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Old 18th November 2010, 17:43
G-CPTN G-CPTN is offline  
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Yet another low-bridge incident!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-11790901
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The driver of the Club Class bus is understood to have misjudged the height of the bridge
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Old 18th November 2010, 20:06
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That'll be him sacked, then.
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Old 18th November 2010, 21:16
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The advert on the bus is for birthday parties and events, must have been one hell of a present for the man upstairs.

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Old 19th November 2010, 18:00
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"The bus was being driven about the capital as part of a launch following a £60,000 revamp of the bus."

Ooopps!!

Wimmin drivers eh??
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Old 20th November 2010, 19:56
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More here, http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/B...off.6632158.jp
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Old 20th November 2010, 20:02
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driver turned right and never saw the sign saying 12 feet 9, and unfortunately took the top of the bus off.
"It was just a slight human error. It wasn't because she was being careless or a bad driver, it was just one of those things. She's absolutely fabulous."
Yea, right - we'll have to see what the relationship was . . .
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Old 20th November 2010, 22:13
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probably thinking what to cook the old man for tea that night.
We had a similar incedent years ago when a female driver hit a vicars car ,she said i was just thinking about georges tea and ....... bang!
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Bus carrying Derbyshire schoolchildren hits bridge

a young lad who was standing by the side of me - all his teeth were missing. He had a really bad gash under his chin
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Old 15th March 2011, 20:05
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It might've been moved after the event (eg to help with the rescue efforts) but, that bus is a long way beyond the bridge. If that is were the driver stopped, what speed was he doing?

According to a chap at my first delivery on Monday, there was one in Bolton recently. There is a 12' bridge on the approach to an industrial estate and a foreigner drastically altered the shape of his trailer, trying to get under it. The chap thought that maybe the foreigner had got to the bridge and wasn't capable of reversing out again. Especially given the performance he made of trying in to the loading bay.
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The shape of the future (apparently):- http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/a...82_934224a.jpg
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