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Colin Rosenstiel · December 30th 07, 10:13 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

And remember how long London tram drivers had no windscreens
because of police objections.

Say what?

Huh? In the 1920s and 30s, trams (and ISTR buses) didn't have windscreens
in case they obstructed the view for drivers. The police licensed
transport in London, unlike everywhere else in the country that had no
such nonsense.

We still have almost no LED bus destination displays in London
for similar reasons.

Isn't that a disability thing, LED matrices being of lower contrast
than blinds, and thus less good for the partially sighted?

Quite the contrary these days IME. Anyway, why is London out of line with
the whole of the rest of the country on this?

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Colin Rosenstiel