Re: A Stunning example of the inbalance of the Rail Safety Act 1993 (NSW)

[JJJim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

Rod  , fuck off will ya. ur such a pain in the arse.

Id be whinging too, its not good enough.

As for weekly tickets,  the discount for buying weeklies should have no
downsides,



Rod Speed wrote:

> Ivan Smith <ivsmith11@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> > I've been done and pleaded guilty for "Fare Evasion"
>
> And so you should. You showed up with far too little time before
> the train left to be sure you could get a new weekly ticket. You
> should have bought the new one on the last trip with the old one.
>
> > due to SRA staff stuff ups, insufficient staffing levels etc,,,
>
> Due to your stuffup, not theirs.
>
> > In the course of defending this charge I had
> > a chance to read the Act from start to end.
>
> I gave you the url to read it online.
>
> > One thing I noticed is that the Event Majeure and
> > Double Jeopardy sections are unfair to consumers:
>
> Bullshit.
>
> > Last evening the 17:26 out of Jannali
> > to Cronulla turned up on time at Jannali.
>
> > Without fair warning
>
> They cant give a warning when they dont have the info.
>
> > we were informed first by the guard that there had
> > been a signal failure and the train would remain at
> > Sutherland. Length of the delay unknown. Fair enough.
>
> > Then the station announcement comes on and states that this train
> > is terminating here. The guard gets on and says the same thing.
>
> > I live at Cronulla which is miles away from Sutherland. So
> > we all stood on the platform like stunned mullets (as usual)
> > with no information, in the cold and dark, and after about
> > 10 minutes of this, I and several others started to make for
> > the exits, after realising the situation had deteriorated so badly
> > in the communication up and down the line, that Sutherland
> > Station had no idea, as usual, leaving us all pissed off and angry.
>
> > What really pissed me off about this was that I had paid
> > for me weekly at the start of the week, and I couldn't get
> > the service I had recently been unfairly fined for.
>
> Poor widdle diddums. You get a substantial reduction with a
> weekly ticket and thats one of the downsides with them, stupid.
>
> > I walked from Sutherland to Miranda ($15 cab, $27 to Cronulla),
> > as there were no Taxis, busses or offers from the SRA of
> > alternate transport or reimbursement of alternate fare costs.
>
> Thats life. The SRA is fresh out of magic wands to wave.
>
> > All I could think of "where's my refund on my ticket, for a trip you
> > would gladly fine me for, $100, if I didn't have a valid ticket to travel?"
>
> More fool you.
>
> > - Failure to deliver a service, which is completely
> > covered in the SRA's favour, in the Act.
>
> Because thats the only possible way to run a railway, stupid.
>
> We aint interested in paying an even bigger subsidy to
> the railways so the likes of you get what you demand.
>
> You dont like the deal ? Dont use the railway. Its as basic as that.
>
> > So my point is that the Rail Safety Act 1993 is stacked.
> > It's stacked against the commuters and for the SRA.
>
> You dont like the deal ? Dont use the railway. Its as basic as that.
>
> > The clauses which pertain to last nights (all too common)
> > situation are clearly letting the SRA off the hook
> > with their obligation to service they must provide.
>
> Because thats the only viable way to run a railway, stupid.
>
> > What is the mechanism for a fare refund claim??
>
> Ask them, stupid.
>
> > If they can fine me for an innocent circumstantial
> > incident according to their legislation, then there
> > must be a mechanism for us to claim back off them.
>
> Wrong.
>
> > There isn't though because the Rail Safety Act 1993
> > is stacked against commuters in the most part.
>
> Complete pack of lies.