A joint taskforce aims to combat a rising number of crashes into low clearance rail bridges across south-east Queensland.
Authorities are cracking down on drivers with high loads after rail bridge s were struck almost 400 times within a year in Queensland .
A joint taskforce with officers from Queensland Rail, Queensland Police Ervice and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator aims to combat a rising number of crashes into low clearance rail bridges.Supplied: Queensland RailPolice and rail officers will be stationed at several high-risk bridges in the south-east to stop and measure trucks and vehicles with tall loads as they approach.
"We're trying to stop these incidents happening at the source – asking drivers to know their vehicle and load height before they find themselves injured, red-faced and wedged under a bridge," he said.
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