On Feb 9, 7:04*am, Mizter T wrote:
On Feb 9, 2:44*pm, "Basil Jet"

wrote:
How cool is this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8506154.stm

The Clyde is 100-150 metres wide where they are using it, which is
comparable with the Thames at Battersea.

There must be places in London where some of these could run - and if they
had a few unused at the weekend, they might be able to run Jubilee Line
replacement services in East London, which they can't at the moment. But I
don't know if the slipways are in the appropriate places.

Saw that a bit earlier too - cool indeed! And likewise, I also
pondered possible applications of it in London.

Of course there is already an amphibious bus service of sorts in
London already - but it's no good for getting anywhere as it's
circular - it being the Duck Tour, which splashes into and exits from
the Thames using a slipway immediately adjacent to the MI6 building in
Vauxhall.

We have those duck tours here in the States too. But this looks like a
real
bus, instead of a boat with wheels...

I wonder if/when it goes into passenger service, there would need to
be life
jackets aboard as well...