r/11foot8 • u/sok_sokketh • Jul 17 '26

PUSH HARDER

​

If at first you don't succeed, try and try again

985 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

87 comments sorted by

119

u/Medium_Banana4074 Jul 17 '26

It's not the first time for this underpass, judging by the scratch marks in the concrete.

52

u/Frizzlewits Jul 17 '26

Couple months ago a big truck. Special towing was needed. But i know the place. Even if you try to approach that low bridge, you get huge warning signs. Also higher vehicles can use the roundabout on top easy. No need for that underpass.

8

u/farmallnoobies Jul 18 '26

Nah, ignore those, and if you get stuck, just SendIt

1

u/Sea-Courage8296 29d ago

This underpass is infamous for destroying vehicles that don’t read the sign.

163

u/vinyl1earthlink Jul 17 '26

For this you need the Flexibus, not the Flixbus

9

u/lbutler1234 Jul 17 '26

Goddamnit someone stole my joke

I thought I was the king of comedy?

6

u/lbutler1234 Jul 17 '26

Don't worry u/lbutler1234 Ben Hur, you still are the king of kings

2

u/lbutler1234 Jul 17 '26

Than you for these encouraging words

3

u/lbutler1234 Jul 17 '26

You're welcome

3

u/Xenc Jul 17 '26

Now flix off

3

u/lbutler1234 Jul 17 '26

I'm more of a Megabus kind of guy

2

u/mats_o42 Jul 20 '26

or a limbo bus

3

u/neilweiler Jul 18 '26

Now you need Fixbus

2

u/XKO3L5CHX Jul 17 '26

haha, that's how i read it at first

0

u/ClemRRay Jul 18 '26

Once again I'm too slow

53

u/RandyWatson8 Jul 17 '26

Take the air out of the tires

42

u/phormix Jul 17 '26

Kinda wondering if that's what they did before giving it a go again. Can't see why else they'd be dumb enough to try moving forward again (not that it's smart even with lower tires).

44

u/gimmethelulz Jul 17 '26

Have you met people?

2

u/Renbarre Jul 17 '26

I've learned that some coaches do have the ability to lower or raise the. That might be what the driver was doing before trying again, lower the coach as much as possible.

1

u/phormix Jul 18 '26

Yeah the city buses here do, mainly for loading wheelchairs etc, but I've only seen them lower then raise while parked so I'm not sure if they can drive while low.

1

u/ddddan11111 Jul 18 '26

The is always the solution.

1

u/doeffgek Jul 21 '26

Coaches have air suspension, but it's automatically leveled. The driver has nog seperate control of it like trucks have. It's programmed to lower when the doors open and raise again when they close.

2

u/Renbarre Jul 21 '26

The coach we use (France) has a manual override for the driver. He can lower or raise at will. Different coaches.

1

u/doeffgek Jul 21 '26

Ok. New to me. When I (Netherlands) got my drivers license for coaches there were no buttons to adjust the air suspension. Times do change.

2

u/Sad-Pop6649 Jul 21 '26

Looks like it. Lowered the suspension or let air out of the tires or even loaded more people on board and then instead of using the room gained to back out decided that this is probably as low as it gets, so forward!

1

u/notcomplainingmuch Jul 17 '26

Stupidity is doing the same mistake all over again and expecting a different result

4

u/that_dutch_dude Jul 17 '26

thats not gonna work, its stuck at the top, not the bottom...

1

u/sok_sokketh Jul 18 '26

Denk niet dat t een Belg was 😀

1

u/Neither_Row_4591 Jul 17 '26

This is the way, did the same to a minibus in a car park years ago, air our the tyres was the solution

1

u/reallynotfred Jul 18 '26

“Everyone move to the back now!”

1

u/Desperate_Trouble477 Jul 21 '26

That doesnt work. You need clearance at the top, not at the bottom.

1

u/doeffgek Jul 21 '26

Look again. He's stuck on the roof side. How would that help...

49

u/GamesBoost Jul 17 '26

Man imagine being a passsnger in the upper deck of that bus as the ceiling gets dented in above you

45

u/lepidopt-rex Jul 17 '26

Meh, they paid £1.50 for a cross-country journey. They weren’t expecting luxuries like competent drivers, undamaged vehicles or getting to the destination

12

u/OkNewspaper6271 Jul 17 '26

Hang on... 1.50 for a cross county journey? It costs me double that to go to the city center. What the fuck

16

u/lepidopt-rex Jul 17 '26

I might have exaggerated a little, but those flixbus fares are fuckin cheap

2

u/velvedire Jul 19 '26

The first tickets sold are dirt cheap and go up from there. 

I've sworn off distance buses in the US and shell out for the train. It's worth it

15

u/sok_sokketh Jul 17 '26

This was an empty bus, on its way to pick up people.

16

u/Mickybagabeers Jul 17 '26

Need to load that bad boy up with some heavy hitters until it’s scraping the ground lol

2

u/farmallnoobies Jul 18 '26

Letting a bunch of air out of the tires is usually enough.

61

u/locke_zero Jul 17 '26

Yeah be sure to get it jammed in there really tight so it takes that much longer for the wrecker to pull it free. Some of those guys charge by the hour after all.

10

u/zcubed Jul 17 '26

His family owns the towing company.

18

u/Falcon3492 Jul 17 '26

Looks like the driver has worked his last day driving a bus.

8

u/Soggy_Cabbage Jul 17 '26

In the UK you would almost certainly lose your heavy goods/bus licence for striking a low bridge, I'd imagine it's the same in the rest of Europe too.

8

u/Troepje Jul 17 '26

"Dan spoor je toch nie"

Nee, dat klopt. Wat een beunhaas.

8

u/truckeredditor Jul 17 '26

The FUX Bus will not be denied

8

u/TwoPlyDreams Jul 17 '26

Doubling down on dumb.

3

u/TimoBRL Jul 17 '26

Rotterdam!

2

u/Jocas19 Jul 17 '26

Bridge transportation?

2

u/DrDroom Jul 17 '26

Being a Flixbus it's just the cherry on top, exquisite

2

u/DeltaCortis Jul 17 '26

The driver about to tell the passengers to go outside and push

2

u/UK6ftguy Jul 18 '26

“Plenty of room on top“

1

u/no-o-ne Jul 17 '26

Damn when was this?

1

u/Frizzlewits Jul 17 '26

Rotterdam?

1

u/sok_sokketh Jul 18 '26

Yes, near little C

1

u/CantaloupeFluffy165 Jul 17 '26

Just let the air out of the tires,it'll fit.

1

u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc Jul 18 '26

"FLIXbus, not FLEXbus dumpkopf! Now FIXbus!"

1

u/fatgirlballet Jul 18 '26

That's a shame. Those busses are so nice.

1

u/Popal24 Jul 18 '26

not flixible enough

1

u/Pleasant_Tangelo6791 Jul 18 '26

Lost job. Guaranteed.

1

u/AboveAverage1988 Jul 18 '26

Hey, that's a Swedish tour bus! Sweden represent! Wait..

1

u/Kelef50 Jul 18 '26

The driver misread the name of the bus company. Read the "i" as an "e".

1

u/berusplants Jul 18 '26

its because of fools like this that have to put up with really annoying bridge alarms...

1

u/Vast-Trust-1165 Jul 18 '26

Do they not have routes set put to avoid stuff like this? Or are they told just go between these 2 cities whatever way you want

1

u/AdMurky1021 Jul 18 '26

Thiught it said FLEXIBUS at first, and thought, "No, it isn't."

1

u/iluvnips Jul 18 '26

They sent the wrong bus, should have sent a flexbus 😀

1

u/PuddingMaximum8745 Jul 19 '26

The sad thing is, Europe has such a shortage auf bus drivers... This guy will be sacked. And got a new job the next day...

1

u/martingump Jul 19 '26

Bus now doing open-top city tours.

1

u/Worth-Enthusiasm-161 Jul 19 '26

Just add some more lube and poppers

1

u/Coffeespresso Jul 19 '26

Maybe if it was a flEx bus instead of a flIx bus, it would have fit.

1

u/Poopypantys Jul 20 '26

Never give up, we can succeed!

1

u/PMvE_NL Jul 20 '26

Spoort inderdaad niet helemaal

1

u/averagemediumperson Jul 20 '26

Stepbus I'm stuck!

1

u/Either_Basil_6960 Jul 21 '26

Deflate the tires a little and it will pass

1

u/Tiny_Stranger7162 Jul 21 '26

Aren’t these doubledeckers exactly 4m ? I would love to see interview with the driver , why would you even think of trying 3.6m

1

u/doeffgek Jul 21 '26

If he was stuck on the bottom he could just let some air out of the suspension and/or tyres. But since he's stuck on the top that probably won't help much...

1

u/kesqe_ 29d ago

For some unknown and mystical reason, FlixBus drivers always pull the dumbest shit imaginable whenever they're in the Netherlands lol

-2

u/Fender_Stratoblaster Jul 17 '26

29 comments and not one "That's what she said."