Comment posted Overnight closures for Connel Bridge for repairs to damage caused by high truck by linnhe.
there are warning signs linked to a lazer beam – to the south and the north.
notoriously unreliable.
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- Campbell Cameron: The Lorn Vintage Ploughing Match
Not in All Argyll.. plenty of the younguns interested but we have a lot of work to do to make the job work better… feeding ourselves would be a good idea. - Forth gone, Clyde on way out but Coastguard closures not meant to happen until 2015
Norway coastguard have very different powers over people and vessels. It is a part of the military, with many responsibilities, not just a search and rescue service.
They have used state of the art technology and communications for decades.
They have their own vessels.
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/e0008262 - MCA pinning Coastguard Station closures on ‘banking’ local knowledge
The MCA threw away “local knowledge” when they closed Oban station.. all the promised liaison and local visits every year never happened.
Clyde officers were never interested in coming to Oban, in learning Argyll’s coast, they did not participate in the pre-closure training. A couple of Oban SAR officers went there, but that was barely enough to explain a few crucial names.
The Chief Coastguard then later admitted his mistake in closing Oban, but actually few serious incidents have actually happened as a result.
Anyone who listens in to radio traffic can only cringe at the discourse.. but as long as folks are saved, there really is little arguement.
Belfast has always been well involved in the Argyll maritime community, probably a lot more than Clyde ever was before. - Shores of Loch Long a dangerous and filthy mess with wild camping: no action from Council or National Park
Loch Etive is the same.
- Oban Bay Marine’s long haul on transit marina for Oban wins out
HURRAH !!
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At the risk of Ferryman accusing me of not being a regular user of the Connel Bridge (I plead guilty) I’d like to know why – to the best of my knowledge – there’s no form of overhead warning barrier that triggers stop lights if an overheight vehicle approaches the bridge? This type of ‘fail-safe’ precaution is common enough in some European countries – for example, at level crossings where there’s an overhead electric line.
In this country any construction site involving traffic under low power lines will be legally required to have ‘goalposts’, and it leaves me wondering if the trunk road authority is asleep – or maybe their managing agents get a percentage of the cost of repairing the likes of Connel Bridge? I just can’t believe that the cost of repairs – and disruption – is outweighed by the cost of fitting effective safety warnings.
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there are warning signs linked to a lazer beam – to the south and the north.
notoriously unreliable.
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What I’ve seen in some places is a hefty steel pipe suspended from cables over the road – no electrical system to go wrong, but a driver would have to be deaf or drunk not to be aware of a ‘hit’. (having said that, I wonder what was the driver’s excuse at Connel if – as it would appear – he ploughed on for some distance after hitting the first girder?)
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There is also a physical bar to warn drivers but with the lorries stereo on full you might not notice it even if you do hit it. Drivers are supposed to know what the height of their vehicles are and read the signs.
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In that case perhaps a reliable stop light system with flashing ‘overheight’ warning would be the obvious failsafe system – the flashing speed signs at the southern entrance to Inveraray and on Great Western Road near Drumchapel are very noticeable.
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As linnhe says, there is a recently-installed system of vehicle height sensors linked to NADIX-type display boards/flashing lights, but there have been some ‘teething troubles’ with these.
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