Network Rail is appealing to drivers of heavy goods vehicles to take more care around low bridges. Thurlow Park Road in Tulse Hill, London was the most hit bridge in the last year with 14 strikes, causing unnecessary delays and safety risks for rail passengers, motorists and locals.
在平均的一天中，至少五种重型货车和/或公共汽车的司机，让自己，道路用户和公众在火车上行驶。网络铁路的研究发现，32亚搏彩票软件官网％的司机承认射击，而没有意识到其车辆的高度，而在规划旅程时不考虑低桥。
桥梁罢工事件可能导致道路和铁路用户的死亡或严重伤害，对铁路的运作产生严重影响，以及道路交通。
Shaun King, Sussex route director for Network Rail, said:“我们与公路当局密切合作，以确保我们的低桥梁有良好的标牌，司机在击中它们的危险时意识到。
“Despite that, we continue to see passengers delayed by high vehicles striking our bridges. With a railway network as busy and complex as ours, knock-on delays can spread very quickly.
“I urge hauliers and drivers to please be more careful.”
Network Rail has worked with industry bodies – including Highways England and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)- and hauliers for a number of years, leading a Bridge Strike Prevention Group to ensure companies and their employees are provided with the knowledge and tools they need to avoid striking bridges.
Hideo Takano, senior structures advisor at Highways England said:
“Although bridge strikes are comparatively low for our roads, as part of the collective drive to reduce bridge strikes happening we work with other transport authorities as part of the Bridge Strike Prevention Group and welcome Network Rail’s new campaign.
“Bridges strikes can cause hours of disruption and although we re-open our roads as soon as possible, we recognise the frustration delays can cause.
“Around two-thirds of bridge strikes on our roads are caused by vehicles carrying a load. So, to reduce the risk of this happening, we urge all drivers to follow these simple steps; know your height, plan your route and secure your load.”
并非所有低铁路桥都需要铁路在击中和网络轨道根据其建筑物和耐受撞击的能力等级时关闭。亚搏彩票软件官网有些桥梁容易受到罢工，并用钢梁保护以减少冲击。这些也被合格的桥梁检查员检查，允许在允许速度全速运行它们之前。
To try and combat the number of bridge strikes, adverts are being placed at motorway service station petrol pumps across the country reminding drivers to “Wise Up, Size Up” as “Lorries Can’t Limbo” and drivers should know their vehicle height before they start their journey and to check their route for low bridges.