(09 Jul 2014, 7:31 pm)Mark wrote That is right, we should see all the non-LED blinds disappear by the end of this year using the units removed from the predicted disposals.
As far as all-round white LED's it is believed that white rear LED's could raise issues due to the showing of white light on the rear of a vehicle. This is a similar issue going back to the 80's when Rapide coaches had red destination blinds on the coaches until they were forced to change them, or remove destination lights due to showing a red light at the front of a vehicle. Strange but true!
What issues would those be?
I wouldn't imagine Hanover would sell rear destination displays in white if it would raise issues for the bus companies?
Although the ones First Eastern Counties use on their Enviro400s allocated to service X1 may not be provided by Hanover (someone may be able to confirm this one, as I'm not sure), they have rear white destination displays and I'd imagine if GNE go for white as standard in this year's orders, they'll go for white all-around.
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