One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the direction it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on each side of the road before the bridge and one on the bridge itself. Luckily no-one passengers were on board.

Neill

On 23/12/2013 15:39, wrote:
One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the direction it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on each side of the road before the bridge and one on the bridge itself. Luckily no-one passengers were on board.


No passengers on board because it was not in service - which is when
many such incidents happen (driver trying to take a quick way to the
start of the route / back to the depot, and not realising their bus
won't fit - that or forgetting they're driving a double decker rather
than a single).

Turn the sound down on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUci3DUE2YA and it looks like any south London high street where the karts are buses.

It is the hilarious video of Jackass (the first film) racing around on a golf course. Very funny!

? wrote

One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the direction it
was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on each side of the
road before the bridge and one on the bridge itself.


Notices only reduce the bridge-bash-rate, so if a bridge gets more than one
bash a year they put up a gantry to be bashed so they don't have to stop
rail traffic until the bridge can be inspected.

Example, also local, the rail bridge over Hersham Road, Walton-on-Thames

--
Mike D

In article , (Michael R N
Dolbear) wrote:

? wrote

One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the
direction it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on
each side of the road before the bridge and one on the bridge
itself.

Notices only reduce the bridge-bash-rate, so if a bridge gets more
than one bash a year they put up a gantry to be bashed so they don't
have to stop rail traffic until the bridge can be inspected.

Example, also local, the rail bridge over Hersham Road,
Walton-on-Thames

I think it takes a lot more than one bash a year to get a sacrificial beam
put up.

Drivers who are too stupid to read should not be allowed to drive large
vehicles.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 23/12/2013 23:14, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

? wrote

One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the direction
it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on each side of
the road before the bridge and one on the bridge itself.


Notices only reduce the bridge-bash-rate, so if a bridge gets more than
one bash a year they put up a gantry to be bashed so they don't have to
stop rail traffic until the bridge can be inspected.

Example, also local, the rail bridge over Hersham Road, Walton-on-Thames


When Hersham Station bridge was repaired, IIRC the gantry was not replaced.

On 2013\12\23 15:39, wrote:
One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

That picture reminds me of the good old days when Kingston had lots of
Leyland Nationals.

In message , at
07:39:13 on Mon, 23 Dec 2013, remarked:
ne local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the direction it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on each side of
the road before the bridge and one on the bridge itself.

Isn't the problem often that the driver forgets he is in a double
decker, or assumes the route he's on [even if he's unknowingly
off-route] has been cleared for DD's?

On the other hand, this bridge was only 80cm too low.
--
Roland Perry

On 2013-12-24 06:20:36 +0000, Basil Jet said:

On 2013\12\23 15:39, wrote:
One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

That picture reminds me of the good old days when Kingston had lots of
Leyland Nationals.

Good old days? In those horrible rattly old things? Worse, they replaced RFs.

In uk.transport.london message 1d94cccc-6602-401e-be87-af98810c8bae@goo
glegroups.com, Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:39:13,
posted:

One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the direction
it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on each side of
the road before the bridge and one on the bridge itself. Luckily no-one
passengers were on board.

Not far from there, one bridge is signed with two different heights -
http://goo.gl/maps/i8N5z, http://goo.gl/maps/dpqhg.

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