The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now have
identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be identified
by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this, and which incident
led to its introduction?

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now have
identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be identified
by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this,

Um, so they can be identified by helicopter, perhaps :-(

tim

tim.... wrote on 09 August 2011 14:36:42 ...
"Basil wrote in message
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The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now have
identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be identified
by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this,

Um, so they can be identified by helicopter, perhaps :-(

Thanks, Tim, that's sorted that one out. :-)

Next question: what do the codes mean? They are on two lines, the
first of which is usually the bus fleet number, such as VLW138. The
second line is a 3-letter code, which doesn't seem to be related to the
garage code, so what is it?
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Richard J.
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"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now
have identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be
identified by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this,

Um, so they can be identified by helicopter, perhaps :-(

In case the helicopter has a passenger who desperately wants to catch a
particular bus?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now
have identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be
identified by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this,

Um, so they can be identified by helicopter, perhaps :-(

In case the helicopter has a passenger who desperately wants to catch a
particular bus?

Or if the air ambulance or police helicopter needs to find a particular
bus?

Robin

On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:29:20 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now have
identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be identified
by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this, and which incident
led to its introduction?

It's for easy identification using CCTV by the police and CentreComm

The codes refer to the operating company and the fleetnumber, e.g.
FRG 36101 = First, ELG or SCG 17500 = Stagecoach, ARL VLW138 = Arriva
London.
--
Thomas Covenant

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(tim....) wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
The footage of the riots shows that some or all London buses now
have identifiers writ large on the roof, presumably so they can be
identified by helicopter. Does anyone know the purpose of this,

Um, so they can be identified by helicopter, perhaps :-(

In case the helicopter has a passenger who desperately wants to catch a
particular bus?

Or if the air ambulance or police helicopter needs to find a particular
bus?

"Which bus is that that's burning" ?

Nick
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