NoGo Light

According to CTV News Ottawa, in November 2021 a dump truck collided with an overpass on highway 417 in Ottawa Canada.

The bed of the truck came detached from the vehicle and could be seen leaning against the underside of the bridge.

The highway was partially closed for approximately 5.5 hours.  This truck needed to be fitted with a NoGo Light.

😯 417 W & Vanier. Hope nobody was injured (photo taken from passenger side) #OTTTRAFFIC #ottcity pic.twitter.com/t0iAZx9kxI

— Dragos Popa (@DragosPopaOTT) November 10, 2021

NBC15.com posted this story of a dump truck with the bed up slamming into a bridge in Milwaukee.

Jim Witkowski, who captured video of the crash, tells FOX6 that “I thought he’s probably going to hit the switch and lower it. I looked again and I could see the bed was up and the truck was coming.”

Witkowski says he tried to alert the driver by driving along side, but it was too late.

“So all I did was grab my cellphone, hit video, and two seconds later, you can see in the video that truck went by me and then, BAM right into the tunnel,” Witkowski says.

If anyone needed a NoGoLight, it was the driver of this truck, who miraculously escaped injury.

Here is a video that was uploaded to YouTube in 2017 showing a truck with its bed up taking out the overhead signs on the freeway.

In South Carolina, the driver of a dump truck has died after striking a bridge with his extended truck bed, according to TheState.com and WPDE.com.

The 2007 Freightliner dump truck’s bed was extended in the up position when it smashed into an overpass on S.C. 125, Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell said.

The dump truck flipped after hitting the overpass on the highway also called Atomic Road, Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said in a news release.

On December 30, 2019, a salt truck for MNDOT struck a bridge because it was driving with its bed up while spreading salt on highway 169, according to KARE11.

On Monday evening, the upright bed of his plow truck proved to be a few inches too tall for the Bass Lake Road overpass as he spread salt on Highway 169.

The truck proceeded under the bridge, but its bed became wedged underneath

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MnDOT says its driver was exiting the ramp off Bass Lake Road and merging onto northbound Highway 169, when the truck’s upright bed hit the overpass.

I don’t think I need to tell you what could have prevented this.

In November in Andover Township in New Jersey, a dump truck was driving with its bed elevated. It snagged some elevated lines which caused it to veer into oncoming traffic, where it collided with another vehicle.

The driver of the truck suffered severe injuries, but the passengers of the other vehicle involved in the crash suffered minor to moderate injuries.

The driver of the truck was charged with careless driving and failure to maintain lane, with additional charges pending investigation.

You can read the full story on NJHerald.com.

This all could have been prevented if the truck had been equipped with a NoGo Light.

A truck collided with an overhead road sign after the driver forgot to lower the dump-bed. The incident took place at the entrance of Abdullah Al Mubarak Street on the ring road in Kuwait.

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. الكويت : شاحنة تصطدم بلوحة إرشادية عند مدخل عبدالله المبارك على الدائري السابع باتجاه الجهراء. وأكدت الإدارة أنه فور ورود البلاغ انتقلت دورية أمنية إلى مكان الحادث وتبين أن قائد الشاحنة به إصابة طفيفة وجار تحويله إلى المخفر المختص لتسجيل قضية إتلاف أملاك دولة وإبلاغ الجهة المختصة لاصلاح الاضرار.

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On June 13th, 2019 a dump truck driver hit a traffic light in Lakewood Ohio after failing to put down the bed. The whole event was caught on a dashcam.

Once again, this all could have been avoided if the truck had been equipped with a NoGo Light.

MSN.com has a story of a truck driving with its box up and striking a pedestrian bridge that spans I-77. The truck became wedged under the bridge. Fortunately the bridge was not badly damaged, although this would never had happened if the truck was equipped with a NoGo Light.

CP24 posted this video on May 17, 2019 of a truck colliding with an overpass, and destroying a pedestrian bridge.

Another driver that needed a NoGo Light.