Funny how everyone's blaming the bridge, haha.

Okay, I'll bring out the engineer in me.
1. The bridge was probably built some time ago and has been there for a while with many other vehicles crossing it daily with no issues.
2. Usually on a structure that carries a load such as this (ex. elevators, bridges, cranes, trucks) there is a usage criteria. Many bridges (in North America) have signs about height and gross vehicle weight (gvw) to prevent these types of mistakes from happening. This bridge probably wasn't designed to carry the amount of weight that truck had so why is it to blame? Lao people logic at play again.
3. If that same truck had used this same bridge before then why did it collapse the bridge this time? Oh wait, the bridge didn't change, it's a bridge. However, the truck can change weight depending on what it's carrying inside. Hmm.... some food for thought perhaps?

Anyways, I don't trust anything made in Laos anyways cause it's all built by Chinese or Viets that skimp on materials and cost. That bridge looks like it was made out of wood. Poor choice of materials if you ask me, cause wood can rot over time, or even catch fire.

hahaha! Poor bridge. Which oversea country builds the best bridge in Lao? ha ha ha ha

Buk Hoo Kee wrote on 3^rd Sep, 2013 at 7:52am: