. And there are, of course, maritime-specific units. I have a marine GPS unit that accepts inputs from depth sounder and radar and interfaces with a VHF to automatically transmit lat/lon coordinates with a distress signal. But I suspect he probably won't need one now. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Yesterday, a truck driver in Marion County, Oregon was trying to get to > Interstate 5 from a side road, using his GPS for directions. The truck > was 14 feet high, and the rapidly approaching railroad overpass was > only 11 feet high. The overpass survived, the driver was ok, but the truck > is no longer 14 feet high. > > You could probably get the same effect by driving your pickup truck or > SUV loaded with kayaks or canoes and entering a parking garage. > Should make quite a racket upon impact. I've done similar with a tree > branch. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Happened on I-90 in Washington a couple of years ago. A truck with a pilot car no less took out an overpass near Easton. All survived except the overpass which had to be replaced. Christopher G. Madden maddencg_at_earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] On Behalf Of Craig Jungers Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:51 PM To: Bradford R. Crain Cc: Paddlewise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Another wrinkle on GPS navigation He could have bought a truck-specific GPS system (from Garmin, etc.) for about $500 which has all the pertinent info about clearances, truck routes, etc. programmed into it. These are relatively new but there are job-specific GPS units for aviation with some more sophisticated (IFR approaches, etc.) and some less. And there are, of course, maritime-specific units. I have a marine GPS unit that accepts inputs from depth sounder and radar and interfaces with a VHF to automatically transmit lat/lon coordinates with a distress signal. But I suspect he probably won't need one now. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Yesterday, a truck driver in Marion County, Oregon was trying to get to > Interstate 5 from a side road, using his GPS for directions. The truck > was 14 feet high, and the rapidly approaching railroad overpass was > only 11 feet high. The overpass survived, the driver was ok, but the truck > is no longer 14 feet high. > > You could probably get the same effect by driving your pickup truck or > SUV loaded with kayaks or canoes and entering a parking garage. > Should make quite a racket upon impact. I've done similar with a tree > branch. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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