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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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I believe we are dealing with non-thinking here, not critical thinking. To be fair, when it’s you behind the wheel it’s so easy to forget that you’re driving a truck and therefore clearance is a constant issue. Just a moment’s distraction at the wrong instant… (Take it from someone who is easily distracted!)
Further, that’s a rental truck so likely an amateur driver.
Yeah, most likely a rental & amateur here. Sad thing is, the pros do it with surprising frequency.
I am going guess that he drove there.
One thing that I have learned from all the accident investigations I have done at work over the years, nothing is what it looks like in a single photo. While I don’t know that much about what happened it looks like there were two issues in play. First the driver didn’t know the specifications of his truck and given that it is a rental this is not surprising. Second, I see from the photo there are no posted signs on the underside of the bridge stating the height or warning that it was low (note who knows what was posted on the other side of the bridge). If there were no warnings the driver wouldn’t know if he/she had the clearance or not. Mind you when in doubt the simple course is to stop, get out and check before moving but how many people would actually do that?
If, and this is a big if, there were no warnings of the bridge being low and there should be if the height is lower then the tallest commercial vehicle on the roads, then the driver may have a case to go after the city in court.
🙂 Be all that as it may, I believe we can all agree that ‘how the driver ended up there’ is not a big mystery.
I’m wondering, Joel, do you recall the tunnels on Lake Forest Dr. out by El Toro High School?
Yeah, the insanely narrow tunnels the railroad wouldn’t let them extend.
I was driving herd on tow drivers and La Paz Towing when not this exact but a very similar act of amateur hour happened:
http://i.imgur.com/AasNGNu.jpg?1
We didn’t pull it. But we heard the call. Hilarity O-plenty.
This is something that occurs a few times a year in one or the other tunnel.
To MJR- the height signs nwould be on the OTHER side of the bridge where the driver was supposed to see them.
To KurtP – Only if that’s a one-way underpass.
😉
http://11foot8.com/ Webcams set up to record a railroad bridge with flashing lights and multiple signs warning of the low clearance. Averages roughly one vehicle 11 foot 9 or more per month.
🙂 Sevesteen, that’s hilarious!
According to that grassy median- I’d say it was a one way underpass.