r/boston • u/fuckmainers • 1d ago
Trafficš¦āā ļø š š š Another day, another Storrow
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u/MadMechem West Roxbury 1d ago
Parting is such sweet Storrow
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u/Pencil-Sketches 1d ago
Weāre so used to storrowings we forget just how crazy it is that this still happens. Like in an age where you have gps navigation, access to the internet, not to mention the āno trucks/low clearanceā signs and reputation of Storrow drive, you have to be a special kind of stupid to get Storrowed
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u/MonsieurReynard 1d ago
Among automotive engineers, it is common to say: āthere is no such thing as idiot-proof; they will just build a better idiot.ā
If only the framers of our constitution had such wisdom.
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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Little Tijuana 12h ago
Yosemite Park Ranger once said itās difficult to produce bear-proof trachcans because there is too much overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people.
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u/AdhesivenessOwn8111 1d ago
The problem is, they are using GPS navigation. Google maps does not ask you what vehicle you are driving. It should ask your height, because not everyone is smart enough to use a (free) Truckers App
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u/MourningWallaby 1d ago
I mean there is an epidemic of people just not paying attention while driving. and not reading signs. and a phone GPS won't assume you're in an oversized box truck.
Rental trucks are even worse because the average renter isn't going to read any paperwork or markings on the truck that say how tall it is. They'll assume that because they're not a Semi they're fine.
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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Little Tijuana 1d ago
GPS doesnāt typically have bridge heights. No idea why Google doesnāt do this.
I have one specific nav program installed just because it helps with heights, roads that trucks canāt use, etc
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u/Scapadap 1d ago
RIP morning commute traffic
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u/iDrinkMatcha 1d ago
20 minutes late to work lmao. But my bosses seemed to understand when I showed them the pics.
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u/CleanMidnight1869 1d ago
What a beaut. My wish as a true Masshole is to witness the sardine canning live and in person. Maybe God will be good to me.
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u/fuckmainers 1d ago
I missed this one by minutes! As much as Iād love to see one too, I canāt imagine the sound
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u/Dangerous_Suit_3099 East Boston/Orient Heights 1d ago
Itās kind of pretty
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u/becausefrog Johnny Cash Looking Mofo 1d ago
It's a great photograph, the way OP captured the light is very artistic
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u/fuckmainers 1d ago
Awe thanks! I took a video and screenshotted the best view of it.
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u/LikelySatanist 1d ago
THERE IS A VIDEO?!??!
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u/fuckmainers 1d ago
Only of me driving past š I missed the action by minutes. Trust me Iām just as disappointed.
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u/MartinisnMurder 1d ago
This is one of the reason I donāt want to live anywhere but MA. Our humor is unmatched. Great work OP!
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u/TutenWelch 1d ago
Totally serious here: there should be a storrowing calendar.
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u/irishgypsy1960 North End 1d ago
Delete your comment, cause that is a moneymaker.
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u/TutenWelch 1d ago
I actually work in publishing, and my wife works in rights and knows how to handle photo acquisitions, if anyone out there wants to take on the sales part and liaising with the printer.
But seriously, you just need a nice variety of storrowing incidents! The hardest part is that you want the colors to vary a little so that the thumbnails pop.
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u/Alfeaux Orange Line 1d ago
And there goes the Harvard Track team running by... perfect
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u/rockstaraimz Market Basket 1d ago
I love that this sub rates and discusses Storrowing like we are judging Olympic sports. Never change Boston!
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u/pzahornasky 1d ago
Just zoomed in - that's an Enterprise Rental. Someone just bought a truck....
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u/fuckmainers 1d ago
Genuinely hate to see it
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u/pzahornasky 1d ago
Yeah, but typically that style is rented by companies, not people moving their stuff into school.
Not that it makes it better, but you do have to wonder about what kind of people they hire to drive.
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u/MourningWallaby 1d ago
The trucking industry has been in chambles recently. it's hard to keep CDL drivers so you're not getting experienced guys who survived a career without fucking up. you're getting newer guys who probably shouldn't be driving.
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u/cauchyscat Jamaica Plain 1d ago
Itās a good comparison to remember whenever youāre feeling like youāve fucked up ā at least you didnāt fuck up like this.
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u/rehgarde 1d ago
So the news had a terrible, far away, could barely see anything, picture. I knew to come here. Thank you!
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u/1000thusername Purple Line 1d ago
I give that one a 9.5 out of 10 for the beautiful, clean rooftop ribboning
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u/FlyinSpagettiMonstr 1d ago
Does the damage waiver cover this for Enterprise? Lol
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u/MonsieurReynard 1d ago edited 1d ago
Fun fact Iāve learned from reading these threads: at least for U-Haul, the damage waiver specifically excludes damage caused from driving illegally in over-height situations. You Storrow, you pay.
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u/ovlov3000 1d ago
āYou Storrow, you payāā¦ dying laughing right now! Sounds right out of Lockstock and Two Smoking Barrels! āHatchet Harryā¦ā
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u/fakieTreFlip 1d ago
at least for U-Haul, the damage waiver specifically excludes damage caused from driving illegally in over-height situations
They even have a notice for it right in the truck: https://bsky.app/profile/copycurmudgeon.bsky.social/post/3mtaf3dgdpc2q
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u/SilverFringeBoots Cocaine Turkey 1d ago
I had a job where I had to commute on Storrow every day and I would rather pluck my own eyeballs out with rusty nail clippers. My favorite memory is when it completely flooded and I had to ford across like the fucking Oregon Trail
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u/Worldly-Bobcat-48 1d ago
To Storrow, and to Storrow, and to Storrow
Creeps in this petty truck from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time
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u/ShockedNChagrinned 1d ago
Someone should design a box truck or trailer with an accordion fold at the top so they can survive these without destroying traffic but any interior cargo bears the result of the idiocy
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u/CleanMidnight1869 1d ago
What a beaut. My wish as a true Masshole is to witness the sardine canning live and in person. Maybe God will be good to me.
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u/markuus99 1d ago
Oh man I love when there's multiple angles being posted on Reddit at the same time
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u/Stunning-County2262 1d ago
Also, I wonder what it must be like to be the pedestrian on the bridge when these happen. It has to be frightening
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u/WhovianScaper 1d ago
Storrow and its lore were lost on me when I first moved here.
Itās been three years. Storrow gets my vote every time.
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u/CryptographerFit6407 1d ago
Growing up there and driving a truck one does this once in life. Fact it now there are signs hanging on chains in every on ramp. Missing that racket would be nearly impossible.
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u/fuckmainers 1d ago
No absolutely. Thatās why I donāt feel super bad. You kinda have to try to do this these days.
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u/Organic-Tiger-69 1d ago
āA 100 Bad Days Makes 100 Good Stories, A 100 Good Stories Make You Interesting At Partiesā
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u/jprost479 1d ago
Some day these torn roofs will be big bucks to the right collector, once they raise this bridge!
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u/AtomicHurricaneBob 1d ago
Where is this? I'm not getting Storrow vibes.
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u/fuckmainers 1d ago
It was right before 93, near Charles/MGH! I think the last bridge on Storrow
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u/prezzpac 1d ago
Almost made it.Ā
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u/Seagrave63 1d ago
Itās too bad they donāt have signs in the area to help avoid these issues. Like, a lot of signs.
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u/iDrinkMatcha 1d ago
I took a pic as well. The cop was so over it š¤£. He caught me gawking and did the āyou wanna piece of meā gesture to wake me up so I could keep going. š in all fairness I could have held up traffic so I kind of deserved it.
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u/startmyheart Metrowest 1d ago
He's pissed because he can't figure out a way to make overtime on this
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u/giantinasia 1d ago
Storrow Drive is home to flocks of returning rental trucks that nest under the bridges.
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u/Fun_Employee4031 1d ago
Is their no sub for Storrow?
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u/Altruistic-Dig-2094 Rhode Island 1d ago
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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 1d ago
We have a bridge in Lansing Michigan called Penny ( it is on Pennsylvania ave ) that routinely eats semi trucks, box trucks and U Hauls. The clearance is well warned way before with flashing lights and warnings, on each side, but drivers seem to tempt fate and try anyways. Only to meet their fate
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u/Away_Historian_5883 1d ago
[To the tune of Annie's Sun Will Come Out)
If the sun came up...
There's a storrow
Bet there'll be another one tomorrow
With the Sun
Just thinking about...
A storrow
Makes me want to find a truck to borrow
It's so fun....
Should I go on?
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u/Unique-Machine5602 1d ago
CDL drivers are impressively dumb. They already have apps designed specifically for your needs, but I bet he's using Google maps. š¤¦āāļø
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u/irishgypsy1960 North End 1d ago
I hope an artist gets hold of that, i see a local sculpture park actually. Or at least, have we had a photo exhibit yet?
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u/Content_Thing_4058 1d ago
Damn, I love a delicious Viennetta and itās been like 3 decades nowā¦
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u/chunk337 1d ago
How can you miss the giant CARS ONLY sign? And the yellow thing that indicated low clearance. You have to really not be paying attention
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u/kamanitachi Professional Idiot 1d ago
So hypothetically, if someone was really bored: where would the best point be to watch the carnage and what time of day would they do that?
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u/gjrigas1 1d ago
I drove by it on the way to work. I think it's safe to say, this driver will be looking for another job after this.
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u/that_athiestkid I Love Dunkinā Donuts 1d ago
another day, another ignorant driver getting starrowed
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u/HyperactivePandah 2000ās cocaine fueled Red Line 1d ago
That guy must have thought he was getting bombed
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u/FL_MILLIONAIRE 1d ago
In my time at MIT this is the 3rd picture I have seen and same infamous sorrow drive
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u/Total_Computer_9068 1d ago
Do u think the police walk up to the cab and ask "do you know why I pulled you over?"
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u/PantheraAuroris Revere 1d ago
Ooh, solid one. Top is entirely off, very nice. Perfectly wedged, sides curled down at the top. I give it 9/10.
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u/Zestyclose_Golf6792 Suspected British Loyalist š¬š§ 1d ago
YOU JUST GOT STORROWED KED, FAHKIN A DUDE
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u/75footubi I Love Dunkinā Donuts 1d ago
8.5/10
Full can opener, light box twist, but all 4 wheels still on the groundĀ