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What careless commuters leave on Tubes, buses and in the back of cabs

Tags: transport for london, ipod

By Andy McCue

Published: 4 December 2006 17:25 GMT


Not surprisingly mobile phones are amongst the most common items that commuters leave behind on tubes and buses. Around 15,000 mobile phones and PDAs such as the BlackBerry are handed in each year.

But only around a third of the phones and PDAs handed in are collected by their owners. TfL's Batchelor said: "Phones are so cheap nowadays and people have insurance anyway."

Photo credit: Transport for London


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