Catching up with my reading, I see that in August 1960's issue of Coach and Bus magazine, they report on some new technology.
Telephoning from coaches
Never at a loss for finding new ways of winning passengers to its huge network of express routes across the USA, the National Trailways bus system has introduced a mobile telephone service.
Call it a gimmick if you like, but the service has attracted wide publicity since it was inaugurated on July 22 by the under-secretary of commerce for transportation, Joh J Allen.
Will it have applications here?
I doubt it. Radio telephony for operational control using closed circuits might be a standard fitment, but not for public use.
My reason for this view? The luke-warm response to the fascility now available in Lancashire to vehicle users. There is not enough privacy for British men and women and it costs too much.
