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Them were the days pre-shatterproof glass.
Nothing like a shard of glass flying at you to get the blood pumping lol
The local bus operator got round the problem in 1934. They built buses to fit.
superscaniaV8:
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Chalking round the wheels? Looks like he,ll be there for a while!
A5 from 1975
before they put the girders in and lowered the road
Only bridge strikes we used to hear about were double decker buses, but that pic us why I’d never travel on the top deck of one. As for making buses fit, bet that caused a bit of buttock clenching everytime they went through.
Looks like the A5 one did a proper job unlike the usual damaging the trailer and scratching the paint on the bridge sign of today. Not sure why its got a triangular sign rather than a round one though.
Wheel Nut:
The local bus operator got round the problem in 1934. They built buses to fit.
Nah, they parked the bus there and then the builder got to work. 
A couple of points. One is are vehicles higher now than they’ve ever been? In the days of flats with roping and sheeting he’s there could be some high loads, but the whole things were probably always much lower and would fit under the bridges.
Second point is that we now live in the age where it’s very easy to take photos and post them on social media for everyone to see and laugh at someone else’s mistake in some cases, and stupidity in others. Either way, we probably hear about them a lot more these days.
Meanwhile, today near Bristol, someone left this mess in the road:-
When I worked on the buses in 1970 there was a bridge in Norbiton in south west London that was about the same height as a Routemaster bus. We had to stop at the bus stop just before the bridge and then drive under it at walking pace due to the air suspension.
Snudger:
Meanwhile, today near Bristol, someone left this mess in the road:-
Would have made it threw is driven between the lines, at a guess!
Hatchet Rd
goo.gl/maps/1PiJtecTapJ2
Spardo:
Wheel Nut:
The local bus operator got round the problem in 1934. They built buses to fit.
Nah, they parked the bus there and then the builder got to work.
An early Stobbies driver, even got a girls name on the vehicle. 
waddy640:
When I worked on the buses in 1970 there was a bridge in Norbiton in south west London that was about the same height as a Routemaster bus. We had to stop at the bus stop just before the bridge and then drive under it at walking pace due to the air suspension.
Hopefully you didn’t mean this one. 
DickyNick:
…we now live in the age where it’s very easy to take photos and post them on social media for everyone to see and laugh at someone else’s mistake in some cases, and stupidity in others. Either way, we probably hear about them a lot more these days.
^^^^ This ^^^^