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The Reason Low Overpass Crashes Are So Fun to Watch
Why low overpasses are often so damaging to trucks, RVs, and other large vehicles — and why the ensuing crashes are so fun to watch.
To start off, I just want to offer a shoutout to the folks who have managed to ride out the pandemic in an RV. It apparently has been a booming industry, per CBS Sunday Morning.
“It’s nice knowing that we can control the environment that we’re living in and not have to worry if something was sanitized or not,” one permanent RV resident told the outlet.
I’ve always been fascinated by RV culture — I have a fully written intro to a planned Tedium issue about RVs in which I honor Casey Neistat’s 2011 RV adventure. (It will never see the light of day because I felt I could not do it justice.) It seems like a relaxing life of just hanging out in a vehicle with a full-sized bed or two, but there is always a risk of something bad happening. And the “something bad” I want to focus on is a scourge of inconsistency that could ruin someone’s whole trip if taken via RV.
I am, of course, talking about low clearances, because RVs unfortunately can’t limbo.
