The traffic lights were green, there was no ringing of a warning hand-bell. Albert Gunter, the driver, travelling at a steady 12mph (19km/h), proceeded on to the bridge. Then he noticed the road ...

Last week London Bus Driver Albert Gunter, 46, knew that it was no dream. With 20 passengers in his double-decker bus, Albert was just starting across the draw in London’s Tower Bridge ...

If something similar happened today, it might sound like a publicity stunt. But for driver Albert Gunter it was more or less a matter of life or death. His number 78 bus was travelling northwards ...

Albert Gunter was driving a bus over Tower Bridge when it opened - what split-second decision did he make? In the first half of December, 1,127 vehicle stops were made as part of Operation Limit.