Re: Cityracket ticket inspectors

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

not only that, they have no right to inspect anyone's ticket who is not
within the barriers. People are entitled to refuse to show the tickets
unless and until they enter the barriers.

In article <amXJ4.193$gu1.702252@news0.optus.net.au>,
  "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> "C. Dewick" <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
> 8d92ea$o8b$1@jedi.apana.org.au">news:8d92ea$o8b$1@jedi.apana.org.au...
> > "chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au> writes:
> >
> > >it was on the ticket machine side in the shopping centre. I rekon
it is
> not
> > >legal.
> >
> > Why? You have to have a valid ticket anyway otherwise you aren't
allowed
> to
> > enter the paid area of a station.
> >
> > So what is wrong with checking tickets outside the barriers? If
somebody
> has
> > an invalid ticket it doesn't matter where on a station you are,
because by
> > simple association it's obvious that you will be attempting to gain
entry
> to
> > the station using that ticket, otherwise you wouldn't be trying to
get
> > through the barriers in the first place. 8-)
>
> Since the station in question had a commercial area (with a US Consul
(aka
> McDonalds) directly opposite the gates) people had perfectly valid
reasons
> to be in the area, reasons that did not involve train travel. People
also
> had perfectly valid reason to be approaching the gates when not
travelling.
> Checking the indicators is one such reason.
>
> Checking every ticket outside the gates is a waste of manpower, and a
> grossly inefficient use of resources.
>
> Dave
>
>


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