Two other vehicles fell into the Skagit River, and three people were rescued with minor injuries. The suit also states that Scott should have known that he had positioned his oversized load on the side of the bridge that has the least clearance. In November, the State Patrol issued a report on its final findings from the collapse, saying that Scott hit 11 arced sway braces on the bridge before it collapsed.
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Government Business Safety Logistics Top Eleanor Lamb Staff Reporter. The driver was following the pilot car too closely: more than half the recommended distance for adequate response feet, or a five-second response time, instead of the recommended feet, allowing for a second response time.
This eliminates the drivers having to communicate quickly so the oversized vehicle can change course. Also, the pilot car antenna was not straight, so it was not accurately measuring the full height. It will never be possible to eliminate human error entirely. We are fallible creatures, and sometimes all those tiny lapses in judgement—typically harmless on their own—combine in disastrous ways. But the lessons learned from the Skagit River bridge collapse could make catastrophic failures just a bit less likely in the future.
Why do Americans allow their aging infrastructure to continue this way?
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