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Why Bridges Keep Winning: The Strange Science of Can Openers
Why Bridges Keep Winning: The Strange Science of Can Openers
Every four and a half hours a vehicle strikes a railway bridge in the UK, and some overpasses have been hit well over a hundred times; why do warnings, sensors and flashing lights fail so consistently to stop these crashes? The pattern spans continents, kills people, destroys tanks of gas, and costs millions - but what single human perception error keeps letting bridges win?
In this episode, we walk through multiple bridge strikes and the recurring failures of countermeasures, showing what the incidents look like from the cab and…
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