Re: [VIC] PA Announcements at Hillside stations.

[Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

Michael Kurkowski wrote:
> 
> sporologist@yahoo.com (Ben) wrote in <392A7434.1B561441@yahoo.com>:
> 
> >Why do you need to validate it each day? What happens if you are found
> >with an non validated monthly/yearly. Can they even tell if it is?
> 
> The portable ticket readers can tell where the ticket was last validated.
> There was a blitz recently whereby people with un-revalidated periodicals
> had them confiscated and a $60 issued, or something to that effect.
> 
> Michael

But why?
They've paid their fares. They aren't avoiding the fare. In the case of
a yearly, they've probably paid a lot of money.
If a ticket inspector comes along, they should only need to look at the
ticket and see that it is valid for the date and zone, and move on to
the next passenger.