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Description: | Until the early 1930s, some bus and tram drivers chose to wear goggles while driving since the vehicles had no windscreens. These goggles were owned and used by a driver who worked for a private bus company and later for the London General Omnibus Company.
The goggles have metal frames and a mesh visor at the sides. Made with yellow-tinted lenses, they protected the driver from dust and dirt from the road, steam from the engine, and the summer sun.
Although the early motorbuses such as the B-, K- and S-type models had no windscreens, later modifications made to N.S.-type included windscreens fitted to the driver's cab. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Work | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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