On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:55:32 +0000 (UTC), David Jackman
wrote:

It is time the rules on drivers not issuing tickets in the pay-before-you-
board area were relaxed. The machines simply make bus travel more
difficult - mainly for the occasional users who need to be tempted out of
their cars!

That's because the machines are counter-intuitive. It would only take
a software modification to change them to operate in a logical fashion
as follows:-

1) Insert coin or coins, showing credit on screen.
2) Push ticket button to issue ticket.
3) Repeat (2) if desired until credit is exhausted.

rather than the other way around as at present, which seems to confuse
just about everyone.

Also, remove those stupid black coin-catcher devices. They may stop
people stuffing undesirable items into the coin slot, but they also
mean that if a coin gets slightly stuck it cannot be retrieved/pushed
in without violence against the machine, which won't do anything to
extend their working lives.

Neil

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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
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