# Bridge collapse in Baltimore {2024-03-26} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [March 26, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-2024-03-26/999372 "2024-03-26T08:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 149
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-2024-03-26/999372/149 "2024-03-26T21:12:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > This was the first time I’ve had an opportunity to see a video. I didn’t see at what point it happened, but sometime before the moment of impact **the only vehicles on the bridge that I could see** were the construction vehicles. I’ll have to look again when I have the chance. I’m a night photographer & I shoot a lot of bridges so I have experience in this area. You wouldn’t necessarily see cars on the bridge. Remember, what you are seeing is work _trucks_ (higher than cars) with lightbars on their roof, that are designed to illuminate in all directions. In the video, you can see one of the work trucks lights reflecting on the water as it blinks on/off, that’s because it’s pointing towards the direction of the camera. The majority of a car’s lights are going only forward or rearward, not so much light out to the side; IOW, they’re not so bright. Also, look at this [image](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2178738,-76.5271518,3a,75y,353.99h,73.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGpSWr_asucKcb7u928JzPw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) from Google maps, The red car’s lights are below the level of the Jersey barriers; you wouldn’t see _any_ lighting from this vehicle or a similar one in the video that was shown. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-2024-03-26/999372)._