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Awesome video man, I respect the detailed talk you gave us here. The amount of effort it takes to do those shots u did let a lone editing it all together with your voice takes a lot man. well done. You are a awesome guy and you have a purpose in this world, u belong here remember that. keep going man!

No better man for the job. Always positive vibes Leonard!

glad your happy in your job, keep driving!

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Good stuff!! I love the honesty and transparency!

Great video about how you came up to this point

Might see you next week leonard xx I’ve applied actually really excited. Im a real people person

You are such a great person. ❤

I joined buses after after COVID because the company I used to work cut most of departments even some branch closures. My best decision so far, it’s not perfect but it pay the bills.

I live in Dublin and these bridge strikes with buses seem to be fairly rare compared to the UK. Firstly there's not a lot of low bridges in Dublin and secondly routes we don't have any routes that go under low bridges that use single decker buses as nearly all the buses in Dublin are double decker so they have to take that into account when planning routes.

I worked for Stagecoach Manchester as a bus driver I enjoyed my time there

Great POV ,thanks You’re right in saying that it’s a great job , but the shift patterns need to be changed to one that is less tiring . Thanks again for your POV

What an honest and truthful and caring person you are with the public riding along on your bus route. I can feel the passion in the statements you have made in your videos. And I live in Toronto, Canada. Cheers!!

Thanks for the local information

As a guy who lives locally, Lower road has been nothing but hell for the past 3 or so years. The council 'apparently' has plans to remove parking on that stretch of road and to 'review' the one way system on Cope street, but I'm not 100% sure that will solve the problem. Personally I think they will have to rip out the cycle lane on lower road and divert it through Rotherhithe old road - Bush road - Bestwood street. But that costs money 🙃 I'm not going to even mention the recent 'Roadworks'

Sir, you look sharp, good to see you wearing tie & nice shirt !

The traffic in surrey quays, Greenwich and blackheath common are terrible and its due to LTN's and cycle lanes. The one way system in surrey quays has been made horrendous with the cycle lane that has been put in. Wait until the tunnels start charging and cars start heading to Rotherhite and tower bridge!! it will get so much worse

I thought that was a Jawa Sandcrawler parked there by the river... I had to do a double take! LOL

I see 47 just going to bermondsey dockhead just bc of the Surrey quays traffic I've tend to notice there always temporary lights by Surrey quays leisure park canada street and seven islands area. Me personally the cycle lane has made it worse ever since 2020 it's all the time and also the recent diversion there was so much traffic bc all the buses was clogged up by canada street and Surrey quays leisure park I didn't understand why 47 and 188 didn't go straight on from Surrey quays road through Rotherhithe police station and onto lower road surrey quays station and the 381 should of went straight through onto the bridge instead of going into canada water I think they did that because of canada water but it was uncessary

It doesn’t make sense for the box to be so big. How are you going to drive through this without stopping in this box. I’ve been fined multiple times by a box junctions it’s extremely frustrating.

It's no conspiracy theory to say that TfL deliberately create these situations so they can impose financial penalties on those who ' transgress' out of sheer frustration. Whether it still exists or not, I don't know, but there was a box junction in Battersea Bridge Road which was their main moneymaker, with hundreds of motorists being fined daily. Watch a UA-cam video of Amsterdam city centre and see a seamless network of tram lines, cycle lanes and car/van/lorry lanes, all running mormally, no road works visible usually. Every new road scheme here makes things worse for the majority of people just trying to go about their business. The plight of the bus passenger (and driver) gets worse by the month. Traffic planners, of whom there is no shortage, think they have to justify their existence by changing things all the time. In a just world, most of them would find their services were no longer required. It's absolutely why this country's economy is screwed, big time.

Trust me, TFL and the people who work there come up with these ideas that is ruining London in my view, making roads smaller with there stupid cycle lanes. Slows things down, stupid 20mph speed limits as well.

I think I saw you today driving the 47

Ie no more behind the wheel stuff?

Hi bro, have you been hit by the fallout from the Dale Charman affair too as you are TFL employee too?

Propper old LT Garage

Hi. Can I ask as a fan of yours, do TFL no longer take cash? I'm confused because it looks like passengers just tap a card when they board the bus, but how does the machine know what to debit from the card if no destination is stated by the passenger? Do they have to tap out when they exit the bus?

Legally the height should be there so Croydon Council are in the wrong

Getting correct and adequate signage would be a start before any electronic warning system. Signs around the area are small or incorrect according to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions.

I think the issue can be solved by stopping double deckers from using Portland Road altogether. Now Go Ahead could just put SD's instead of DD's on the 197 but it's quite a busy and long route so that would now go down well with passengers at all. So I would suggest swapping the 197 and 410 routing between Addiscombe and Norwood Junction so that the DD's on the 197 don't even go near the bridge while still serving Norwood Junction.

Speaking following a fairly lengthy bus driving career, there should be several 'safety measures' in place. Firstly, NO double deckers should be allocated to Route 197. Secondly, if the Controller has no choice but to put a decker onto that route, he/she should only give that Duty to a 197 experienced driver and they should also remind the driver of the low bridge and remind the driver that they MUST take a right turn immediately before the low bridge. And thirdly, on the Duty Card there should be a note (in capitals and bold print) at the timing point/bus stop prior to the low bridge that they are now approaching the low bridge and so the driver must turn right. I believe if any of these measures were introduced by Stagecoach or any other bus operating company, then the chances of a 'bus strike' would be eradicated. Keep up the good work Len - and say 'hi' to JH in Control for me - thanks.....

If over height vehicle hits the bridge now, surely the council are partly responsible for not sign posting it? Standard height of a bridge is 16ft 6” If it is dark you wouldn’t be able to tell now low the bridge is.

Driving an articulated lorry with a 15'9" trailer concentrates the mind! I have been doing deliveries on that road for a good few decades now and have seen some very close calls when it comes to making contact with that bridge, what I have seen is quite a few rear end shunts when the over-height vehicles have come to a sudden stop !

Driving in London is very Stressful looking at different things I can see how this could happen. It's About time they had a good Warning light before the bridgeTelling you , you're over height Not that difficult to install considering.How many cameras are Being put up around london. Especially with health and safety risk assessments need to be looked at again for that bridge.

When you mentioned Croydon Council putting up signs, that is the broke council! I am not a bus driver, though I have friends who are, plus one who works with and knows you. I wonder if the driver has been working on single deckers, and like you said, forgot he was in a double decker? As you said, some drivers go into automatic mode! Network rail must have some part to play since a bridge strike can affect the train services!

I can only think that the drivers mind was elsewhere at the time but there can be no excuse for hitting a clearly signposted low bridge. The sign must have got knocked off in the incident but it should have been replaced by now. The low bridges at Shortlands and at Tulse Hill have electronic warning signs but still get hit regularly by overheight vehicles.

Flashing signs may deter some drivers, but not all - the infamous 11'8" bridge in Durham, NC, had traffic lights and an electronic sign that lit up if sensors determined the vehicle approaching was too low, but still regularly got hit. It's since been raised to 12'4" as a result of railway reprofiling, but still gets the occasional hit... As for the missing sign on the one side, I wonder how long ago that side was last struck? It wouldn't surprise me if the local council are reactive rather than proactive, so only order a new sign once the previous one's been hit and damaged, rather than having a spare sign or two in stock ready to replace asap.

SURELY there should be a system that DOES NOT allocate a Double Decker to ANY Rail Replacement bus on that route?

By law the bridge should have the bridge hight sign ?

It’s because those 197 drivers are careless.I’ve seen those Go-ahead London drive fast as well

I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. As a Londoner, now living in Skegness, your videos also bring back memories of my time living in Thamesmead but working in Lewisham and Catford. I hope one day you will be able to make Bus Driver POV videos. But your videos show that there is a great deal more to driving a bus, all the paperwork etc.

Either way is it not a legal requirement to clearly sign any bridge that is in lower than 5m in height? Perhaps they could consider something similar to train with a warning alarm in the cab when approaching a low bridge to alert the driver of the danger.

Guessing the drivers of both 197's ended up sacked mainly for writing off a company vechile. And obviously putting passengers safety at risk!

I drove at Catford back in the late nineties, once trained an Orangatan could do the job..but…to sustain a consistent level of driving and service for years, that takes maturity and a sensible person

I think the sign was knocked off because if you go to google maps it shows a sign 3 months ago also that yellow and black stripes have not been replaced since 2008

Hitting a bridge is the worst fear you can have driving a decker, it can be easy to forget the top bit if you’re not switched on. I think what contributes to that bridge being hit so many times is as you said the turn you’re meant to take is right on the bridge which leaves the driver zero room for error. We’ve all missed a turn and as soon as we have that’s woke us up cause now we’ve got to get back on route however there you miss the turn and boom you’ve hit the bridge. Hope the driver is ok.

Hi there my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't most of you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 210, 275, 168, 20, 125, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 217 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Cummins L10, Gardner 6LXC and those Leyland 680 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for instance the 121, N26, N29 and 123 and will also be include the North London and also would be including the East London Bus Route like for example the 221 Bus Route Number 86 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N26, 86, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N73 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? Do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and will also include Living in areas such as East London Pretty Please? It is going to be one of each of the Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.

We dont get type training, its just a quick "theres your bus, this is how it works, good luck bye!"

Hi brother! Its me the guy who saluted you at Cambridge drive whilst u were driving 621 but yh I'm assuming my friend came up to you and said that I watch your videos quite often and I saluted u but yeah, please make a video driving the 621 or a POV Thanks!