Just watched a programme about London Buses and saw something I used to
wonder about many years ago. Don't know if they are still there. Can
someone enlighten me to their role:

Concrete post near curb - convex (pot bellied) front face on the post.

Device on the top - pointing horizontally across the road. Above car
height.

I think what you are referring to is a scanner which was used to identify where buses were. They read a device on the side of the bus near the front and roughly at the height of the long advert down the side.

John

JohnW wrote in
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I think what you are referring to is a scanner which was used to
identify where buses were. They read a device on the side of the bus
near the front and roughly at the height of the long advert down the
side.

John


Pretty advanced for its time!

John wrote in
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JohnW wrote in
:

I think what you are referring to is a scanner which was used to
identify where buses were. They read a device on the side of the bus
near the front and roughly at the height of the long advert down the
side.

John


Pretty advanced for its time!


Thanks - I found this: http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/27th-
december-1957/24/buses-tracked-by-new-electronic-system