Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:27:48 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com> Subject: Re: bye bye saab hello routemaster bus
Zon wrote: > > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamfitter.com> wrote in message > news:401E3339.2172D19Cnopsamfitter.com... > > > > Be careful going under bridges though. This has resulted in terrible > accidents > > in the past. > > Oh yes, that's right. One friend of mine, who works for British Secret > Service, had that kind of trouble couple of decades ago. James drove under > too low bridge, lost whole second floor and ended up to a pond with the bus. > Well, he said he was on a business trip and in the middle of some sort of a > tricky situation that involved guns and everything when that happened. > Anyway, we have called him James The Pond ever since. > > BR:Z I remember there was a case on an ordinary bus route. A new driver was unfamiliar with the route and took the wrong turn that lead under a bridge. 16 passengers was killed on the second floor.