| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:14 - Apr 29 with 2630 views | D_Alien |
What was the 471 doing there in the first place, is there a diversion?
Could be a driver unfamiliar with the route. As the article states, double-deckers have collided with the bridge on the Milkstone Rd side before, and i remember it happening when i used to live not far from there in the 1960s/70s, but never seen any kind of bus travelling on the opposite side of the station |  |
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:18 - Apr 29 with 2620 views | foreverhopefulDale |
They have obviously carried straight on instead of turning right onto Richard Street towards the Train Station. [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 18:20]
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:28 - Apr 29 with 2592 views | mingthemerciless |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:14 - Apr 29 by D_Alien |
What was the 471 doing there in the first place, is there a diversion?
Could be a driver unfamiliar with the route. As the article states, double-deckers have collided with the bridge on the Milkstone Rd side before, and i remember it happening when i used to live not far from there in the 1960s/70s, but never seen any kind of bus travelling on the opposite side of the station |
Yes, that's happened several times in the past at that bridge. I'm surprised there was as many as 9 passengers on it. The driver did a got job though, they could use that as an open topped bus now ! |  | | |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:32 - Apr 29 with 2581 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:28 - Apr 29 by mingthemerciless |
Yes, that's happened several times in the past at that bridge. I'm surprised there was as many as 9 passengers on it. The driver did a got job though, they could use that as an open topped bus now ! |
Is it not normally the Milkstone Road Bridge it normally occurs at, not the Station Road bridge? | |
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:38 - Apr 29 with 2558 views | D_Alien |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:32 - Apr 29 by foreverhopefulDale |
Is it not normally the Milkstone Road Bridge it normally occurs at, not the Station Road bridge? |
Yes, i think this is a first for that side of the station, it's never been a bus route, and the recent changes to the road layout would make it awkward at that junction too, perhaps that's why it happened
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 19:28 - Apr 29 with 2472 views | mingthemerciless |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 18:32 - Apr 29 by foreverhopefulDale |
Is it not normally the Milkstone Road Bridge it normally occurs at, not the Station Road bridge? |
Yes you're right. I was thinking of the wrong bridge. Where did the driver think he was going ? | | | |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 20:02 - Apr 29 with 2431 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 19:28 - Apr 29 by mingthemerciless |
Yes you're right. I was thinking of the wrong bridge. Where did the driver think he was going ? |
Maybe they were driving too quickly to make the right turn, it’s a fairly tight turn, or hadn’t gone into the right hand lane in the approach to make the turning. [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 20:20]
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 21:00 - Apr 29 with 2374 views | Rochdale_Rangar |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 19:28 - Apr 29 by mingthemerciless |
Yes you're right. I was thinking of the wrong bridge. Where did the driver think he was going ? |
The last time it happened it was a new driver and a female driver. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was a new temp driver brought in and was unfamiliar with the route. My great uncle works for Rosso buses and he’s off work at the moment as he is classed as vulnerable to covid. | | | |
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 12:41 - Apr 30 with 2087 views | BlueMessiah |
Absolutely inexcusable. Any professional driver has a responsibility to know the dimensions of their vehicle and the low bridge is clearly marked as such. Whether it's an unfamiliar route or not doesn't matter an ounce. I drive a tanker with high consequence dangerous goods, but not as high consequence as human lives.
I really hope the driver in question is now a former bus driver, people with such disregard for their passengers safety shouldn't be anywhere near a bus. |  |
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 13:38 - Apr 30 with 2034 views | jpresto |
The bus was on the correct route past the Masonic hall on Richard Street, but the driver forgot to turn right before the bridge to go past the old job centre towards the station forecourt | | | |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 15:50 - Apr 30 with 1970 views | kiwidale |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 13:38 - Apr 30 by jpresto |
The bus was on the correct route past the Masonic hall on Richard Street, but the driver forgot to turn right before the bridge to go past the old job centre towards the station forecourt |
There have been double decker buses hitting the low bridge on Milkstone rd since I was a lad is this a different bridge one on richard st. as an aside is the halfpenney bridge over the canal still there.as another aside did anybody call it the halfpenney bridge or like me the ap'ney bridge pronounced ape-ni | |
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 15:53 - Apr 30 with 1964 views | Nigeriamark |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 13:38 - Apr 30 by jpresto |
The bus was on the correct route past the Masonic hall on Richard Street, but the driver forgot to turn right before the bridge to go past the old job centre towards the station forecourt |
Let’s hope he knows where the new job centre is |  | | |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 16:10 - Apr 30 with 1931 views | BigDaveMyCock |
It was his dream to be like Erol Flynn, just for a day. | |
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 17:00 - Apr 30 with 1879 views | kiwidale |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 16:10 - Apr 30 by BigDaveMyCock |
It was his dream to be like Erol Flynn, just for a day. |
He should be careful what he wishes for it's no laughing matter being hung like Errol Flynn as your name suggests Big Dave. [Post edited 30 Apr 2020 17:09]
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| How on earth did this happen?? on 19:01 - Apr 30 with 1798 views | diver |
I blame Brexit | | | |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 19:02 - Apr 30 with 1796 views | smaclad1 |
| How on earth did this happen?? on 15:50 - Apr 30 by kiwidale |
There have been double decker buses hitting the low bridge on Milkstone rd since I was a lad is this a different bridge one on richard st. as an aside is the halfpenney bridge over the canal still there.as another aside did anybody call it the halfpenney bridge or like me the ap'ney bridge pronounced ape-ni |
Halfpenny Bridge is a listed building, though it has been a long time since it went over the canal. Some recent photos if you scroll down the linked page.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031919 | | | |
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