traveller wrote:
Here's a question for everyone other than Mr. Self Righteous (i think we
can all guess what your response will be, so save yourself the trouble
of posting it)

If a passenger says that they didn't hear the card reader emit the
'fail' signal (and the inspector wasn't on the bus to disprove this
version of events) how can TFL possibly prosecute them for DELIBERATE
fare evasion?

Traveling on a bus without paying is a strict liability offence. So
deliberate fare evasion need not be proven, only that the fare was not paid.
--
Michael Hoffman