Kentucky is joining transportation agencies across the region this week to promote a simple but necessary message—“Check Your Height, Know It’s Right”.
The awareness campaign is aimed at helping drivers avoid striking low-clearance bridges by encouraging them to double-check their clearance to safely travel under bridges, whether they be driving a tractor-trailer, an RV, a moving truck, a horse trailer or any kind of large vehicle.
Crash data shows that drivers don’t always consider vehicle or load height and related restrictions may vary. For example, a typical 26-foot moving or delivery truck could have a height ranging from 11 feet to 13 1/2 feet. The coalition also found that drivers of large vehicles often rely on GPS mapping tools intended for passenger cars that don’t consider commercial vehicle restrictions.
KYTC is partnering with the Eastern Transportation Coalition, a partnership of 19 states and Washington D.C.
Drivers are reminded to heed height warning signs before bridges and overpasses, measure the vehicle from the ground to its highest point, check the height of anything being hauled and make sure the truck beds of dump trucks are correctly lowered.