London Banter - View Single Post - Another Oyster Prepay Thread

I@n · December 21st 03, 08:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:00:59 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:
Unlike a paper ticket, a lost Oyster can (presumably) be deactivated
if stolen, so a photocard is not as important to avoid that. The only
thing you'd lose is an ability to claim back penalty fares less an
admin fee if you genuinely forgot your ticket (do TfL do that?) The
only other thing to watch out for is people passing them through bus
windows like they often do for transferrable operator-specific bus
passes elsewhere in the country.

But presumably the oyster reader on the bus knows it just saw the same
oystercard 30 seconds earlier before it was passed out the window, and
therefore refuses it the second time (if travelcard) or charges a
second ticket (if prepay). Similar to how the tube gates have for
years rejected paper tickets if a second attempt is made to use them
within five minutes or so.

Passing the ticket out the window passes a visual/human inspection but
surely not a computer inspection.