congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree branch that
was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices along some bus routes
warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped trees"
in King's Avenue!
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"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 3 April 2005

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:37:00 +0100, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree branch that
was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices along some bus routes
warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped trees"
in King's Avenue!

Time was when the bus companies lopped the trees along their routes:-)

A good use for time-expired double-deckers.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

Terry Harper wrote:
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:37:00 +0100, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree
branch that was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices
along some bus routes warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped
trees" in King's Avenue!

Time was when the bus companies lopped the trees along their
routes:-)

A good use for time-expired double-deckers.

True, but most of the ones I've seen with warning signs have the main
trunk leaning into the road. The only cure for that is to remove the
tree and plant another one. Indeed I'm surprised that that action
hasn't been taken. After TA3 had its roof sliced off on Millbank in
December 2002*, the signs started appearing, and I thought they were
just a temporary measure, but more than two years later they're still
there and so are the trees.

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2537989.stm

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Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)