Picture and story says it all tbh.
http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/04/17/bus-top-deck-is-sliced-off/
Dunno why the instructor let the trainee continue down the road…
Nada.
Error 404 - Not Found. 
Don’t get it, that road is heavily signposted with height restrictions everywhere and traffic to the Ind Est is directed down the other main access road further up the 449, instructor must’ve been asleep and just let the trainee go sightseeing.
I’m pretty sure that bus doesn’t have ABS fitted to it…it’s way too old! Buses weren’t required to be fitted with ABS until Late 2001/Early 2002 under Law, and that bus is (was!) a D-Reg vehicle.
In my career driving buses I have only driven buses fitted with ABS from W-Reg onwards.
So that vehicle may not of even been upto the MTV Requirements for Driving Test purposes - I wouldn’t of thought they’d retrofit ABS to a piece of **** like that either, it’s about as adorable as the Flu virus.
Richard
At least they said “Sorry!” or at least, the bus did…
Perhaps they’ll now allow smoking on the upper deck. 
Bus’ top deck is sliced off
A learner driver turned his double decker into an open top bus — after smashing it into a low bridge near Wolverhampton today.
The entire top deck was ripped off and left lying on the road following the accident in Four Ashes.
The embarrassed National Express West Midlands driver, who was alongside an instructor and another trainee, had been following a set training route when disaster struck just before 9am on Station Drive.
The firm, formerly known as Travel West Midlands, is now investigating.
Stunned residents in the quiet village described it as “an accident waiting to happen” as many lorries and large vehicles try to use the route to get to Four Ashes Industrial Estate.
Mark Westwood, a 41-year-old self-employed farmer from Station Drive, said: “I was making myself a cup of coffee in my kitchen when I heard a loud bang, bang, bang. It was an unbelievable sight. Fortunately no-one has been injured but this was an accident waiting to happen.”
Mr Westwood revealed how only last week, half his garden wall was demolished by a continental truck trying to reverse up his drive. And he said that a training bus had been forced to turn around a couple of weeks ago when using the route.
“I think some of them think they are in single decker buses,” he said.
Helen Davies, a 57-year-old company secretary, said: “We have all taken photographs of the incident to support our case to stop large vehicles using this road.”
The bridge, which accommodates the main passenger train route from Wolverhampton to Scotland, is 12ft 3in, but the bus height is 14ft 9in. Trains were running as normal.
Stuart Henry, of National Express West Midlands, said: “We will be conducting an internal investigation.”
Staffordshire Police spokeswoman Emma Stanley said there was slight damage to a Black VW Golf and a white Astra which were travelling behind the bus.
The road was sealed off for an hour while Tipton firm RS Recovery removed the bus.
CLARKEYYYYYY !!!
The scary thing is - The bloke in the high vis - who ill just call DF to save myself getitng into trouble
WAS MY INSTRUCTOR AT TWM 
Well, at least an opology was made immediately - they have put ‘SORRY’ on the front of the bus 
ROG:
Stuart Henry, of National Express West Midlands, said: “We will be conducting an internal investigation.”
Blimey, you couldn’t make this up
They need an internal investigation to discover, …what exactly 
Let’s see…the internal investigation might need to check whether…
the bus was too high to travel under the bridge… Y/N
the bus struck the bridge… Y/N
there was an instructor on board who ought to have known the height of the bus and bridge… Y/N
the instructor should have included vehicle height awareness to the trainee during the vehicle familiarisation part of the training…Y/N
this familiarisation should have been done before setting off from base on day 1…Y/N
Some numpty of a manager told them to use a particular route…Y/N
anybody on board the bus was actually awake and looking through the windscreen…Y/N
a manager should issue a statement to say that lessons have been learned…Y/N
I wonder how long the internal investigation is estimated to last
Perhaps they should hold an internal investigation to decide whether an internal investigation is necessary, but rocket scientists need not apply… 
And in later news, the management of TWM have released a photograph of their training department.
LOL ^^ ^^
Nearly pee’d myself I laughed that much!
National Express West Midlands now recruiting for a open top deck bus driver
for tours during the summer months of bridges that have been hit check press for a bridge to low guide. remember to remind passengers to duck
also countrywide tours of bridges that have been hit by trucks
famous tight streets.
impossible country roads
a ditch to close
I like what it says on the back of the bus
We will train you to be part of our sucessful team
dieseldave:
Let’s see…the internal investigation might need to check whether…the instructor should have included vehicle height awareness to the trainee during the vehicle familiarisation part of the training…Y/N
He did - "this bus is too high to fit under that bridge and if you try go under it …
just like that"