On Feb 3, 1:04*pm, Neil Williams wrote:
On Feb 3, 12:31*pm, Bruce wrote:

Although Germany is generally thought of as an obedient nation,
exceptions do seem to apply on certain issues, especially those to do
with motoring. Radio bulletins regularly include blitzermeldungen
(flash warnings), which tell drivers where speed cameras appear to be
working on any given day.

And in the UK the authorities often put them on the Web in a kind-of
"fair play" type move.

The Swiss people I talk to are amazed that they do this.

On the other hand, on our local buses (in CH, any door boarding,
ocasional checks) the company seems to take a very "fair play"
attitude to checks. last time I was on a bus that got checked, the
driver announced on the PA that a check would happen at the next stop
so that anyone without a ticket could buy one from the on board
machine. I am told by others that checkers have been known to get on
and stand around in uniform obviously, waiting for people to go buy
their tickets before starting the check.

Robin

On Feb 3, 4:36*pm, bob wrote:

On the other hand, on our local buses (in CH, any door boarding,
ocasional checks) the company seems to take a very "fair play"
attitude to checks. *last time I was on a bus that got checked, the
driver announced on the PA that a check would happen at the next stop
so that anyone without a ticket could buy one from the on board
machine. *I am told by others that checkers have been known to get on
and stand around in uniform obviously, waiting for people to go buy
their tickets before starting the check.

When I was over in Den Haag for a bit, I found the inspectors normally
just marched anyone who had "forgotten" to validate their
Strippenkaart to the machine to do so, rather than issuing penalties
of any kind.

Neil

On 03/02/2012 16:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Feb 3, 4:36 pm, wrote:

On the other hand, on our local buses (in CH, any door boarding,
ocasional checks) the company seems to take a very "fair play"
attitude to checks. last time I was on a bus that got checked, the
driver announced on the PA that a check would happen at the next stop
so that anyone without a ticket could buy one from the on board
machine. I am told by others that checkers have been known to get on
and stand around in uniform obviously, waiting for people to go buy
their tickets before starting the check.

When I was over in Den Haag for a bit, I found the inspectors normally
just marched anyone who had "forgotten" to validate their
Strippenkaart to the machine to do so, rather than issuing penalties
of any kind.

Neil
I thought they were getting rid of Strippenkaart in favour of Smart Cards.

On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:52:23 +0000, "
wrote:
I thought they were getting rid of Strippenkaart in favour of Smart
Cards.

They are. This was a good 5 years ago.

Neil

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Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK

"Neil Williams" schreef

: On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:52:23 +0000, "
: wrote:
: I thought they were getting rid of Strippenkaart in favour of Smart
: Cards.

: They are. This was a good 5 years ago.

The Strippenkaart no longer exists. As far as I remember, it was abolished
in November last year.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Colin Youngs wrote:

"Neil Williams" schreef

: On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:52:23 +0000, "
: wrote:
: I thought they were getting rid of Strippenkaart in favour of Smart
: Cards.

: They are. This was a good 5 years ago.

The Strippenkaart no longer exists. As far as I remember, it was abolished
in November last year.

Correct.