On 26 Nov, 20:35, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:01:10 +0000, David Cantrell

wrote:
" OEPs themselves are free but (and it's potentially a very big but)
*they will only be available at places that already sell Oyster top-ups.
*So you'll be able to get one in any TfL-run station, but - to use the
*above Rectory Road example again – if I wanted to make the second
*example journey above and didn't already have an OEP on my Oyster Card,
*I would need to find a nearby newsagent that sold Oyster top-ups in
*order to get one added to my card. I wouldn't be able to get one in
*Rectory Road station itself. "

Which cannot be seen as anything other than "bloody stupid".

It might make more sense to make it a permanent switchover, so that
you either always can go out of zone (in which case you must always
touch out) or you never can. *Or just enforce that touching in and out
is mandatory regardless of what's on your card.

I don't think that would be acceptable, even if it's something that
the minds behind Oyster might do.

It would be a rule for no purpose than to punish people for breaking
the rule, given that someone with a travelcard has paid in full for
the service they are using.

But it's that assumption of guilt again, that you don't get with a
paper travelcard, ie you are assumed to have gone beyond your zones
unless you can prove that you didn't.