James Farrar wrote:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:08:02 GMT, David of Broadway
wrote:

What I don't understand is why the presumption is that PAYG users are
trying to cheat the system while TravelCard holders are traveling within
their zones. (If a dishonest TravelCard holder travels outside his
zones and exits the system at a station without gates, what possible
reason would he have to touch out? Why is nobody concerned with his
fare evasion? On the flip side, if the TravelCard holder is granted the
benefit of the doubt, why not treat the PAYG user with the same courtesy?)

By assuming that they started/ended their journey where, precisely?


Within the same capping zones that they ended/started it. That still
inolves taking a fare, which is more than would happen if a travelcard
holder strayed out of their zones.

Why is it more reasonable to assume that someone who forgets to touch
out of the DLR immediately heads for Amersham, having advanced
purchased a ticket from Amersham to Stoke Mandeville, just to try to
avoid paying the outer zone part of the LU journey? (Assuming there
are gates at Amersham, but if there aren't, it's the previous
suggestion. Install gates so that there aren't any places out of zones
that someone could escape through.)

This is not as important as making it possible for people to combine
paper and Oyster without jumping through ridiculous hoops.