The Best 11-Foot-8 Bridge Wreck Videos Of All Time

Life is full of small pleasures, like your first sip of morning coffee, an uncommonly good day, or watching very tall cars get absolutely creamed by one very low bridge.

That's right. We're talking about the 11-foot-8 bridge.

This bridge has been bringing Jalopnik readers delight for years, and today, as I seek new ways to bring a smile to my own face, we're going to be running through some of the absolute best clips of this bridge taking yet another sacrifice. Buckle up and get ready to watch some box trucks weep.

You can raise the bridge, but you can't raise the IQ of the folks out there on the road.

Is this one of the most sensible 11'8" videos we've ever seen? Can you believe he merely tapped and turned? I never thought I'd see the day.

I'm not saying you should expect a brush with a bridge any time you're speeding. I'm just saying you probably don't want to find out you're going too fast the hard way.

I know the front-on videos are great, but these turns are so satisfying — though I do have to feel for the driver. That bridge might seem like it comes out of nowhere if you're not looking.

This driver thought they could make it, but they were oh so wrong.

I actually think my favorite part of this video is the slow-mo closeup of the crash, largely because we get to see all the damage to the yellow warning barrier.

I have to respect the audacity of this box truck driver, who not only decided to just go for it despite seeming to realize that the truck would not fit under the bridge but who then proceeded to just... stop.

The infamous low bridge is low in large part because it's a train crossing. Watching a Ryder box truck try — and fail — t o slide through while a train slips by is just too good.

This is one of the most satisfying 11-foot-8 bridge videos in the world. I've never peeled anything that successfully in my life.

I feel like you really have to commit if you're going to try to take a large vehicle under a low bridge. Just full-throttle send it and pop out the other side.

I desperately love how this semi driver decided to drive very slowly, as though that would somehow make a large truck fit under the low-ass bridge.

There's so much to love about this video, but I think my favorite part is the fact that the damage ended up so much worse because the semi tried to back out of the bridge. Sir, your vehicle is already desperately damaged. It's too late to save it.

If your moving truck literally explodes here, I feel like you're legally obligated to live under this bridge now.

Hope you weren't heading anywhere warm!

The slow-motion shots of this crash are just too good to be true. I could watch it all day.

Not even our nation's military can escape the wrath of the low-ass bridge.

I have no idea how much heavy equipment like this excavator costs, but I'm assuming it's a lot. Too much to be smacking it around into bridges.

There's a phrase in racing that goes something like "Penske Perfect," since the Penske teams are always immaculately prepared and dressed. This guy must not have gotten the memo.

Oh, the confidence! The hubris! This is exactly the kind of attitude that got Caesar killed!

I would hate to be a passenger on that bus.

Well, if you're going to be stuck, I guess you might as well be stuck in a truck full of soft things.