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Subject: Re: [VIC] Train & Celeb Spotting
From: alberta@zip.com.au (Albert Alcoceba)
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 07:31:21 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Insert smart-ass comment about messy deks here
References: <8o25hf$a6s$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8o2dqn$j2u$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39A4EC95.D32CE52B@erk.au.com> <74lp5.11260$g53.211895@news5.giganews.com>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:17018

If the ones in Sydney aren't fines...  then why do they have to be
paid to the NSW Police and why are they issued on "infringement
notices"?

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:41:47 +1000, "Dave Proctor"
<daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>She wasn't "fined" she had to pay a "penalty fare" - the difference is that
>a "penalty fare" is set at something that is ridiculously high - as an
>example, $100 from Sydney to Newcastle. If you do not have a ticket, then
>you just have to pay the fare ($100). You can buy cheaper tickets at ticket
>offices, and on train staff have some discretion WRT selling the cheaper
>tickets. But it is not a fine as such (neither are the fines in Sydney).

Albert Alcoceba
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alberta@zip.com.au
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~alberta

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