Unfocus your eyes a bit…

Riding the bus is always interesting to see how the drivers or whoever has the bus “decorated.” A common feature is internal turn signals so the passengers can get an idea in advance of impending changes in direction, assuming of course the driver uses his turn signal. The turn signal indicators are obviously handmade from either ceramic tile or plastic and have been drilled on a drill press for the placement of the LED’s that are installed in some shape… you can tell because the placement isn’t quite precise. There are two tiles with LEDs in the shape of arrows on either side of the spot where you see the posted capacity of the bus (why they bother to post anything, I don’t know…) and then on this bus someone has created two additional hand-drilled tiles with LEDs in the shape of the Mercedes logo that are next to the arrows.

Then of course there’s the translucent sticker on the glass between the driver and the seat behind him with the stylized drawing of Jesus with the cross and the sun behind him.

And to round it out the big speakers for the radio – you need not bring your walkman on this bus… with the “Pointer” logo prominently silk-screened on the sides of them. What, you’ve never heard of that brand? Me either… but if you unfocus your eyes it looks like the Pioneer logo.