If you're a mere car driver, you probably don't pay much notice to vertical clearance signs on bridges. But for truck drivers, every centimetre counts.

Today saw a fine example of the consequences that follow ignoring the round, yellow warning signs - a lorry which dropped a large portion of its load when it clipped a bridge in Laois.

@IrishRail @thejournal_ie @IrishTimes @JOEdotie my brothers pic of some idiot and a bridge! @JackGarry pic.twitter.com/RsBYoQCvTP

— Richard Garry (@richiegarry) March 6, 2015

The picture was taken this morning by Jack Garry on the Canal Road in Portarlington.

Hat-tip to Joe.ie.