Neil Williams wrote:
There's the other "curiosity" of the Strippenkaart in that it gives you
a specified amount of time to make your journey which isn't always
enough if there are a lot of changes; this is based on the number of
strips stamped. If you think this will be the case (rare, but
possible, it nearly happened to me one evening when waiting for a
connection took a while) it is advantageous to stamp more strips in the
first place, as if you go over you need to stamp again from scratch.
This *isn't* explained anywhere.

But Oyster has the same problem! If you spend too long riding around,
it assumes you've walked off without touching out. Then when you /do/
touch out, it assumes you forgot to touch in. And you end up with two
unresolved journeys. And, as of November, two £8 penalties.

I always work on the basis that it won't do any harm if there's space
for it on the ticket. Usually, I believe, you do need to stamp
everything, but some ticket machines do it for you.

If you ever ride the River LINE (yes, that's really how it's spelled) in
southern New Jersey (USA), be careful! I once watched an ticket
inspector fine a poor passenger THREE times because, to kill time while
waiting for the train, he punched his ticket four times (in four
different locations). When the inspector asked the passenger to
present ID, he presented a college ID card -- and this happens to have
been during a promotion that allowed college students to ride any
NJTransit services for free just by showing a valid college ID. In the
end, the inspector let him go with a warning.
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA