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Old June 26th 14, 12:24 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default TfL acknowledges contactless technology risk

On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:16:23 +0200, "tim....."
wrote:
Unless you have flat fares, you either have to have a card on/card

off
system (which I suspect will drive punters away from using it) or

you still
have the "negotiate the correct fare with the driver" part of the
transaction. If you still have that wasted 45 seconds in the

transaction
the 2 second saving made from paying by contactless card is not

worth having

It is, because the thing that takes lots of time is giving change.

Neil

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