[David9694]

Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes… 

I just don’t remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it’s irresponsible. 
 

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-store-westbourne/

‘A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.

“It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment.” ‘ 

 

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[Hirsute]

Not just any lorry…

Not just any lorry…

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20279193.marks-spencer-lorry-gets-stuck-colchester-side-street/

I do not know how the driver decided to embark on this short cut. It must have been difficult to even make the first turn off the high st.

[David9694]

I think the tight fit theory

I think the tight fit theory must be right – 99% sure you’d have to pass under the bridge to get to/from the pier and you wouldn’t want to be a passenger on the top deck if so.  Also did you notice the second picture on the article? is this where someone says “a lick of emulsion will sort that”? In this case, I think it would.

Also in Google street view, it briefly captures an enclosed scaffold column under the bridge:  perhaps making good the last incident? 
 

[David9694]

No buildings harmed here, but

No buildings harmed here, but tell me again how LTNs delay the emergency services? Surely if lives are in danger, the fire brigade are less worried about some driver’s paintwork?

Solar panels kicking out so much power they’re overloading? 

Warning over ‘inappropriate’ parking after fire in Verwood
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/20272609.warning-inappropriate-parking-fire-verwood/

[David9694]

To see its flat-mate?

To see its flat-mate?

I met a double decker bus on my Sunday ride, out on one of our lovely tree-lined OS yellow roads, where no bus has run in decades and probably not ever a double decker. Wedding reception, was my best guess.  At least the height of a bridge is known, overhanging trees, not so much. 

[andystow]

stonojnr wrote:

stonojnr wrote:

But there’s not an alternative road the bus could take, how did it get to the pier in the first place ?

It is odd. From the lamp posts visible in the photo, and comparing to Street View, it does appear to have been attempting to drive out away from the sea. Maybe the open top bus is close on height, and would just fit if driven right down the middle. In which case, it wasn’t “driven accidentally under the bridge,” it was just driven incompetently under the bridge.

[stonojnr]

But there’s not an
But there’s not an alternative road the bus could take, how did it get to the pier in the first place ?

[Hirsute]

Another rail bridge strike.

Another rail bridge strike.

The images below show the damage to the bridge and the tracks 👇 pic.twitter.com/aZcdT87MLW

— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 12, 2022

You can see the deformed tracks resulting from this.

 

[andystow]

Found better images, and one

Found better images, and one sign says clearance is 11′-9″, and the other says 3.5 m, which is just under 11′-6″.

Google says a London double decker is over 16′ tall, the shortest I could find is 12′-3″, and even a single decker bus is over 10′ tall.

This is like me trying to drive my MINI under a lorry trailer. Oops, it accidentally didn’t fit.

[ktache]

Nice looking bridge.

Nice looking bridge.

Should of course be covered in hiviz retroreflective warnings.

Not that it makes that much difference….

[andystow]

hirsute wrote:

hirsute wrote:

Bus hits bridge – luckily no passengers at the time.

 

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20272285.open-top-bus-crashes-venetian-bridge-clacton/

“Following a promotional event outside the Clacton Pier on Sunday evening, the Clacton Breeze Open top bus was driven accidentally under the bridge causing damage to the front of the bus on the upper deck.”

Accidentally driven under the bridge? Did the bridge suddenly jump out in front of the bus? I think it’s a safe bet that the bus was deliberately driven (most of the way) under the bridge, it’s just that the driver either:

• didn’t know what these signs mean
• didn’t know how tall the bus was
• wasn’t good at maths
• was an utter moron

[Hirsute]

This one is worse than the

This one is worse than the initial headline I saw

https://www.altonherald.com/news/999/woman-safely-rescued-from-car-crushed-by-hgv-at-wrecclesham-bridge-554601

 

Bus hits bridge – luckily no passengers at the time.

 

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20272285.open-top-bus-crashes-venetian-bridge-clacton/

[David9694]

Rooted to the spot (with luck

Rooted to the spot (with luck).

[David9694]

Better pack a gilet! 

Better pack a gilet! 

Joking apart, I’ve reached the stuffing paper down my front stage a couple of times as it often drops a couple of degrees on my two fave routes. 

[Hirsute]

Another driverless car

Another driverless car

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20269788.car-collides-tree-clingoe-hill-colchester/

“A car caught fire after it left the road and collided with a tree in a incident off a busy roundabout, it is understood.”

The status of the tree is unclear.

[brooksby]

ktache wrote:

The story that got me was that only one side of the suspension bridge was getting a heatwave.

You may laugh (and yes, it is a f-ing stupid statement that they made) but there are definite areas that have microclimates.  If I’m riding home, I go down into the village of Abbots Leigh and the temperature noticeably drops by several degrees for a hundred metres or so.  I keep expecting to see the Ghostbusters investigating this Cold Spot…

[Author]

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