Any Tips For The Driver?

[irnbru]

West Street and Cook Street in Glasgow were disasters waiting to happen.

1994, West Street 5 Girl Guides and Leaders killed when a double decker allegedly following another Guide Leaders car taking a short-cut to the Kingston Bridge sheered off it's roof (10' 6" clearance!) . Bus was meant to go via Clyde Tunnel! Street is now blocked off at one side but there's still access under the bridge.

A few years later another one tried to get under Cook Street bridge (just around the corner from West Street) did the same. 15' 3" bridge immediately around a corner from main road and immediately followed by a 12' 6" bridge! Fortunately bus was empty on it's way to depot. They've now narrowed the road under it to 7' 3".

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I knew one of those 10 yr olds

 

[mitzimad]

thats an etreeme example we had a close call in germany following son at night hard left under a fly over and the up ramp had a height limit pole across he is lower and shot up just saw it in time

 

[Notts Archer]

In theory I could get under there but not sure I would chance it
I work on anything under 3m is best avoided

After a close encounter a few years ago, I try to follow the same policy.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Give up driving,you’re incompetent.

With this one .

I drove up to Clitheroe from manchester yesterday.

Roads are clogged with idiots who either can’t drive or are too busy updating Facebook.

My wife was my passenger giving me agg for not answering her when she was speaking to me . I told her I was too busy concentrating...

 

[Vanderek]

There is a solution to the headroom issue ... get a low VW camper....

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[Gellyneck]

I knew one of those 10 yr olds

Seem to remember they were from the Drum but could be wrong.

 

[wasp]

I’m saying nothing an underpass in Rouen nearly got us.

 

[Janine]

Tip for the driver? Are you kidding? He doesn’t deserve a tip after wrecking the van like that!

 

[pelican]

Good basis for a caravan conversion

 

[Podney]

With this one .

I drove up to Clitheroe from manchester yesterday.

Roads are clogged with idiots who either can’t drive or are too busy updating Facebook.

My wife was my passenger giving me agg for not answering her when she was speaking to me . I told her I was too busy concentrating...

Perhaps you can solve the mystery of why the Duchess decides to talk to me when I’m changing lanes or negotiating a roundabout or turning right in busy traffic or overtaking a tractor or peloton of wandering cyclists???????????

Its a ****** mystery to me. Then she complains coz I haven’t answered her. Ye godfathers!

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[deleted79651]

Open eyes before getting behind steering wheel.... ouch that gonna hurt the wallet

Naw, it's the 2021 must have m/home; a hybrid of a cabriolet and a PCV with side door access to clean behind the cooker ...

Steve

 

[deleted79651]

When I was HGVing my wife told a friend that all I did was 'sit on his a**e and look out of the window'.

I called the first Mrs Marchie Old Gun Dog; 'cos she sat on her a**e all day and yapped ... Can't remember why we divorced each other...

Steve

 

[Boris7]

Looks like a LHD.

Does that mean Low Height Disaster ?

 

[ambulancekidd]

I wouldn't have been keen to put our car through that underpass, I'd certainly have thought twice about it.
I simply can't understand why drivers don't spot this kind of obstacle, but I suppose driving ability varies enormously.

 

[pelican]

I called the first Mrs Marchie Old Gun Dog; 'cos she sat on her a**e all day and yapped ... Can't remember why we divorced each other...

Steve

Yea agree why can't they keep their mouths shut it's mostly drivel.
When we arrive at a destination I always ask if I have passed or failed.
That's an idea I'll give her a clipboard

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[pelican]

I called the first Mrs Marchie Old Gun Dog; 'cos she sat on her a**e all day and yapped ... Can't remember why we divorced each other...

Steve

The kids tell me my first is even worst than 30 yrs ago. Banned from most campsites and all of Scotland

 

[deleted79651]

Yea agree why can't they keep their mouths shut it's mostly drivel.
When we arrive at a destination I always ask if I have passed or failed.
That's an idea I'll give her a clipboard

Elaine would belt me with the clipboard, especially when I remark about passing, by observing that I have no recollection of having eaten it in the first place ...

Steve

 

[pelican]

Elaine would belt me with the clipboard, especially when I remark about passing, by observing that I have no recollection of having eaten it in the first place ...

Steve

Can you discretely elaborate on that.

 

[deleted79651]

Can you discretely elaborate on that.

It's a rehash of an old piece of Office graffiti: Attached to the [then] ubiquitous wire basket that contained invoices awaiting processing was a request, 'Please pass invoices immediately', to which the Office Wag had added: 'But why eat them in the first place?'

Steve

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

Seem to remember they were from the Drum but could be wrong.

Long time since I've heard a reference to the Drum, been away far too long

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[bigtree]

Long time since I've heard a reference to the Drum, been away far too long

Weegie overspill.

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

Weegie overspill.

Got a brother who lived there, I'm originally from Kirky

 

[bigtree]

Got a brother who lived there, I'm originally from Kirky

Mrs bigtree went to Kirky today to get a new back tyre fitted for her motorbike.

 

[Gellyneck]

Weegie overspill.

Yip, it's our Demilitarised \ Buffer Zone between us and Not Glasgow!

 

[Gellyneck]

Long time since I've heard a reference to the Drum, been away far too long

You'd wouldn't recognise it nowadays! Half of it is long gone!

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[deleted79651]

You'd wouldn't recognise it nowadays! Half of it is long gone!

Is it now part of East Bearsden?

Steve

 

[Gellyneck]

Is it now part of East Bearsden?

Steve

Naw, Weegies invaded and annexed just before the Second World War so we could create the Demilitarised Zone to separate us from the Non-Weegies!

 

[Tea Bag]

A detour would have helped !

Hi.
There is a nice Aire at Buchy. A while back you could walk the dog on the College playing fields,but they have built on them now and taken a Third of the parking space that was once the Aire. Nice village though, just a stroll away.
Tea Bag

 

[Youlostoo]

Two rolls of Gorilla Tape........ Sheeelberoitmate!

 

[Vipar]

We have one near where we live that constantly gets hit. They put up 13 warning signs. Didn't help.

Agh that’s the problem 13. Should have put 12 or 14
I blame the council

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