stevec176 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Somebody had a bad day. This bridge is clearly marked and is over the road from the York Rowntree Caravan Club site, should have turned left before the bridge. Be aware of the size of your van at all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 It's not a UK registered van! The fog light is on the left and reversing light is on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 42 minutes ago, Keithl said: It's not a UK registered van! The fog light is on the left and reversing light is on the right. True, oh Great One, but the height limit is quoted in both imperial and metric units! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Very true Brian, probably following a Sat Nav! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teccer1234 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I remember about 30 years ago landing at LeHarve with my first van abroad I went under the suterrain?, frightend me stiff when I realised that it was only for cars etc, I made it no problem but on the return I checked the height barrier notice as I went by on the normal road, it said 6.5 mt, my van was 6,9mt, how close was that to taking the roof off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 43 minutes ago, teccer1234 said: I checked the height barrier notice as I went by on the normal road, it said 6.5 mt, my van was 6,9mt, how close was that to taking the roof off? what van is 6.9mt high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 The Le Havre underpass was notorious, as the main route east from the ferry port suddenly dived underground and vehicles too high to use the underpass needed to move into an overground 'avoidance' lane well in advance. I remember dire warnings about the Le Havre underpass being posted on early motorhome forums and - on the one occasion I drove east from the Le Havre port in a motorhome (2.75m height) in 2005 - making sure to avoid it. It's mentioned in this 2015 Wildcamping forum thread https://wildcamping.co.uk/threads/motorhome-stuck-in-tunnel-in-rouen.49641/ Same thing nearly happened to me on our first trip to France (probably around 1991) I had a Swift Kontiki, I also had a windsurf on the roof. We arrived at Le Havre & within about five minutes I came to an underpass at a junction & just carried straight on & heard a scraping after going about 50 metres into the tunnel. Luckily a French driver stopped at the entrance while I backed up. Just a bit of a scrape on the sailboard, might have just made it if we didn't have it on. There seems to be no on-line mention of the underpass nowadays, so I'm guessing Le Havre's road system has been modified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry 2 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Is it correct that insurance companies won’t pay out if you were to hit , for example , a low bridge ? I read that on a forum the other day & it didn’t seem true to me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtravel Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 14 hours ago, Brian Kirby said: True, oh Great One, but the height limit is quoted in both imperial and metric units! 😄 In a country where beer is measured in pints while fuel (and whisky) in liters ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teccer1234 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 9 hours ago, John52 said: what van is 6.9 high sorry I meant to say 2.9, barrier showed 2.6, this dam metric, give me feet anyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Many years ago the exit to a Sainsbury's was via a low bridge, noted in metres. We didn't know what the van height was in metres but we though we were under the quoted bridge height. With bated breath, we went under the bridge and came out unscathed. The car behind us waved us down and said we only had a couple of inches to spare. With bravado, I said "So what!" My misses said, "Never again". Ever since, we have had a note in the cab giving the height and with width - including wing mirrors, and 'furniture' on the roof, at least six inches/centimetres to spare, and the tyre pressures. We've still had one incident where we approached a low bridge on the A137 @ Mannigtree with the earlier road-side signage hidden in foliage; we had to do a U-turn in busy traffic. Comfort Insurance once told me in a telephone conversion that the most common claims were for aerials and satellites knocked off the roof going through a low bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Average 2 storey house is 5.5 - 6 ltrs tall. Can’t imagine how a 6.9 Mtr MH would catch side winds. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teccer1234 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Den said: Average 2 storey house is 5.5 - 6 ltrs tall. Can’t imagine how a 6.9 Mtr MH would catch side winds. 😉 5.5 - 6 ltrs tall ! I thought ltrs was a liquid mesurement 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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