You can see in later video that the arms come down first and then the bridge rises. Which prevented the driver from going forward

Based on where his car landed when the bridge closed, there was plenty of room to avoid what happened.

No matter what happens on the bridge, they should have watched for people and not opened it until there was no one there. Maybe the car stalled? Even if the driver was being reckless, the guard should still have watched before opening it.

@J. Atlin right!

Driver wanted to cash out

Obviously fraudulent

it illustrate how the bicyclist would fall to death when the bridge rise; you will accelerate toward the hole where the car stop and you have to jump and hold on to the edge. It doesn't matter whether the car is wrong or not because it is just an example to explain how the bridge can be lethal.

Is there a gate that goes down out of view of the camera because that's probably what stopped him... Although once I sensed the drawbridge moving up I would have plowed right through it

Nope. Just an idiot.

@@jonathanstrauss8194 the bike rider was just fine, they were basically even

I think he stopped there becaus the gates in front of him dropped.

@@MisterMooster There was at least a car length of space that you can see on camera that he could have pulled up to. He hurried to get on the bridge, driving under the other arm and then stopped on the line. He even pulled up about a foot on the video after he stopped, like he was trying to make sure his car wouldn't roll over and just stand up on it's nose. This guy should definitely be investigated.

@@frey8725 Most people don't pull right up to a barricade- they leave a car length or two between themselves and the barricade, so I think it is really not very likely to be s suspicious thing.

@@MisterMooster So, you're saying that there are people out there that would rather sit on an opening drawbridge than pull up to a barrier?

@@frey8725 Don't underestimate the stupidity of the human race- he may have stopped at started looking at his cellphone and then- there you go- I don't think it was planned, I think it was stupid.

He wanted a lawsuit.

This is nonsense talk. The ultimate responsibility for public safety in these situations is the bridge operators and owners. For instance what if a vehicle broke down or the driver suffered a medical emergency. Clearly you wouldn't kill or wish injuries on a member of the public even if they did act rashly?

No, the driver is responsible for stopping on the bridge but the tender is at fault for not checking like they’re supposed to. If these were train tracks then yes, driver’s fault.

@@applanateearth586 Oh no if it was any other reason then no, but this was simply stupid on the drivers part and he got what he deserved

How about "they're both flaming idiots"?

The guy on the bicycle sure did.

TRUE!!!!!

My thoughts exactly. It's like he was waiting for that to happen

Probably stopped because he dropped his cell phone and wanted to pick it up safely to resume driving and texting.

I would’ve did 160 😭 off that bridge

Get right with Jesus because this doesn't fall on the driver. Her job was to visually verify that the bridge was clear. Period. Your opinion of motive or blame amounts to nothing. Since we want to assume we know everything, what if the tender plotted the entire thing WITH the driver? Are there stupid people? Yes. Are people looking to scam? Yes. Does that take away from her responsibilities to properly manage something of this seriousness? No.

Driver still responsible if a money plot was planned. Plenty of pedestrians, plenty of cars and plenty of bikes have crossed for years, seems the safety measures worked well for them. Somebody trying to game the system here.

@@freda2758 Explain to me how the biker was able to get off the bridge well before it closed but a person driving a car decided to stop well before the bridge even moves and has enough space to move forward off of the moving section of the bridge. Just watch the video

Well even this car was bs There was indeed a death before that. And these two incidents were not supervised as supposed to.

@@freda2758 The tender should have checked the road? But why did the driver stop his car there? That is what I want to know.

We’re living in a world where idiots will do anything to file a lawsuit.

Incompetence. This doesn't fall on the driver. The job is to visually verify that the bridge is clear. Period. Are there stupid people? Yes. Are people looking to scam? Yes. Does that take away from your responsibilities to properly manage something of this seriousness? No.

@@amedori18 Exactly, but that doesn't mean she still isn't accountable for doing her job.

@@freda2758 The driver is incompetent, yes. He's also extremely worthless at driving.

@@zz7073 doesn't matter, she still got fired

Looks kinda like a fraud set up

Ya either snake like behavior on his part or he's just a stereotypical dmb yt turkey gobbling confused til the bridge kills him, I wish it did.

thats like saying we shouldn’t add guard rails because everyone who crashes is thier fault

They say woman can't drive and I'm a man here yelling, "WOMAN!", "WOMAN!". I feel like trash gotta be honest.

Would you still be saying it's his fault if his car had broken down? You think they should just raise the bridge if someone's car stops working? Moron, think outside the box for once in your life. If you're at a gun range and someone walks out in the middle, you don't just keep shooting and say "well he shouldn't have walked out" ... Life doesn't work like that.

You'd be wrong, because the tender was fired. It's in the title, dude

@@jankington216 Going to blow your mind here buddy, they were both wrong.

@@TheMaw365 Yep. You see how the biker, got the hail on across and outta there 🚴‍♂️..!

@@jankington216 nope, the tender might be Wrong but We can see that the Driver definitely insanely DUMB... Why would You stop in the bridge when You can cross It, They just trying to find Excuse to fire the Tender 🗿🗿

Well, then you're an idiot. Hahaha.

Very good comment and very informative keep up the good work as opposed to some other comments on here

Thanks for the actual informative comment, too many arm chair lawyers outright suspecting the people being harmed as suspicious and fraudulent. They just don’t want to believe their systems in place have faults

I'm still trying to figure out how someone activated another bridge to open while a 79-year old woman was driving across it.

I agree with you

There is a stoplight. He stopped at the light.

You're right. It looks like a scam.

@@scott_johnson_ That stoplight faces the other way for opposite direction of traffic. He went past his stoplight when it was clearly flashing.

@@savage101. There's also gate arms that lower. That's probably what caused him to stop. I've seen a lot of videos of railroad crossings where cars get stuck between closed gates. A car can push through the gates, but a lot of people don't seem to try to do that. Either out of panic, confusion, or whatever else.

Because of the gate :/

There's not blind spot if you install surveillance cameras strategically.

The car couldve stalled

@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul No, he had plenty of momentum and hit the brakes. You can see it in the video. Even after being slammed on the ground, the car easily took off afterwards. There was nothing wrong with the car.

There’s a gate on the other side that was down. Driver likely didn’t know exactly where the bridge was gonna open or he would have moved forward a little

Bruh there was a gate In front of the car that closed

He had already past the 1st gate as it was closing, then encountered the 2nd gate on the way out. Still when the bridge began lifting his rear end, he should've moved forward. Guess he panicked

@@channeliwatchytvideosom7471 Bruh, look at the video. You can see the front of the car after it gets dropped. The gate is not within view. There was room for the entire car to scoot forward.

@@channeliwatchytvideosom7471 Did you watch the same video as everyone else? I could fit multiple cars into that space without them touching the actual moving components.

@@JimEnger you could have fit 3 cars in that space. Why on earth would some one stop on a span that is going to be raise up. As far as the tender not seeing the car, she was either blind or on the phone or need glasses 👓 It should take your 2-3 sweeps to check for car, bike, pedestrian, etc.....it isn't like the open the span like 20times in a hour or so or they are that busy..

Very wise

That should be the norm. We have the technology, they probably just don't want to spend money on it. Even though it could save lives.

@@SirCatsoverhumans you ain't lying. Government and corporations are blurring the line of how they think. The cruise industry has passengers falling off ships and hasn't implemented any technological fail-safes. The government acts the same way.

Saving money is #1!

Or don’t be stupid

He could have noticed the camera and just took off knowing any reasonable judge could see that this was his fault

well, nominee. It would've been great if he fell into that gap and won the award.

lol its amazing that in 2022 people still die by trains and draw bridges.

Natural selection at its finest..

Like a deer in headlights

THINNING THE HERD ONE MORON AT A TIME

Because there’s gates on both ends of the bridge. When the bridge is going up, both hands of those gates drops down. He most likely stopped the in front of that gate- you physically can’t go around them unless you take them out.

That is what I thought, why in the hell did he stop? he had room, maybe he did not know he was on the joint , I think both sides gates come down at same time, I bet he saw the red lights and ran under gate as it was coming down got to the other side and did another bone head move and stopped in a bad spot when he saw the gate down.

Why would you stop like that instead of continuing to drive????

I still don’t understand why this dude stopped where he did. He had space.

@@santiadesjardins9105 "Because there’s gates on both ends of the bridge. When the bridge is going up, both hands of those gates drops down. He most likely stopped the in front of that gate- you physically can’t go around them unless you take them out." There's space for at least an 18 wheeler between where he stopped and where the barriers are. He really dodged a Darwin award here.

Excellent point!

The driver caused his own problem. No sympathy for him.

@@jayjaynella4539 Could you really blame him? I mean, he may have gotten an important phone call that he just had to take? or perhaps someone at Mickey-d's put an extra helping of stupid in his soft drink.

Buy the bridge tender is supposed to go out and check before raising the bridge, regardless. They should have stopped everything and told the driver to move.

Could be the driver does this regularly. And the tender said F this.

Right!! Why stop on the bridge? Idiot. They should take away his license.

Yup and I'm sure that idiot is gonna sue and claim that they're traumatized now and have PTSD.

I’m sure he learned and will never do it again

Not all drawbridges open the same driver may have been confused or froze in panic when it started happening

He stopped there cause of the rail down on the other side. Obviously he was confused and probably never been on a draw bridge before.

link to the lady falling?

They might’ve thought the warnings that blocked them in were for a train or something and stopped ahead of it not knowing it was actually a draw bridge.

@@vroomkeys Starts at 1:22.

@Jarret Rausch did you see the cyclist already rode pass that? Can’t be that dumb.

Why did it take a second time to get that??

yup. They need to interview that driver cause by the looks of it, this was no accident. The dummy knew what he was doing.

I agree! Just watching this clip I could tell something wasn't right. The cyclist kept going just fine. Most of the time it's their fault and not the employees.

even if, visually checking the bridge was said to be a guideline, not doing so is negligence. final responsibility lies in the operator of the bridge.

@@herlescraft I'm sure I heard someone read a statement stating that their view was obstructed.

@@herlescraft ye duh. Jus cause it’s their responsibility doesn’t mean they’re at fault. If I’m a train driver, I can’t stop myself from hitting the idiot that stopped on the tracks.

Yes, and this is why you punish each person for what they personally did wrong. Driver for their negligence and bridge operator for their negligence.

@@dingdongspaghetti ikr?? Dude just randomly stopped there.

@@bobdarker519 Yeah, the 2nd gate. After he drove past the first. 100% this dudes fault. lol

If that was the case then the bike would have stopped too! So he definitely could have drove through.

He stopped before the gate which is what he was supposed to do. The idiots that built the bridge shouldn't have blocked both lanes, that's how people get blocked inside. Didn't they have a pedestrian bridge that collapsed as well as a condo? Do engineers have to attend school in Florida?

@@bobdarker519 The bells and gates were already in motion by the time he rushed his way through. If you trying to actual beat the bridge why stop at the very obvious bridge joint? And he sat there for half a minute. More than enough time to GTFO. 100% the driver's fault I hope he is charged.

@@kayakexcursions5570 How do you react to rail crossings that are clearly engaged? Are you the type of dumbshit to try and beat the train and then blame the train operator for crushing you? The driver sat on the bridge for almost a minute. Clear insurance fraud that hopefully leads to jail time for this dumbshit.

Maybe the driver had no idea where the hinge point was?

@@falcoperegrinus82 Exactly. People that haven't even experienced what they're seeing are so judgemental and quick to blame the victims. Disgusting.

So maybe he's Trina get get paid and sue

@@rauljrlara9994 Who's Trina?

@@michelesmith2620 tryna. Trying to..

The tender is at fault for not exercising diligence. How do these bridges go up without protocol,so easily?

Because there is a gate in front of him.

@@suzannadannaTARDIS well let assume there was a "gate" the driver should have just drove past the stick. It might have saved their lives. WHY DID THEY STOP THO

😆😆😆😆😆

There was the other gate blocking him from driving on... you absolute fool! Bridges like this have gates that close on BOTH ends. You just can't see the one blocking this man because it's just outside the view of the camera... Before you condemn someone... did you take a minute to use your little brain?

They have there like 10-20 cameras. What kind of sensor you are talking about? The operator probably was finishing lunch or watching Netflix. Even in the driving rules there is a statement "if you cannot see the full picture - ask for the help"

@@mickobrien3156 🤪

@@arishem555 cameras aren't censors, fool. I just explained why it's needed... Human error occurs, however, a safety feature would stop the bridge from opening until the object is moved. This is to prevent tragedy, stupidity, and mistakes. You're remedial. Smh

Oh Ben, I bet you blame the train too.

@@ricksaunders3889 trains can't stop on time, and most people are aware of that at this point. There was countless ads for years about not trying to beat the train. The public was never educated on bridges. Its a pretty big difference. I'm don't know why the car stopped but the operator clearly failed to do their job. They basically have one job and they didn't do it. You might as well make the bridge automatic. Why even bother paying a bridge tender? Their job is to ensure nobody is on the bridge when it opens. Imagine failing at the one thing you're supposed to do and then saying it's not your fault.

@Ben Lawson Blinky red lights on a gate that goes up and down. Same in both situations.

This was recorded in October

@@ricksaunders3889 except the blinking light is manually controlled. If you're not going to take responsibility, then just make it automatic and run ads to make let the public know that you're just going to kill them if they don't get off. I'm sure that will go well with the general public.

right… then he gets out the car 😂😂 what an idiot

There are arms that come down, like a rail crossing. He was blocked in

@@jrow84 yes he was blocked in, but you can clearly see that there was enough room for him to stop his car literally 6 feet away to where he would have been safe from this incident.

@@tronixrex6038 So during the 33 seconds the car was stopped because the gates came down you think the driver could have clearly figured out what was going on and the best response. Monday morning quarterbacks always know best.

yeah the guy should not have been sleeping but really , your just gonna have a go at the bridge without first making sure the thing is gonna open seriously , what if the guy was not sleeping but dead of a heart attack , you don't just aim a barge at a bridge and assume it will open , could be a mechanic problem ect ect , totally barges fault .

@@williambrennan5701 totally? by the way there was high rise bridge construction down river with a steady stream of barge traffic throughout that period of construction

And your reply makes no sense, the very heavy barge tried for quite some distance to alert the tender, while your far fetched possibilities exist, I did save the day.

Crisis averted. But that sucks your fishing was interrupted. Could have missed a bite

@@jeffstrickland8344 I think it is a good point….a single bridge worker could be unconscious or incapacitated from a heart attack, stroke, aneurism, etc. There does need to be a better system on place as a back up. But good job being in the right place at the right time and not panicking!

There was a gate infront of him

The gate was closed on the other side

@@danr9584 he had enough space to move forward

@@ecabral784 Had enough space? The guy didn’t even know the bridge was going to open (having too much trust in the employee) let alone know where the seam would be.

@@pennsylvaniacoachlines_fanpage Theres 100 feet between the gate and the gap. He had plenty of room to move forward.

it's like he did it on purpose lol... easily coulda made it.

The car couldve stalled

@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul brand new automatic car? No lmao

@@iHardscope68 fraud? Lol. There is cameras all over that bridge. The bridge tender would have easily seen that car. How do you think they got this video footage? The control tower is just right there. You don't think the tender could have looked outside and be like "hey, that idiot stopped on the bridge." And told him to get off the bridge. Dude was likely distracted. Maybe too busy looking at his phone, and just decided to stop on the line thinking it was some kind of stopping point. How hard is it to check the cameras. Look out the window before raising the bridge? Its probably one of the easiest jobs in the world. But because its so easy, I imagine bridge tenders not talking it seriously and being on their phone, or whatever. I can't be that hard to open and close a bridge without killing anyone. The bridge tender could have just gone out and hold him with a megaphone to get off the bridge, and he probably would have gotten off.

@@joemann7971 lol? Do you even know how draw bridges work?

literally

Starting pay for ops is $10.50/hr

What’s your point?

If that were the case they would have never allowed cars on the road 😂 you fumble

I think the evidence points to the undeniable fact that the general population is in fact NOT smart.

Youre saying a good engineer has to idiot proof their designs. By the standards of our society I would agree with your definition of good engineer. I propose we change societies standards and let Darwinism sort it out. I accept the fact that it may directly affect myself or those I care about, it's for the greater good.

Actually most people are stupid and it would of been funny if the car went in the water.

I have known a bridge tender. All of the safeguards and protections you speak of already exist with these bridges, the operator simply failed to use them. There is no way without neglect that any of these situations would happen. They even have a pa speaker to yell at the car that stopped for no reason. The operator gets too comfortable with the routine and neglects to follow the procedure.

Ahahahahaha this is so cruel, I love it

You’ve put a lot of thought into this

🙄🥱

@@deadpool-zq6fs Some people are just clever

@@itsyooboii1464 If that's what clever looks like for you, wow. Ha! More like someone with too much free time so their fantasy/imagination is running away with them. Haha!

He is refering to the pedestrian that died walking across a bridge that lifted and killed her while she was half way across. Not the incident with the car.

He the fool

The people doing everything wrong that you describe aren't in government.

@@Cryptonymicus they are private Corporations that are contracted by the government.

@@tanyagivens4338 corporations are evil, greedy monsters.

When the alarms start going off you stop regardless. If you are late for a meeting you should leave earlier

@@kimberleegarcia2363 but you dont stop if your already half way on the bridge u finish crossing if you stop on a railroadtrack and the train starts coming are you gonna sot there ?

@@glizzyplayzyt I agree he should have kept going but he could have stopped before that. He can't say he wasn't warned.

The posted speed sure. This guy though was being safe! Just because the sign says you can go 45 doesn't mean you have to. He was going 15 to be safe. Don't you know it's safer when you go slower? This is Florida after all, /s

Unless the gates go down on the other side and you can't exit. The gates block both lanes on both sides.

... _and_ stopped right on the edge?

@@thooke222 Yeah, but so many people were already talking about that lmao. "hE pRoBaBlY dIdNt SeE tHe BrIdGe JoInT!" Lmao. Look out your window to make sure you're not on it genius? You can CLEARLY see it in the road, both before he stopped on it, and if he JUST had looked out the window to make sure he wasn't on it. Even how he was panicing and opening the door like he was gonna try to get out. WHERE YOU GONNA GO BRO?! YOU CAN'T STEP ON ANYTING, YOUR CAR IS SUSPENDED.

@@joegomez5463 I mean all bridges have joints, it’s possible this person was new to the the area, saw the rails go up to block them in and stopped unknowingly that it was a draw bridge. Maybe they thought the warnings were for a train and they stopped well ahead of the warning rails.

@@jarretrausch "Drawbridge ahead" is apparentley not clear anymore lmao.

@@joegomez5463 well I’ve never lived by the coast with drawbridges, so I didn’t know that’s what the warning rails said

Maybe the bridge tender could have checked better, but it's kind of shitty design if they have to leave the controls to do so.

@@pacoramirez7363 No need to leave the controls. Just stand up so they can see over the railing. She had a camera view of the car but still didn't see it.

that was worth doing just to hear how funny the news caster sounded 🤣

You're a dope. There's an arm that's blocking his way telling him to stop. So he stopped.

@@kayakexcursions5570 what arm you Dope

@@kalinin._ There's arms that drop down blocking both lanes with red lights. He didn't just stop for the hell of it you idiot.

@@kayakexcursions5570 Nah look up the picture of the bridge idiot. He clearly has 10-20 feet of space to move forward until he would reach the arm. This driver is either a complete idiot or a smart thief to sue the city. No reason for them to stop right there.

@@kayakexcursions5570 my guy . You can see in the video that’s there’s enough space to fit a whole car in area between him and the arm . Your the dope .

Maybe one day you will grow up and realise that sometimes people make mistakes, and they don't deserve to have their lives put a risk for a mistake. Let's hope you don't get into an unfamiliar situation where you panic and your life is put at risk, because then you will eat your words.

@@user23724 have had my license for a while. Sir if you even so much as hit a cone on your driving test you are ruled incompetent and the test is over. So how the hell is it people with licenses are allowed to make such mistakes. Smh. I hope you don’t drive.

@@user23724 Those are usually the same people who put other lives at risk through their incompetencies or "mistakes". If you can't play, get off the court and if you can't drive, get off the road.

Attempted to get into an accident by his own doing, then sue the city for $$$$.

Yes, he raced to beat the falling gate arm. He stopped behind the arm facing traffic the other side of bridge. Like getting caught between the arms guarding a railroad track. Others state he had room to pull up farther and clear the "gap", but who knows where the actual gap is when faced with an emergency of your OWN making.

probably wanted to be a stupid daredevil idiot is my guessing.

Or of course he can just smash through the crossing arm rather waiting to be killed

Why jump when He can pass through the bridge

There was literally a hole all the way down to the surface of the water under the driver door, were you listening or watching?

@@tissuepaper9962 WERE YOU NOT WATCHING! 0:28 he had to feel the rear of the car elevating and had enough time jump out 🙄

@@MontanaDior yeah let me stick my leg out near this huge moving machine part with two mating surfaces that could easily crush me, seems like a great idea. By 0:32 the hole is already big enough to fall through. In any case, the negligence of the bridge tender is the root problem, not the driver.

@@tissuepaper9962 Sir, is this your car?? Lmaoooo The video is obviously sped up… you had more than enough time! Relax and take a break from the internet ☮️✨

I agree on the insurance scam - The driver likely didn't realize the drawbridge could be stopped once it started to raise, so he timed his crossing and already knew exactly where to stop to survive without injury - any further back and the car would plunge some distance before it hit, any further forward and it would be out of danger altogether. It would be interesting to see any surveillance footage of his car's positioning at the beginning - was he dawdling? Was his car parked somewhere he could observe a boat coming? Also, any earlier surveillance footage from the same camera might be revealing - was he doing previous recon on the place to stop, perhaps on foot, perhaps only a day earlier? In this lawsuit-crazy society of ours, where would this kind of thing end for those making the payouts? At the very least, insurance companies will be hiring investigators on a par with city police forces, in terms of resources if not legal powers. This reminds me of a lawsuit I heard about involving a pygmy rattlesnake bite at a Florida Walmart's garden center. Apparently the snake was in a potted plant. The fact is, a pygmy rattler would never stay put there for the time it took to ship the plant from it's source to the selling floor, and then the time it would sit on the selling floor until it was finally sold. In addition, pygmy rattler venom is mild, easily survived with a minimum risk of permanent damage and minimum pain. My guess is that the person bit chose that particular Walmart for it's proximity to a hospital.

I wish they hadn't been fired like wtf.

@@craigfinnegan8534 this was back in October btw loo

@@JeoxxxDarkages Thanks. I'll edit that.

“Ya me too “ nods head

good !

This is the elderly ladie's family, not the driver's..different incident. Geez 🤦

sad to go your whole life thinking the whole world is scamming and defrauding you. you need therapy

Great lawyer; he has a plan to see that no accidents will ever happen again. Maybe he could enlighten the rest of the world, since no one has been able to accomplish this to date.

it’s almost like he did it on purpose in hopes of a law suit

There are barricades on both sides. They are called near side and far side. The near side barricades are the first ones at the entrance to the bridge. They come down first. Then all traffic is prevented from getting on the bridge. The far side barricades come down later which allows pedestrians and vehicles that were already on the bridge before the near side barricades came down to exit the bridge.

They say in the piece that the bridges are operated by a third party at remote locations .... not on site.

Except he ran under the gate arm closing all the lights flashing in the Bell ringing.

@@olivertwist9628 There are arms on the other side, as well.

Maybe a thermal camera also for night time im assuming it runs though 24 hours a day. 🇬🇧👍

It is most certainly not the driver's fault. He followed traffic laws by stopping at the light. The boat never has right of way to a drawbridge with pedestrians or vehicles on it. It should never have been opened.