RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2020 I hope someone's taking notes so that we can claim royalties from the 007 franchise. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2020 I reckon the Beemer driver was phoning the truck in front to ask the truck driver why he was driving so close in front of him........ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2020 11 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Don't forget the 360 degree rotation before Bonds car lands on its wheels. Of course, silly me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Ken.W said: Or Bonds Aston would punch a hole through an empty curtain-side container Then the baddies following in the beemer punch a hole into a tank-tainer containing something particularly nasty coors light ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2020 4 hours ago, peanuts said: coors light ? Night soil? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bus-stuck-under-nailsea-backwell-4351104 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken.W Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 21/07/2020 at 23:19, 101 said: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bus-stuck-under-nailsea-backwell-4351104 Like how in that report, as the bus which was brand new was returning empty to the depot it's electronic destination display was displaying the Govt's Covid advice... At the time it hit the bridge the bus was saying .... STAY ALERT 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted July 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2020 The driver was badly shaken. I expect he was even more shaken by the dressing down from his boss! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I've not seen it mentioned, but the Spa Valley Railway had another bridge-bash this week. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/lorry-hits-railway-bridge-230829/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Another double-decker bus loses its roof at a railway bridge, this time at Wishaw, Scotland. Fortunately, no injuries reported. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53810869 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2020 22 hours ago, caradoc said: Another double-decker bus loses its roof at a railway bridge, this time at Wishaw, Scotland. Fortunately, no injuries reported. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53810869 I'm glad to read that the driver was downstairs at the time! First Bus said three passengers and a driver were on board and all were downstairs at the time of the incident. Mind you, he would have had a better view of the upcoming disaster, if he was indeed upstairs at the time! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 2 hours ago, kevinlms said: I'm glad to read that the driver was downstairs at the time! When one-man operation was first introduced in Dublin, Paddy Murphy turned up at the depot one morning. Five minutes after booked time he hadn't taken his bus out, so the depot manager went over to see what the problem was. "Where's my conductor?" Paddy asked. "Oh, we've done away with them," replied the manager. "You'll have to collect the fares now." Paddy wasn't happy about this but he drove round to the bus stop, picked up his first few passengers and set off on the route. The manager went back to his office and heard a loud crash coming from outside. He looked out of the window to see Paddy's bus wrapped round a lamppost. The manager rushed outside in time to see a dazed Paddy stepping off the bus. "Are y'all right, Paddy?" the manager asked. "What happened?" "I don't know," Paddy replied. "I was upstairs collecting the fares at the time...." 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Seriously, though - if it wasn't for the need for the driver to be downstairs to collect the fares, I've often wondered what the effect would be of having the driving position upstairs. I'm sure it would cut down a lot on bridge bashes! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 It might do, but it does make the odd passenger who's just got off and is crossing the road in front of you difficult to see! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 41 minutes ago, LMS2968 said: It might do, but it does make the odd passenger who's just got off and is crossing the road in front of you difficult to see! Not just odd - but damned stupid too. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 True, but you're still not allowed to run them over! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2020 3 hours ago, LMS2968 said: True, but you're still not allowed to run them over! The paperwork is horrendous! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) Edit: The original FB post seems to have been taken down, but there is the same video but longer here https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-train-full-of-cars-get-slowly-can-openerd-under-1845050551 Edited September 16, 2020 by Talltim 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 A bridge bash with a difference! HMS Jupiter 13 June 1984 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2020 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, RJS1977 said: A bridge bash with a difference! HMS Jupiter 13 June 1984 Would that ship happen to be a destroyer? ok ok I've got my coat..... Stewart 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The bridge carrying the ECML over the A505 here has had so many accidents it is well known to Mr Plod as there was a bridge strike every few weeks. I used to walk under it twice a day as part of my commute. Clearly signposted 13'3" /4m. All three approach roads had a massive grey sign 6' square that turned bright yellow with the legend "Overheight Vehicle Divert" with 4 yellow flashing lights when a height detector is tripped. Those signs have since been replaced with something similar but smaller. The lorry detour to avoid this bridge is about 12 miles. Once I saw a lorry in trouble there as I went for my morning train and another one when I came home the same day. Another time I saw a lorry stacked high with brand new wheelbarrows and the driver had realised just in time that his load was too high. He was blocking traffic in that direction to unload a good many barrows which he then proceeded to wheel through to the far side and reload once he'd got the height down enough! The best incident was when a police driver realised the traffic jam ahead of him meant that yet another lorry was stuck, overtook the queue on his blue lights but without using his sirens just as the driver was walking back to his cab, having spoken to the driver of the following car which had stopped well clear so that he could back out and turn round. The police car pulled in right behind the lorry in his blind spot and the lorry promptly backed into it .... then there were sirens going for the next half hour as every copper in the district came to have a good laugh. I bet that sounded good in court ... you are charged that you hit a railway bridge which was stationary at the time then you backed into a police car with a flashing blue light on its roof. I decided it was prudent to clear off in case I got arrested as a witness! It wasn't just the clearance that caused problems. The road dips under it to form a sump which often didn't drain properly after heavy rain (they do seem to have fixed that at last) and several times I have seen it flooded to about 2' deep. It was quite common for cars to come to grief trying their luck without realising the depth, though single deck buses didn't have trouble. I once saw a a motor cyclist try it, his engine stopped and he fell off into to the water. After he picked himself up and pushed the bike out, he noticed he had lost his number plate. So went back and scrabbled about for 10 minutes in the dirty water till he recovered it. The abutments have been heavily reinforced and capped with a stout girder either side of the line to protect the railway. Given the prominent active signage, I don't know why it used to happen so often, nor why the incidence has dropped as the new signs seem a lot less conspicuous.. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted September 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2020 Any idea where that scalping happened Tim? Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 hours ago, stewartingram said: Would that ship happen to be a destroyer? ok ok I've got my coat..... Looks pretty close to having bashed a bridge with its bridge! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2020 12 hours ago, RJS1977 said: A bridge bash with a difference! HMS Jupiter 13 June 1984 After she was repaired, she hit the wall on the way out from the basin into the river, so was brought back into the basin for another docking. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now