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Beware the bridge

10.05.2005

According to road statistics, every day in England, five buses or trucks crash with their roofs into a too low bridge over the road or into the arch of the entrance to the tunnel. There are also human casualties, and many hours of traffic jam in each such case is guaranteed.

The British company Bridge Clear has developed a system that warns the driver with an audible signal that he is approaching a bridge that is too low. The system is based on a satellite navigation device, which contains a map of the road indicating the height of all obstacles encountered above the road.

The device also remembers the height of the van or bus itself.

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