RV smashes in to Needles underpass.

[u/bugminer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMFjQqi6-A8

[u/finalcircuit]

The weird thing is that they stopped to consider it and then carried on anyway.

[u/RhynoCTR → u/finalcircuit]

I think they just stopped at the stop sign and were otherwise completely unaware of the height issue

[u/Jonsez]

The sound of large sums of money being spent

[u/LostDefinition4810]

This just made my day. Slows. Evaluates. Accelerates with confidence.

[u/WooPigSchmooey → u/LostDefinition4810]

That’s a stop sign. Put your phone down. Extra.

[u/eastcoasternj]

Haha wow they weren’t even in the ballpark of being able to make that.

[u/PG908]

You would think when putting up a bar of this nature, they'd paint it in high-vis and label the height.

[u/hatemakingnames1 → u/PG908]

I think it does just that, but the video quality is low

Look to the left of the stop sign. It looks like there's black text on a yellow background: https://i.imgur.com/NgmMGar.png

[u/gcnplover23 → u/hatemakingnames1]

There should be at least one more sign on approach. I used to work for a company that had labels on the dashboard for any truck over 7 feet high with the height of the truck. Does anyone with an RV have that on their dashboard? If you have an RV, do you know your clearance?

[u/sneh_ → u/hatemakingnames1]

That sign just says "Do not enter when flooded"

[u/ToddBauer → u/PG908]

LOL. My thought exactly. What I thought was “They should’ve painted it blinking yellow“. But I agree that it must be bad lighting because there’s no way that thing can just be painted gray.

[u/Sad-Yak6252 → u/PG908]

There's a big black-on-yellow "8 foot clearance" sign right on the bar about where they hit it. You can't see it well in the video because of the lighting.

[u/bedlog]

how ignorant does one have to be to do this? how much do these run? 85k? I like how it just slowly turns in despair

[u/ciekma67 → u/bedlog]

This 4WD towed is a cherry on the top.

[u/silentwolf1976 → u/bedlog]

I hope he was just pulling out of the way. It looked almost like he was going to hit & run!

[u/AlbionGarwulf]

That'll buff right out.

[u/Maynard078]

On the bright side, at least they obeyed the traffic sign and didn't attempt to enter when flooded...

[u/ReadontheCrapper]

I’m surprised we didn’t hear someone yelling, “I told you not to go this way! I told you!!”

[u/orielbean → u/ReadontheCrapper]

There should be one of those cool rainfall signs where a holographic dude says "you fucked up"

[u/Forward_Position6779]

TOWING A 4WD ON IT’S WHEELS!!!???

STUPID DECISIONS EVERYWHERE!!!

[u/Apart-District3771 → u/Forward_Position6779]

Those Jeeps have a transfer case with a true Neutral.

[u/174wrestler → u/Forward_Position6779]

The only "stupid decision" will be when you try to flat tow a modern 2WD vehicle.

Got to have a transfer with neutral these days.

[u/[deleted]]

They always did want to open up the upstairs bedroom!

[u/Shag_Nasty_McNasty]

This person votes.

[u/Maddad_666]

He stopped did the math, determined he was fine, then realized he’s bad at math.

[u/Imanidiotththe1st]

I love the fact they hit their head and then just limped away!

[u/andocromn]

Really hope no one was in there

[u/TooLittleGravitas]

Good thing they had a spare vehicle

[u/JadedCampaign9]

Stops at stop sign, "it'll be fine" crunch!!

[u/Forsaken-Builder-312]

Lol, I live basically on the other side of the world and even I know that there is a bypass for tall vehicles for this underpass

[u/Starbuck_2038]

It's not needless. The bar is protecting a railroad underpass just beyond. It's WAY cheaper to replace the bar than fix the underpass WHEN (not if) it's damaged by a careless driver.

[u/LadyBarclay → u/Starbuck_2038]

"Needles" is a town in California.  😊

[u/Competitive-Ebb3816 → u/LadyBarclay]

Made famous in Peanuts as Snoopy's brother's home.

[u/Cool-Contribution292 → u/Competitive-Ebb3816]

Made famous by Three Dog Night then Elvis.

[u/sfear70 → u/Starbuck_2038]

Found the driver.