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From: Martin Clark, on 13 Dec 2009 18:56
Denis McMahon wrote:
>
> I can understand a scenario where the driver was concentrating on the
> road ahead to the extent that he didn't look up and see the bridge
> height, or even that it didn't register

The bridge was very close to a junction and he would have just turned
off a main road.
See "Bird's Eye View" http://is.gd/5maGL
The museum where they were heading is only a short distance away but not
in the direction that the bus was heading.

The museum is in a pedestrianised area close to a footbridge that
crosses the main road and railway. Maybe there is a coach drop-off point
on the other side of the railway? (Not an excuse, just a possible
explanation for why the bus was heading that way.)
--
Martin Clark
From: Raymond Dalgleish on 14 Dec 2009 04:45
Cynic wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:47:11 +0000, Denis McMahon
> <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> He's certainly guilty of "driving without due care and attention", it
>>> is the driver's legal responsibility to be aware of hazards and avoid
>>> them, no excuses.
>
>> Looks like there was only the one sign, on the bridge from BBC video of
>> the bus being pulled away. The driver wasn't on a normal bus route, the
>> bus was being used for a school trip.
>
>> I can understand the driver looking forwards and not up, there may have
>> been something happening (a) inside his vehicle or (b) ahead of the
>> vehicle which was occupying his attention.
>
> Bear in mind that the reports say that there was fairly dense fog at
> the time. It is possible that the bridge was not clearly visible at
> all in such conditions, and certainly the driver would have needed to
> concentrate far more than normal on the road surface ahead.
>

I work just up the hill from the bridge in question and there was
certainly no "fairly dense fog" that day. A little misty, perhaps, but
no more than that.
From: Raymond Dalgleish on 14 Dec 2009 04:46
Cynic wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:47:11 +0000, Denis McMahon
> <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> He's certainly guilty of "driving without due care and attention", it
>>> is the driver's legal responsibility to be aware of hazards and avoid
>>> them, no excuses.
>
>> Looks like there was only the one sign, on the bridge from BBC video of
>> the bus being pulled away. The driver wasn't on a normal bus route, the
>> bus was being used for a school trip.
>
>> I can understand the driver looking forwards and not up, there may have
>> been something happening (a) inside his vehicle or (b) ahead of the
>> vehicle which was occupying his attention.
>
> Bear in mind that the reports say that there was fairly dense fog at
> the time. It is possible that the bridge was not clearly visible at
> all in such conditions, and certainly the driver would have needed to
> concentrate far more than normal on the road surface ahead.
>

I work just up the hill from the bridge in question and there was
certainly no "fairly dense fog" that day. A little misty, perhaps, but
no more than that.
From: Raymond Dalgleish on 14 Dec 2009 04:47
Cynic wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:47:11 +0000, Denis McMahon
> <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> He's certainly guilty of "driving without due care and attention", it
>>> is the driver's legal responsibility to be aware of hazards and avoid
>>> them, no excuses.
>
>> Looks like there was only the one sign, on the bridge from BBC video of
>> the bus being pulled away. The driver wasn't on a normal bus route, the
>> bus was being used for a school trip.
>
>> I can understand the driver looking forwards and not up, there may have
>> been something happening (a) inside his vehicle or (b) ahead of the
>> vehicle which was occupying his attention.
>
> Bear in mind that the reports say that there was fairly dense fog at
> the time. It is possible that the bridge was not clearly visible at
> all in such conditions, and certainly the driver would have needed to
> concentrate far more than normal on the road surface ahead.
>

I work just up the hill from the bridge in question and there was
certainly no "fairly dense fog" that day. A little misty, perhaps, but
no more than that.
From: Adrian on 14 Dec 2009 04:49
Raymond Dalgleish <rwmd1NOSPAM(a)le.ac.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> I work just up the hill from the bridge in question and there was
> certainly no "fairly dense fog" that day. A little misty, perhaps, but
> no more than that.

Typical. You wait ages for a post about a bus, then four come along at
once.
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