The first conductorless system appeared in the USSR in the late 1950s.
Betting on the growing awareness of passengers, the conductors were replaced by ridiculous cash registers, or rather, boxes into which you had to throw coins. At the same time, the ticket can be torn off regardless of whether you paid the fare or not.
Almost before the collapse of the USSR, a ride on a tram cost 3 kopecks, on a trolleybus – 4, and on a bus – 5 kopecks.
The box didn’t know how to give change, so honest passengers who dropped, say, a 20 kopeck coin into it, stood nearby and asked others not to throw change into it, thus trying to return their own money.
The top of the box was made of clear plastic so that other fellow citizens could keep an eye on each other’s honesty.
Mikhail Kolodochkin has been collecting unusual facts from the history of technology for many years. Mikhail Kolodochkin has been collecting unusual facts from the history of technology for many years. For example, did you know which unique solutions were used in the design of the TA-6 bus?
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