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August 4, 2003
London Bus Mystery


Sitting at an inevitable mid-cycle-ride pub stop along the river Lea, I noticed an odd attachment to some of the busses passing over a nearby bridge. (see photo). B and I debated their purpose, and came to two possible conclusions:

a) Handles for high level maintenance work or b) Branch deflectors.

What do you think?
Posted at 11:31 AM | Comments (3)
Category: London



 Comments on this article:

It's a satellite transceiver. The whole of the London bus system, equipped with these widgets, acts as a stochastically-configured very large array for communication with extraterrestrials.

Duh.

-R

 Posted by: Rob on August 5, 2003 12:34 AM

It's a pull-tab, like on a soft drink can. In case of emergency, rescue workers can pull down and then back to open the bus and release the trapped passengers. What an innovation.

 Posted by: Greg on August 6, 2003 11:49 PM

It's for the next Jackie Chan movie.

 Posted by: Andrew on August 11, 2003 8:05 PM