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Video: Truck driver causes major problem on floating bridge in Russia

Published 16:07 30 Sept 2013 BST

Updated 15:06 12 Nov 2014 GMT

Oisin Collins
Video: Truck driver causes major problem on floating bridge in Russia

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This is why you shouldn’t overtake on a floating bridge…

Floating bridges aren’t the safest things in the world and you’ll usually only find them in places where the transport infrastructure is pretty poor or non-existent – like certain places in Russia. So overtaking cars in a large truck on one of these floating bridges isn't really a good idea. Here's why... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEsJ2Htxxo The incident occurs around the 1:24 mark when the bridge begins to rise for no apparent reason. Then, a large yellow dump truck rolls by and causes the bridge to sink, raising the water level and making the Ford Focus in front of the camera car completely buoyant. The car is only a few feet away from being washed downstream and we doubt the ‘safety rails’ would have done much to stop it.
Video: Truck driver causes major problem on floating bridge in Russia