On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 20:20:02 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

How would the driver know you had pre-Pay on your card rather than a bus
pass or Travelcard, if his reader was faulty so he had no way of
telling?

The same way a MK Metro driver doesn't know[1] you have a valid pass
loaded onto your card when he has a dodgy ticket machine. The policy
here tends to be "if in doubt let it through", though, and this is the
policy TfL should be taking, AFAIAC. If their equipment doesn't work,
it's their problem, not the passenger's.

[1] You are supposed to carry a validation receipt - something which
would be simple to issue[2] for Oyster non-prepay but for some reason
TfL can't be bothered - but IMX most don't look at it.

[2] It could be collected from a ticket machine if the ticket was
loaded automatically.

Neil

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