UNSW reports lightning fatalities outnumber deaths by bridge collapse by one hundred. But to be on the safe side UNSW researchers are working on mobile technology to measure bridge safety. Problem is there are bridges, then there are bridges, with local government not having budgets to have permanent monitors in place on bridges now carrying way more heavy traffic than they were built for.
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