Although I work for the tube, I am sure if the Oyster card reader on the bus
isn't working no inspector is going to penalty fare you. As for how does
the driver know if you have a travelcard or pre-pay of course he doesn't and
even if you flash your receipt, the writing is so small it would take 10
seconds per customer just to examine them.

Steve

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...
Annabel Smyth typed


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?

I don't think he *can* know. I have a Bus Pass with some Pre-Pay. The
thought has occurred to me that when I flash my Oyster + Photocard at a
driver (and the Oyster reader shows a red light), the driver has no way
of knowing whether there is *anything at all* on my Oyster...

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.