Near miss on Hwy 408 outside Benton

**M R Dux** · 05-17-2020, 02:48 PM

I was pulling my rig back into town after a good trip Friday. As I was coming thru the Clark's River Bottom on the river bridge, I met a grey Dodge dually truck. I saw it coming far enough away that I consciously hoped they would get over since their rear tire on the left was a foot over the line IN MY LANE!!! My boat and trailer are as wide as can be legally pulled but I still have room to stay in my lane in all but the most unlikely scenarios. The Dodge never moved an inch, I did, My front right trailer wheel clipped the bridge abutment hard enough I saw the rig move in my rear-view mirror. The Dodge never budged.

I made it home with no blow-out and in the walk around didn't see anything but a deep scuff on both trailer tire sidewalls. On closer inspection, the tire hit so hard the alloy wheel cut a 2 inch gash in the sidewall, deep enough I'll have to replace the tire. I'm hoping the wheel is OK. I'll find out when they break the tire/wheel down to replace it. I'm going to be out $100 to replace a tire I'll be turning back in on the rig in a couple of weeks.

I thought of how close I came to destroying my truck and boat and somebody else's trucks. All because somebody was driving a truck they didn't want to get close to a bridge with. I know I'll never find out who it was in the Dodge. I just hope MY close call was witnessed by them and they'll learn from it.

**wannabe fisherman** · 05-17-2020, 03:51 PM

M. R. YOU didn't do anything wrong, it was the (insert proper vulgar term here) in the dodge that caused the whole situation. You took evasive action to save yourself AND your rig. It's a shame someone didn't get that guy's license plate number.

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was with you!

**z520tom** · 05-17-2020, 05:38 PM

A friend lost his side view mirror on his truck several years ago the same place and reason. I stopped using that road and drive around and come in from the north now. Those bridges were designed for the 19th century and not the 21st century. Marshall county should have replaced them long ago.

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**crp4570** · 05-17-2020, 07:43 PM

Glad your safe and sound buddy.

**rnvinc** · 05-17-2020, 08:28 PM

I hate those bridges ... even when not pulling a trailer ...

Rickie

**trypman1** · 05-18-2020, 07:03 AM

Whew, to close- glad you are OK.

**Roy49** · 05-18-2020, 07:39 AM

Glad you're safe Doug! That is the part that counts!

**artcarney_agr** · 05-18-2020, 07:46 AM

I see that stupid truck around town often. It's a dually, with wheels and tires that stick out even farther than a standard dually. I saw it yesterday on Mayfield Rd/58 on the southwest end of Benton, it had one tire on the white line and one tire on the yellow line.....I don't see how that's legal.

I'm glad you're okay, but I wish you would have held your ground and let him hit you instead of the swiping the bridge, his insurance would probably be on the hook for it then with that ridiculous setup.

**BuckeyeCrappie** · 05-18-2020, 08:10 AM

Glad your ok buddy.

**artcarney_agr** · 05-18-2020, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by z520tom

Marshall county should have replaced them long ago.

They aren't county bridges, they belong to the KY Dept. of Transportation. Any road with a number (408 in this case) belongs to the state.

Luckily they are in a long enough of a straight stretch that you can see what's coming and slow down enough to time your crossing so as to avoid others on it at the same time.

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