no lah. they did use. but it was short lived and discontinued. i
wonder why?
I have pixes of svc147 b57 using this rear slot. Some soon chow
buses also had a rear desto box in the days
ZYX
Yes, the rear desto on the B57 and OF1417 (new new in 1980) was
used on revenue service. Then it was discontinued. Why?
We don't really know. Was it because of the PTC? The PTC was
established in 1987. The rear desto was already disused by
then. Then the question is does the PTC have the jurisdiction
to disallow the use of rear destos on buses? Or was it a
decision made by SBS not to continue with the rear desto?
The idea of using a rear desto dates back before there was an
SBS. The STC and the Chinese bus companies had a rear desto on
their buses. I'm not sure which party was responsible for
re-instating the rear desto but I recall reading a newspaper
article in the 1990s, that one of the steps taken to improve the
benefit of bus commuters, was that all buses are required? to
display a rear desto.
