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On a foggy night in 1952, says BBC News, Albert Gunter was driving his double-decker bus across Tower Bridge when he noticed that the road in front “seemed to be falling away”. The traffic lights were green, there was no warning bell but the bridge was going up. Deciding it was “too late to go back”, the former wartime tank-driver dropped down 2 gears, slammed his foot down and “jumped” the bus across the gap. London Transport were so impressed they gave Gunter £10 (£350 today) and a day off.
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