A multi-sensory height warning system for informing a driver of a motor vehicle of the proximity of an overhead obstruction in the path of the vehicle that will contact the vehicle that has:
(a) a stationary height measuring device that is activatable by a passing vehicle that exceeds a predetermined height
(b) a signal generator connected to the stationary height measuring device that is activated by the stationary height measuring means when a passing vehicle exceeds a predetermined height and subsequently activates a warning sound generator and lights; and
(c) an overhead physical barrier that is spaced across the roadway a distance after the position of the plurality of lights.