Ross schrieb:


Yeah, but WienerLinien carefully forget to mention that they announce
most of the routes on which they'll be checking tickets in advance, so
it's really only the stupid who get caught.

Do you really think, that most fare dodgers follow the announcements?
I don't think so.
Transport is secondary demand, and underinvolvement of the users is
typical. That's true for legal users, and no different for illegal users.
Since you work on the railroads, you might not sense the low importance
given to it by most users ... as long as everything works.


The actual level of "black riding", fare evasion, is almost certainly
higher than they choose to acknowledge.

The number /always/ mentions the fare dodgers, who get caught. The
percentage, who don't get caught, will be a lot higher on British buses
than on Wiener Linien.


If they were serious about fare evasion, they wouldn't announce any of
their checks - and they'd do a heck of a lot more of them.

They should do some more, but as a rule of thumb, bringing fare dodging
under 2% is unprofitable.


Hans-Joachim