Buses with moving adverts?
So according to BBC News, from October, there will be screens on some buses in central London, displaying adverts. They’re starting with 25 and the displays will be half the size of bus posters. The screens are only going o be on the pedestrian side of the bus, to prevent accidents.
But what about when a bus isn’t in the left lane? What if they’re in middle lanes? Then they’ll be distracting to drivers. Or, worse, when they’re turning at big intersections where there’s already enough confusion. This just has bad idea written all over it, if you ask me. Aren’t we distracted enough already by advertising? Is anyone else sick of products being thrust in your face all the time?
There are already a bunch of TV screen adverts around TCR - on the walls as you go up the escalators and at bus stops, too. I’m not sure of what I think about those, either.
Oh well. Whatever.
Is anyone else completely digging this awesome weather we’re having? I was worried this morning because it was so hazy/foggy, but boy has it cleared up. Why couldn’t it have been like this all summer?
This weekend I enjoyed the great weather by taking my camera out and wandering around the City for a few hours. You can see a bunch of those pictures in the banner at the top of the page, but there are also a bunch on flickr.
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What’s the big deal about a differnce between the crap already on the sides of buses - and ones that will have rotating crap? At least it gets rid of the humdrum we normally associate with bus and taxi ads. I can’t wait to get rid of all those computer and insurance ads on the sides of buses…
Maybe they’ll start them running inside the buses too, so you can take your mind off the monotony and dreariness of commuting.
Oh, sorry, I wouldn’t know anything about that … you may love the city, but I love the country - in fact, the weather has been superb up here in the Lake District today, and the sheep are bleating, the Tour of Britain Cycle race passed through here this afternoon. I am sitting outside with my notebook and a bottle of beer. Life doesn’t get much better than this!
You can have the buses - and their adverts!