On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:25:53 +0000 (UTC) [UTC], Hans-Joachim Zierke
wrote:
Bruce schrieb:

Not just in Britain, then!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/02/german-fare-dodgers-public-transport
German fare dodgers cause headache for public transport operators

Vienna action instead of German whining:
http://www.wienerlinien.at/eportal/e...ontentId/25239

Yeah, but WienerLinien carefully forget to mention that they announce
most of the routes on which they'll be checking tickets in advance, so
it's really only the stupid who get caught.
The actual level of "black riding", fare evasion, is almost certainly
higher than they choose to acknowledge.

If they were serious about fare evasion, they wouldn't announce any of
their checks - and they'd do a heck of a lot more of them.
(Despite their claims to checking a huge amount of tickets, I've never
seen a single ticket check on WL routes, including when I've travelled
on routes which have been announced on the website as being checked
that week).
--
Ross

Speaking for me, myself and I. Nobody else
- unless I make it clear that I am...