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Just coming back down the motorway over Thelwall having gone for stereo fitting in the van.
I was listening to a story of a trucker prosecuted today after he (presumably) attempted to drive his truck over the 4th road bridge at 2am and said vehicle overturned and smashed through the central reservation.
Anyhow, going over Thellwall there were several advisory speed restrictions in place for "high sided Vehicles". So got me thinking how high is high and what defines "high sided" anyway..
I was surprised to see that my van meets the criteria to be deemed "high sided" but a google search does not seem to reveal specific criteria for what is deemed high sided other than the 4th road bridge description which is as listed below..
So are you high sided or not?
Wind Speed Restrictions
Gusts > 35 mph 40mph speed limit on bridge.
Gusts > 45 mph Bridge closed to double-decked buses.
Gusts > 50 mph
Bridge closed to:
~ All high-sided vehicles
~ Transit van style with modification
~ Vehicles with trailers or caravans
~ Vehicles with roof boxes or wind-susceptible roof rack items
~ Motorcycles
~ Bicycles
~ Three-wheeled cars
~ Any other vehicle which appears, in the judgement of bridge staff or the police, to be clearly at risk.
~ Pedestrians
*See below for further guidance on what is and is not permitted to cross when these restrictions are in place.
Gusts > 65 mph
Bridge closed to all vehicles except cars.
30mph speed limit on bridge.
Gusts > 80 mph Bridge closed to all traffic.
I was listening to a story of a trucker prosecuted today after he (presumably) attempted to drive his truck over the 4th road bridge at 2am and said vehicle overturned and smashed through the central reservation.
Anyhow, going over Thellwall there were several advisory speed restrictions in place for "high sided Vehicles". So got me thinking how high is high and what defines "high sided" anyway..
I was surprised to see that my van meets the criteria to be deemed "high sided" but a google search does not seem to reveal specific criteria for what is deemed high sided other than the 4th road bridge description which is as listed below..
So are you high sided or not?
Wind Speed Restrictions
Gusts > 35 mph 40mph speed limit on bridge.
Gusts > 45 mph Bridge closed to double-decked buses.
Gusts > 50 mph
Bridge closed to:
~ All high-sided vehicles
~ Transit van style with modification
~ Vehicles with trailers or caravans
~ Vehicles with roof boxes or wind-susceptible roof rack items
~ Motorcycles
~ Bicycles
~ Three-wheeled cars
~ Any other vehicle which appears, in the judgement of bridge staff or the police, to be clearly at risk.
~ Pedestrians
*See below for further guidance on what is and is not permitted to cross when these restrictions are in place.
Gusts > 65 mph
Bridge closed to all vehicles except cars.
30mph speed limit on bridge.
Gusts > 80 mph Bridge closed to all traffic.