In message kQW9o.46518$ss1.20829@hurricane, at 20:01:36 on Sun, 15 Aug
2010, " remarked:
Oyster cannot support the £300 charge made for lost or terminally
damaged bicycles.

A registered Oyster does know who you are, however, and can simply post
or directly deduct from your current account the fine for the damage.

Does every registered Oyster have a bank account associated with it - or
just the ones set up for auto-topup?

And while it's fun to anthropomorphise the Oyster card, it doesn't
actually do things all by itself - if the linkages between the various
schemes are not programmed in by the designers.
--
Roland Perry