It's very rare that drones are allowed close to Tower Bridge, and also very rare that anyone outside the Tower Bridge organisation gets to push the buttons - so thank you very much to everyone involved in making this video happen!

@idgf_lucx

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

@AmigaX

2 жыл бұрын

E

@idgf_lucx

2 жыл бұрын

*Love you tom*

@Giga44

2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool Scott bro!

@realbaconproductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Keep up with the amazing content

Holding up the U.S. President’s motorcade by raising Tower Bridge sounds like part of a terrorist kidnapping plot straight out of a movie.

@LadyLexyStarwatcher

2 жыл бұрын

Instead we got a lovely letter thanking them for the spectacle.

@CaptNSquared

2 жыл бұрын

@@LadyLexyStarwatcher The terrorists were to distracted looking at the bridge to kidnap the president.

@MrVickesson

2 жыл бұрын

@@yt45204 vilken film? :)

@MasterHigure

2 жыл бұрын

@@yt45204 Jönssonligan? It sounds very much like them.

@AltonV

2 жыл бұрын

@@MasterHigure yes

I feel like this would be a good plot device in a heist movie. Hire a tall boat and block the target by raising the bridge.

@stephencolbourne44

2 жыл бұрын

Never mind movie

@flooku987

2 жыл бұрын

Payday 2?

@henrikericsson

2 жыл бұрын

Was a plot point in one of Jönssonligan. They put a flagpole on a sailboat

@tommihommi1

2 жыл бұрын

Money transports and such know the schedule ahead of time and avoid getting stopped by the bridge

@skrimper

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommihommi1 well duh, it would be a rogue boat. They wouldn't know it was coming until it was too late and they have to raise it so it doesn't collide

Tom: You ever tempted to just raise it when slow walkers are on it? Bridge Operator: The law REQUIRES I answer no

@ezekiel0606

2 жыл бұрын

is this from the incredibles?

@taylrthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

Or in the words of mighty keef, not legally but yes

I love what the tower operator says at the end "Done this hundreds of times, and I still get a kick out of it" Great job Tom

@madsduus4637

2 жыл бұрын

:)

@lemonmaster8933

2 жыл бұрын

@becibooable1 aren't you

@lemonmaster8933

2 жыл бұрын

@becibooable1 why not?

@Malakhaido

2 жыл бұрын

Buzz*

@lemonmaster8933

2 жыл бұрын

@becibooable1 getting under my skin? Good one make me a coffee while you are at it thanks 🤣🤣🤣

love that this was uploaded as tower bridge is currently stuck

@randaranatunga7259

2 жыл бұрын

“Coincidence?……. I think not”

@ToppyTree

2 жыл бұрын

Tom must be trying to boost the views

@safe-keeper1042

2 жыл бұрын

"Oh, we got this amateur to do the lift part and now the bloody thing doesn't work."

@woutervanr

2 жыл бұрын

Ha, well then the ending "Right, how do we get this back down" is very fitting 😂

@foobars3816

2 жыл бұрын

Tom pushed the button wrong!

"so what do you do for a living?" "I drive a bridge." "You drive across a bridge?" "No, I drive the bridge."

@FeedsNoSliesMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like that's something more interesting to tell people about than it is to do.

@Liggliluff

2 жыл бұрын

With a joystick

@Zraknul

2 жыл бұрын

I have a large console of buttons and a joy stick. No I'm not talking about Euro Bridge simulator 4.

I absolutely love the interface design: You literally hit the buttons left to right in order. Just a really simple user design.

@Great_King_Rat

Жыл бұрын

Probably designed by a Bridge Driver, instead of some £4k/hour "Consultant"...

@dellekom

Жыл бұрын

Actially a dial with steps might be more logical as all steps depend on each other

@Niamh9902

Жыл бұрын

@@Great_King_Rat probably an engineer

@VoxelLoop

7 ай бұрын

@@dellekom Also from a software developer perspective, all the buttons being an identical colour and shape with a label distinguishing them is usually a bad idea. :)

@ziggybadans

6 ай бұрын

Yep this is exactly how passenger jet plane controls work too! For most operations when setting up the plane you just go left to right, top to bottom.

Tom, have you just released this video at the exact moment that Tower Bridge is stuck open and causing massive delays? Surely this can't be...

@tomepsilon

2 жыл бұрын

It's called timing

@grass904

2 жыл бұрын

@@deadaccount2048 shut up

@plagah

2 жыл бұрын

@@deadaccount2048 shut up

@diamondpi4121

2 жыл бұрын

@@deadaccount2048 stop

@noah4822

2 жыл бұрын

@@plagah let him have his fun

Tom’s timing is so fortunate. The last time the bridge was stuck was a year ago. Now it’s very likely that his video will gain more traffic as people look up the bridge and how it works due to this incident.

@redryder3721

2 жыл бұрын

"More traffic". Heh heh, I see what you did there.

@ryshow9118

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you've got to make the algorithm work for you, even if that means *accidentally" dropping a wrench in a draw bridge 🤣

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

@@redryder3721 Traffic causes traffic.

@Karmy.

2 жыл бұрын

You're still everywhere huh

@jasbails9857

2 жыл бұрын

"Planning"

Tom: "Right, how do we get this back down?" International news: "London’s Tower Bridge stuck open after technical failure, causing traffic disruptions"

@chelsey8737

2 жыл бұрын

I immediately came to check and see if anyone said anything about it! So funny 🤣

@sydssolanumsamsys

2 жыл бұрын

even the proffessionals don't know

3:50 I wish more people understood that this applies to many fields, so many think that some jobs are easy like this or even a pilot, then they say something like "you get paid 50k to press buttons all year?! Sign me up!" When in reality the job is 100x more complicated and the reason why you get paid 50k is because you have years of experience that will make sure you can fix stuff when things go wrong.

Tom: "I'm terrified I've pressed a wrong button" News a few hours later: Tower Bridge stuck in open position after "technical failure"

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

"We're having Technical Difficulties"

@ThatSux

2 жыл бұрын

That's timing .. 🤷🏻‍♂️👍

@king999art

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonatasAdoM ok, give this person biscuits!

@theunknown4834

2 жыл бұрын

A few hours ealier**

@monochromedevdle5697

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonatasAdoM *** M Y S T E R Y B I S C U T S ***

At least Tom showed the bridge going back down. Otherwise this would be quite the funny story of how Tom unintentionally broke Tower Bridge.

@abarratt8869

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, his clip of it "closing" is just the clip of it opening played backwards. It's Tom's desparate attempt to not get blamed...

@Gurfi28

2 жыл бұрын

„Unintentionally“ i refuse to believe that

@mishXY

2 жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated coincidences of a millennium for sure

@mishXY

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gurfi28 how did you do the lower version of " ? Not even with a German keyboard would I know that.

@AlexusMaximusDE

2 жыл бұрын

So, how do we get this back down? *Curb your enthusiasm theme starts playing* - *screenshots of new articles about the stuck bridge are being shown while the theme plays* - *roll CYE credits*

I used to be a London tour guide. When we did coach or bus tours it was considered extremely lucky to be caught as the bridge was being raised, the tourists love it. we would take the tourists out of the bus onto the pavement to take photos (very naughty I know) but you were almost guaranteed a tip when you got to the Tower of London.

I'm from St. Petersburg and we have 12 drawn bridges in the city, it's a big tourist attraction too. But they are drawn according to a schedule and always at night (for most of the night though, with short breaks), so the boats and ships just have to wait until that time if they can't fit under the closed bridge during the day and the cars have to wait until closing gaps at night. It also only happens during summer, because, well, in the winter Neva is frozen.

Tom is living all of our childhood dreams. Pressing big buttons to lift drawbridges, climbing wind turbines, filming volcanoes, making fireworks...

@QuantumLeclerc

2 жыл бұрын

Blowing up manhole covers, going on expeditions to find Icelandic islands, swimming in powerplant waste water, etc

@MrFriendlyCsgoContent

2 жыл бұрын

@@QuantumLeclerc shame it cost thousands if not hundreds of thousands to do all of it

@lilacbuni

2 жыл бұрын

The only one I've done is gone up a wind turbine (from inside) on a school trip

@Jason-Clark235

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilacbuni lucky

@lilacbuni

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jason-Clark235 i guess but we were very scared, it shakes violently inside and is very loud but the view at the top is amazing

Tower Bridge is currently stuck open. I refuse to believe this a coincidence and cannot possibly comment on the allegations that Tom is secretly Lord Commander of Bridges and Yeoman of London Traffic.

@YourPhysicsSimulator

2 жыл бұрын

"There are no accidents" - Master Oogway

@woutervanr

2 жыл бұрын

This is just one of the many steps in Tom's easy 1337 point plan to take over the world. Don't worry, it's already too late to stop him anyway.

@Vonononie

2 жыл бұрын

“Technical failure” is actually Tom furiously pressing the button

@calebosborn9527

2 жыл бұрын

That's crazy. it actually is.

@GmodPlusWoW

2 жыл бұрын

It's kinda hilarious that it happened shortly after Tom posted this video. Alexa, play Frolic by Luciano Michelini.

I love how there is a joystick and not up and down buttons. Also how they determine 45 degrees with the iron works is awesome.

@weeardguy

2 жыл бұрын

I guess that the joystick provides a more gentle start and stop in hardware instead of a rather complex electronic solution to get the motors to start and stop gently.

@weberman173

Жыл бұрын

holding a joystick is easier then keeping a button pressed down on the human, among having mor gradual controll if needed

@Ihaveagasmask

Жыл бұрын

When I saw the joy stick I was thinking of someone using it like an arcade

@TheOtherBill

Жыл бұрын

@@Ihaveagasmask Like playing pinball with the Giant Asteroid of Death.

It’s said that Tom still hadn’t figured out how to get tower bridge back down

"It takes years of training to be a bridge operator" I believe it. Not because it's actually a difficult job, most of that time is spent training yourself to resist the urge NOT to raise the bridge when the worlds slowest pedestrians are walking over it.

@thegardenofeatin5965

2 жыл бұрын

Before you're allowed to be in charge of the draw bridge, you have to be bored with it.

@misham6547

2 жыл бұрын

Surprise bike jump ramp?

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

@@misham6547 If you miss there is a river below. That could work.

@karl-erlendmikalsen5159

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonatasAdoM But a concrete slab held up with a steel beam right ahead. That works less.

@isoroxuk

2 жыл бұрын

Or when Meatloaf is driving a bus

I love that you're allowed to delay thousands of people moving in the country's capital so that one small sailing boat can travel at most 900m up the river. The pinnacle of British right of way laws.

@Hoaxe72

2 жыл бұрын

God I love Britain

@OhSome1HasThisName

2 жыл бұрын

hopefully it breaking down today won't cause any changes to that law

@jonathanbott87

2 жыл бұрын

In Chicago we have a number of draw bridges and one includes a subway line on the upper deck - the bridge is actively raised, and the trains get a red light and have to wait.

@draknusdesderdus7506

2 жыл бұрын

This law is the same here in America. Bridge designers just design around it nowadays.

@marshallsuber3346

2 жыл бұрын

Money always come before people. Thus is the way of the world.🤑

I love the last question: "How do we get this back down?" That's the million dollar question. They'll let you know when they've figured it out.

PLEASE tell me that it was Tom’s lift that had the technical failure causing the bridge to be stuck open for hours yesterday. (Although with editing time, I guess this was actually shot days or even weeks ago) Would have been a great ending to the video if it HAD been him !

@dh2032

2 жыл бұрын

I was wounding that also watch news link, and then see tom's video, hum, that seems to much of a coincidence to me? ¯\(°_o)/¯

@loreleihillard5078

2 жыл бұрын

I'd assume this was filmed ahead of time

@sasmalprasanjit2764

2 жыл бұрын

It's Still Stuck

@n646n

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no.

Lame villain idea: As an owner of a large boat, they periodically send demands to the local council for money, threatening to exercise their right of way and mildly inconvenience city goers by making them have to wait for the bridge if their demands aren't met.

@joeyverliesharen

2 жыл бұрын

@@farmingthetnt8081 yes, that's the point. It is completely legal for them to cause traffic jams with all the associated economic consequences, and the only way to stop them, is to to meet their demands.

@f_f_f_8142

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeyverliesharen intent matters, it is perfectly legal to cross with the goal to get to the other side, it is not legal to cross with the goal of creating disruption. That also holds for pedestrians using traffic lights. In Germany it is even illegal to drive around in your car without a purpose.

@adrianroed2178

2 жыл бұрын

@@farmingthetnt8081 Lease a large boat and plan routes through the bridge as often as possible. Once complaints start coming in, start a gofundme page for a smaller, better boat that won't need the bridge lifted to move through. Now you've done nothing illegal if people decide to support you in your endeavor to get a smaller boat.

@XaviMacBash

2 жыл бұрын

wheres Gary Brannan when you need him

@toledoseahawks3348

2 жыл бұрын

@@f_f_f_8142 It is only illegal inside city limits.

I was half hoping Tom somehow parked a small boat under the bridge while trying to recording a video and somehow managed to hold up traffic

@onezerosevensix

2 жыл бұрын

😐

@Kingdaybreak

2 жыл бұрын

I to was hoping for this

@andrewmorris483

2 жыл бұрын

I was whole hoping, not half.

@jj_am10

2 жыл бұрын

.

@AirQuotes

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

I have a feeling that laughing no after you asked him if he's ever tempted was actually a "yes, but I'll lose my job if I say that"

"I've done hundreds of lifts and I still get a buzz out of it." How could you not? I would be giddy every time I got to push those buttons and see the bridge lift up.

@adrianthoroughgood1191

2 жыл бұрын

I've got a 6ft x 12ft electric rolling gate and it gives me a kick to stand at an upstairs window and press the button on the remote and watch it go!

"How do we get this back down?" Tom asks... Apparently, we don't.

@thegardenofeatin5965

2 жыл бұрын

I notice the video went mighty quiet at that point.

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegardenofeatin5965 Indeed it ended right at that moment.

@acasccseea4434

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! The news this morning was Tom Scott might have broke the bridge!

@pdrg

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect that'll be Tom Scott's next film...

@aquual1462

2 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is tha the bridge got stuck the next day after the video release

"Right, how do we get this back down?" That's what half of London is asking right now

@amahlaka

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😅

@SeanBZA

2 жыл бұрын

Very, very carefully I would hope.

@Robinthefox88

2 жыл бұрын

I would say give it a bit of time, maybe a cold shower coming in from the north, and if it hasn't gone down after 4 hours go see a doctor. :D

6:42 I like that little blue boat. Just passing by.

This is the kind of stuff I love this channel for: a common occurrence you take for granted, that actually has a ton of thought and infrastructure put behind it.

Tom puts out a video about Ocado's automated packing robots, two weeks later one of the robots shorts out and causes a fire in the warehouse. Tom puts out a video of him raising Tower Bridge (which was clearly shot a while ago) and within 24 hours Tower Bridge is stuck open. Clearly the Tom Scott curse is real.

@kaboomgaming4255

2 жыл бұрын

what's next?! Launching a satellite but it explodes?

@crocodile2006

2 жыл бұрын

Next Episode: How I accidentally caused the nuclear holocaust

@joeyoest1105

2 жыл бұрын

Curse? What if it's all a grand plan a la Unbreakable? Maybe Tom's orchestrating these technical disasters looking for someone worthy of taking the tech-communicator reins.

@Geert2682

2 жыл бұрын

we also haven't heard from Iceland in a while

@adrianthoroughgood1191

2 жыл бұрын

"If this pump ever breaks down part of Germany will be flooded" "Damn you Tom Scott!"

'If you've got the bridge up in the air and it breaks down' Couldn't be better timed.

5:30 Tom:Terrified i pushed the wrong button Few hours later:Bridge being jammed

The vertical road reminds me a bit of Inception.

I greatly appreciate Tom's obvious joy at getting to push the buttons.

@MothGM

2 жыл бұрын

Same

As the timing is incredibly convenient I'd like to know: Did Tom bring the scheduling of this video forward to capitalise on trending traffic upon hearing news that Tower Bridge is currently stuck open? It's just too good to be a coincidence

@typemasters2871

2 жыл бұрын

Most likely coincidence because it looks like the video was available for supporters about a week before

@adamallcorn8762

2 жыл бұрын

Yo lmao, did not expect to see you here Nice

@kubak3381

2 жыл бұрын

This video has been recorded on the 17th of July so it's rather unlikely that they'd be waiting that long to release just a 7min video

@krmr

2 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you here!

@HowP88

2 жыл бұрын

@@typemasters2871 surely if it was already available for supporters it is less likely to be a coincidence as it is easier to bring the public release forward than to rush the final production 🤔

5:20 I think this is the most malicious thing Tom has ever and will ever say. I loved the giddiness; I felt it despite the masking of the giant grin.

@user-xw4mu6nz4t

2 жыл бұрын

Someone clearly hasn't watched some of his older videos...

I can't believe you caused it to be stuck open. Classic Tom.

Description: “It’s a working, lifting bridge.” Release time: *lemme stop you right there*

@Jason-Clark235

2 жыл бұрын

Lifting bridge yes working bridge no

@kennarajora6532

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed that as well.

@electron8262

2 жыл бұрын

It definitely is a bridge that opens, it's just not a bridge that closes anymore.

I love how casual the interactions between Tom and his recording crew and these workers are. It always feels like they’re just talking to an old mate about their job.

@ianshaliczer

2 жыл бұрын

Tom has a remarkable talent for finding people with really interesting jobs who are all really enthusiastic about them, but probably never get much of a chance to talk about them. Tom also has a real gift for interviewing people, the perfect mix of respectful deference to their expertise, a casual conversational style that gets even the most taciturn people to open up, and a great ear for translating technical jargon into everyday language. I want to live in a world where Tom Scott has a half-hour series on the BBC.

@uknowngamer1017

2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of dirty jobs, just less dirty and with a younger, better haired, Mike rowe

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

_That's_ what makes Tom Scott videos what they are.

@tylerphuoc2653

2 жыл бұрын

@@uknowngamer1017 And also, he's never been a correspondent on PragerU, while the dirty jobs guy sure has

@iankemp1131

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianshaliczer Spot on!

Goddammit, Tom! You broke it! Did you see the news today (August 10)? The bridge got stuck open.

Love that river traffic still has priority to get to such a short stretch of water up to the next bridge and that it’s still governed by an act of Parliament. In a world that’s slowly becoming homogenised and sterilised it’s great to still have quirks like that.

"Are you ever tempted to just started raising at this point?" *nervous chuckling* "no"

@twistedtachyon5877

2 жыл бұрын

Heh. Falls nicely into the category of "jokes engineers don't make".

@Zraknul

2 жыл бұрын

"I would like to keep my job, so I'm going to say no"

@koenven7012

6 ай бұрын

Due to a misunderstanding years ago, I'm now legally obliged to say 'No'.

I thought this would be a real-time "How I broke Tower Bridge" video. Impeccable timing.

This is a crazy coincidence that this video is uploaded on the 9th August and that main UK news on the 9th August, is that Tower Bridge is stuck open

As a videographer & editor for 30 years, excellent job!

I can imagine one day Tom will tour the International space station. This chap will go far.

@SC-RGX7

2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait

@66Kusmu

2 жыл бұрын

International Space Station space station

@rufusgreenleaf2466

2 жыл бұрын

@@66Kusmu I'll edit, never noticed 🤣

@bnw5435

2 жыл бұрын

And get the airlock stuck open

@gnaskar

2 жыл бұрын

"You'd have to charter a rocket... So I charted a rocket"

Tom's worst nightmare: Tom: Right, how do we get this back down? Bridge guy: We can't. You pressed the wrong button and now it'll stay up for all eternity, cause of you.

@RegitYouTuber

2 жыл бұрын

Onosecond

@shambhav9534

2 жыл бұрын

@@RegitKZreadr I wonder who really had the onosecond.

@3rdJan

2 жыл бұрын

why would such a button even exist lmfao

@LiewLmao

2 жыл бұрын

@@RegitKZreadr A wild Regit …takes me back

@synergous571

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiewLmao i didnt even notice, i used to play a lot of battle cats

Can we bring back the park bench purely to talk about this and it’s terrifying coincidence in timing with the bridge being stuck open?

@mistythecat3050

2 жыл бұрын

Yessssss!

The title. The timing. PERFECTION!

I love how often they mentioned how bad it would be for the bridge to be stuck, and then the bridge got stuck today

@sankang9425

2 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott, Lord of the Bridges

This has probably got to be the highest honor able to be bestowed among a British citizen. Forget being knighted, it's not like Patrick Stewart got to raise Tower Bridge.

@kilted_scottish_laddie864

2 жыл бұрын

I mean for people who are In southern England sure, not too sure about Scottish or Wales citizens would care too much lmao

@bencarpendale

2 жыл бұрын

@@kilted_scottish_laddie864 but wales is in the south just not south east

@kilted_scottish_laddie864

2 жыл бұрын

@@bencarpendale and ? still a different country ?when I say south it’s essentially Londoners.

@bencarpendale

2 жыл бұрын

@@kilted_scottish_laddie864 well yes but I live in Bristol which is right next to wales and still in the south of England

@choo_choo_

2 жыл бұрын

@@kilted_scottish_laddie864 They obviously don't count. Just like it wouldn't count for an Aussie. Take your pedantism somewhere else.

That's amazing. You are so lucky. I was once lucky enough to work inside the Melbourne Westgate bridge and that was an experience I'll never forget, but nothing like this. Thanks for showing us what goes on.

I’ve never had so much appreciation for the logistics and security that is applied, since what happened in Baltimore bridge collapse. It’s incredible the amount of work that goes into this.

Tom: you ever tempted to just start raising it at this point? Bridge operator: *laughs nervously* *no*

@neolexiousneolexian6079

2 жыл бұрын

5:14

@johnnorris2027

2 жыл бұрын

Never has a no sounded more like a yes

Alternate title: Wholesome British fellow in a red shirt pleases a lot of people by pushing a button and helping them with traffic control (I’ve learnt that this is actually quite the spectacle and therefore edited it from “unpleases” to “pleases)

@tomepsilon

2 жыл бұрын

Weird.

@turnonmyaxel

2 жыл бұрын

tbh, most the pedestrians love it. If you are silly enough to cross the river at that bridge rather than London bridge down the road where there are so many tourist then you might as well enjoy the bridge lift they arent always that common

@ObadiahtheSlim

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of tourists who didn't need to be anywhere in particular in any particular hurry were quite pleased. I go on vacation in an area with a draw bridge. If I don't have any particular need to get across that bridge, it's fun to watch it go up on the rare occasion that it does.

I can't believe Tom broke the bridge.

Amazing, had no idea the bridge operators actually controlled the speed and raise angle with a joystick. Just assumed that once they started the sequence it raised automatically to a predetermined speed and angle. Last time I saw the bridge raise in person was a couple of years ago. Just happened to be at the Tower of London with the kids for a day out. Had no idea it was going to happen but it was the icing on the cake for the kids!

I was so surprised that the actual action of lifting the bridge is done via a *joystick*! Humanity has managed to make lifting a bridge for boats to cross under it into the closest approximation of a video game it can get.

@rebmcr

2 жыл бұрын

Joysticks were invented to control machines. Video games only adopted them much later.

@woutervanr

2 жыл бұрын

I seem to recall US subs or something else militairy to be (partly) operated with xbox controllers...

@Mike-ukr

2 жыл бұрын

@@woutervanr tanks

@goldenghostinc

2 жыл бұрын

What would happen if you push the joystick left or right? 🤔

@Mike-ukr

2 жыл бұрын

@@goldenghostinc It probably only goes up and down

And now Tower Bridge is stuck open. There's timing and then there's this.

@gordonrichardson2972

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Tom filmed this weeks ago, and just made it public today. Well, that's my version...

@kllrnooooova

2 жыл бұрын

Wait what? What happened?

@notdarklord9227

2 жыл бұрын

@@kllrnooooova the tower bridge is stuck in the open position

@Jason-Clark235

2 жыл бұрын

@@kllrnooooova tower bridge had a malfunction the exact time this was posted and is now stuck open

@sade1212

2 жыл бұрын

@@gordonrichardson2972 Isn't that how all of Tom Scott's videos are made?

I thought Tom might have been the guy who got it stuck upright, I would have laughed so hard

This is one of the best videos on this entire channel. So many camera angles, so much detail, so joyful. Love it.

London news: _"Tower bridge is stuck open due to a technical fault."_ Tom: Oh no. Maybe I was supposed to hold the buttons.⊙﹏⊙

@yanmorin5431

2 жыл бұрын

Or rather: "Tower bridge is stuck open due to technical difficulties."

@notthatcreativewithnames

2 жыл бұрын

@@yanmorin5431 Mystery biscuits needed to help unstuck the bridge!

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

@@yanmorin5431 If someone is to blame here, there may be cause for a criminal write-up. You know, a citation needed.

@LuizHartkopf

2 жыл бұрын

@@notthatcreativewithnames hey step bridge, are you stuck?

"Bridge Driver" what an absolutely absurd job title i love it

@onezerosevensix

2 жыл бұрын

what do you do for a living? its complicated..

@markfryer9880

2 жыл бұрын

Well you have Crane Drivers.

@kairon156

2 жыл бұрын

@@markfryer9880 I like the word operator better for both Crane and Bridge but I think that's just me.

@dcarbs2979

2 жыл бұрын

You can drive bridges at the airport. It's attached to a building but is technically a vehicle! (wheels, steering and transports passengers)

@amicloud_yt

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcarbs2979 good point! You can also be a Stairs Driver i suppose!

Funny that this went up the same day the bridge actually got stuck open. I spotted it was open from Blackfriars station, and got a closer look from Cannon Street station, but it was raining heavily so I didn't go investigate it closer in.

Good job Tom explained immediately what bascules were, it's one of those words where you might think for a moment "Is that rude?"

"If it gets stuck up in the air it's a matter of you've got to fix it as soon as possible so you're not blocking up half of London" This didn't even get the chance to age, let alone well, did it...

@nate6386

2 жыл бұрын

Aged like milk

@kezkai

2 жыл бұрын

I can only assume its his day off

@ericbambach3222

2 жыл бұрын

Aged like shellfish!

@awkwarddoesanart

2 жыл бұрын

this aged like milk that wasn't even put in the refrigerator to begin with

@angeloc1340

2 жыл бұрын

It got stuck?

Guy holding up the baby to see the boat clearer is adorable

@MrSam4850

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, the baby is wondering what the hell is going on...

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's adorable that there are so many people gathering to watch it.

@iankemp1131

2 жыл бұрын

And great to have the extra filming to capture these moments, not just the control room shots.

Very much appreciate the production value and the fact that the bridge never came back down after you posted this. Such a youtube gem this channel is.

your videos are so simple yet always so amazing, it's a joy to watch everytime!

"Right, how do we get this back down" short answer: they didn't

@dronespace

2 жыл бұрын

😂

Starts on KZread: "My friend is going to throw drums off a small cliff." Here in 2021: "I'm operating Tower Bridge." I thought the lecture for the Royal Institution was peak science communicator stuff... It probably was but this is also amazing!

@gwenynorisu6883

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, when did the RI thing happen?

@laplongejunior

2 жыл бұрын

@@gwenynorisu6883 "There's no algorithm for Truth", but no idea about *when* it was recorded

@georgemangco2526

2 жыл бұрын

There was also a video about perpetual motion machine that the two did together. Well two videos, one on each channel.

You seriously have one of the most entertaining, knowledgeable, and fun channels out there. You show things people wouldn't normally see and you show people very important jobs that people have that don't get enough recognition and praise for how important it really is. Great video and thank you for sharing!

This is looking like big Discovery Channel budgets are backing it up, but it's more informative and more interesting then anything Discovery is broadcasting these days... Thanks Tom, great work. I want to say, it can only get better, but it's such world class content, I have no idea how you are constantly bringing great content these days. Big Kudo's on you and your team.

The production value is noticeably going up, even when I thought it wasn't possible. By this I mean the cinematography, the interviews, it all flows smoother than the river shown. Amazing job Tom, hopefully you read this note :)

@Codraroll

2 жыл бұрын

And all the angles. How many cameras were involved with this, I wonder?

@baylinkdashyt

2 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought; I think there were 7 or 8 cameras on this, including the iDangle and the drone.

@halgerson

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the camera person with the fancy support rig.

"What do you do?" "I'm a driver" "Oh, What do you drive? Cars, trucks?" "Bridges"

@baldychkn2949

2 жыл бұрын

I'd consider that a massive flex

@woutervanr

2 жыл бұрын

Now that you point it out...why the f is it called a bridge "driver"?

This was so amazing to see! It was so simple yet really great.

I used to work in an office near there, and would look up the bridge opening times so I knew when to look out the window and see it opening. I also once had the pleasure of going through it on a barge, it must be so cool to operate the bridge opening mechanism! Great video.

1:46 “But also, physics.” is a nice answer to unfeasible requests from upper management.

@zabintasrik4488

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't like that answer, "if we don't raise the bridge, the boat will hit the bridge" clearly there can't be a way to control its movement right?

@stephenolan5539

2 жыл бұрын

@@zabintasrik4488 On Star Trek the Next Generation Q once suggested changing the gravitational constant but that doesn't work in real life. You can't just get rid of a ship's momentum instantly.

@zabintasrik4488

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenolan5539 can't they request the raise before getting too close tho

@stephenolan5539

2 жыл бұрын

@@zabintasrik4488 They request a day ahead. But they can't go to the bridge and stop then go when it us open. That would take too long. Now I'm wondering why the people looking after Clinton didn't know the bridge was going to be raised at that time.

@zabintasrik4488

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenolan5539 that makes a lot more sense tbh. Also same.

Tom Scott's videos feel ilke I'm sitting down in class to watch a lecture, except it's enjoyable to watch and I'm genuinely remembering the information

@tomepsilon

2 жыл бұрын

...which will never happen. That's why we're lucky to have Tom.

@Goffy

2 жыл бұрын

🐢

@YourPhysicsSimulator

2 жыл бұрын

That's what real education trully is: making you feel interested in what you are learning and internalizing it

@randaranatunga7259

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomepsilon exactly A true blessing from the lord

Quality content, as per usual. Love it, Tom!

I love your work, your preparation & your videos!

Tom was actually in the control room at Chernobyl when the meltdown started.

@face7288

2 жыл бұрын

facts

@alex0589

2 жыл бұрын

"this button?" -tom

@RToast13

2 жыл бұрын

"I am currently at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union."

@TypicallyThomas

2 жыл бұрын

Nah a few years ago

@nrdesign1991

2 жыл бұрын

having a little onosecond in there

The timing on this upload is impeccable.

after watching it, all I want to say is THANK YOU ! This is amazing one!

Kids loved it!! Thank you team

The utterly outstanding timing of releasing this video. It’s currently stuck open.

Next episode, Tom steers a giant container ship through the Suez Canal.

@GedMaybury23

2 жыл бұрын

Bwah-hah-hah!

@BRAWGWill

2 жыл бұрын

Wait until we find out Tom Scott also sank the Titanic

@GedMaybury23

2 жыл бұрын

@@BRAWGWill I can wait ....

An entertaining and informative video. It should become a classic. Thanks for producing it!

That was awesome, thanks Tom!

Tom: "I know I can't break it but it still makes me nervous" Bridge: "Hold my beer"

The shots in this are gorgeous. Camera quality is *chef’s kiss*

@asadsquirrel1314

2 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you here, Mr I Don’t Like Sugar Puffs

@Yamezzzz

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the headline news? The bridge has been stuck open for over 12 hours. Biggest incident ever at the bridge. No traffic has crossed all day yesterday. Can't be a coincidence.

@teologen

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yamezzzz This video was available more than a week ago for supporters. It’s a coincidence. Coincidences happens quite often, actually.

@ytlurker220

2 жыл бұрын

I wish to believe it's a case of causation, not correlation, because... It's Tom Scott.

@gwenynorisu6883

2 жыл бұрын

@@ytlurker220 it's actually an incredibly elaborate setup for a question in a new TechDif series...

Actually one of the most interesting videos I've seen all year. Thank you!

Talk about a rite of passage! Very cool Tom!

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the organisation and team effort to have that many simultaneous camera locations (drone, Tom, Traffic, tourists, machinery)

It's always the damn tourists holding up the bridge lifting, isn't it?

@electrostarjudge

2 жыл бұрын

Always. Also hello!

@ampersand64

2 жыл бұрын

WTF flynt of rwby fancy seeing you here.

@RubenGarcia-pt8tp

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair if you think about it the damn bridge lifting is also holding up the tourists

@vodkawhisperer3923

2 жыл бұрын

whats up checkmark

@neolexiousneolexian6079

2 жыл бұрын

Y'all should supercharge the drawbridge so you can catapult them into France.

I’m amazed by how many camera angles this video had! Including an epic drone shot!

I don't quite know why, but this video made me feel incredibly good today. Thank you!