Defensive Driving · Driver Training VideoBridge Strikes & Low Clearances
A bridge strike is the most preventable serious accident in trucking, and it usually starts with a car GPS. Drivers learn to know their real height, use truck routing, and stop and verify any clearance within a foot of it.
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Thirteen six is the standard trailer — but standard is not a promise. Know the real height of the equipment you're pulling today: the trailer, the load on a flatbed, the empty car-hauler rack. If anything changed — new trailer, new load — measure, don't assume.
Second: your GPS
Car navigation does not know you are eighty feet tall — er, thirteen and a half. Car apps route cars. Every bridge strike report starts the same way: the GPS sent me there.
Third: read the road
Low-clearance signs give the posted height — and posted heights can lie by a few inches after repaving. Treat any clearance within a foot of your height as a stop-and-verify.
If you're ever facing a doubtful underpass: stop before it, hazards on. Get out and look — judge the sign, judge the arch, remember the edges of a curved bridge are lower than the center. If it's not clearly good, it's bad: back away with a spotter or find the truck route around.
And if a strike ever happens: stop immediately, do not back out, do not drive away — leaving is a crime in most states. Call 911, then call your safety department. A hit bridge must be inspected; a fled driver becomes a fugitive.
Your company standard: know today's exact height before the wheels move. Truck routing only, height entered. Any posted clearance within a foot — stop and verify. Parkways never. And a doubtful gap is a no.
Sample quiz questions
3 of the 10 questions drivers answer after the video. Quizzes run in the driver's own language.
- 12 feet 6 inches
- 13 feet 6 inches
- 14 feet even
- 13 feet even
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13 feet 6 inches
- Assume it's the standard 13'6" — trailers are all built the same
- Check the height only if it's a flatbed load
- Measure the real height — never assume when the equipment or load changed
- Ask dispatch for the height and use whatever they say
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Measure the real height — never assume when the equipment or load changed
- It routes for cars and doesn't know your height and weight, so it can send you under low bridges
- It drains the phone battery faster than a truck GPS
- It only works in cities, not on rural routes
- It shows slower routes than a truck GPS would
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It routes for cars and doesn't know your height and weight, so it can send you under low bridges
How fleets use this training
Pick Bridge Strikes & Low Clearances and send each driver a personal link by email, or copy the link and text it yourself.
Drivers watch on their phone and answer the quiz in their own language. No app, no login.
They sign on screen and get a certificate with your logo. Every completion is saved for DOT and insurance.
Train your drivers on Bridge Strikes & Low Clearances
Included in the Full Library plan ($129.99/mo, unlimited drivers). Unlimited drivers, cancel anytime. Prefer to own it? Order it branded for $4.99, one time.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Bridge Strikes & Low Clearances training video?
About 3 min. Drivers watch it on their phone from a personal link, then take a 10-question quiz.
Is there a quiz and a completion certificate?
Yes. Every driver takes a 10-question quiz in their own language, signs on screen, and gets a completion certificate with your company name and logo. Records are saved for DOT audits and insurance.
Which languages is it available in?
Ready today in English. You can also order it branded in any other language for $2.99 per extra language.
How much does it cost?
Included in the Full Library plan ($129.99/mo, unlimited drivers). You can also order this video branded with your logo and company name in the voiceover for a one-time $4.99, yours to keep.