On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:33:24 +0100 Joe Patrick
said...

My Bus the other day was delayed whilst a man was trying to use the Pay
Before you Board machine. Everyone (except him and pass holders) payed the
driver.

Was the "other day" on or after Saturday 23 August? If that's the case
drivers ought to be refusing to take cash at the relevant stops in zone 1
and directing ticketless passengers to the machines on the pavements.
Tough luck if the bus pulls away before people have got the chance to buy
their ticket.

On one of my local routes, W7, which has been cash free for nearly two
years now, drivers are quite ruthless. No ticket, no go, and quite often
or not the bus has pulled away before the passenger has got a ticket out
of the machine.

--
Phil Richards
London, N4