On 5 Feb, 12:02, David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 03:38:45PM -0000, Andrew Heenan wrote:
* * * * * * * * * * * * much slower buses (imagine the 38/73 congestion
at Angel every morning as drivers have to look at every ticket).

I assume that they wouldn't. *Just like they don't have to look at every
single paper ticket now. *They certainly never look at mine, because it
stays in my pocket. *They never look at those that people buy at the
roadside ticket machines either, unless the passenger is an ignorant
tourist who insists on getting on at the front doors and showing the
driver the ticket.

Enforcement would be, just like today, done by bands of roving
inspectors.


I think you may be assuming wrong - you qthe beginning of Andrew's
paragraph read: "And, like the bendies, the advantages of Oyster would
only be visible after it was banned [...]". The future