Re: Metcard Adventures (Was: [Melb] Fare evasion)

["Graeme Cleak" <gcleak@optusnet.com.au>]

Isn't what Dave Proctor saying about planning ahead the same as when
travelling about on local buses and trams in the US where you need  to "plan
ahead" to have a pocket full of quarters etc to feed the exact fare fare
boxes?
Or, closer to home, try getting on a Westbus vehicle with a $50 note for a
$2.40 journey.

Same principle, plan ahead.


Graeme Cleak

Anthony Morton <amorton@mudguard.ee.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> >People travelling at short notice should be, and are, subject
> >to certain penalties compared to those who can plan ahead. Otherwise
those
> >who *can* plan ahead will leave it to the last minute, and there will be
no
> >advantage to planning ahead.
>
> This is rubbish.  If I drive a car, I suffer no penalty for not planning
my
> journeys in advance.  I just jump in the car and drive away.  Of course I
> make sure there's always petrol in the tank, but that's just a matter of
> stopping off and filling up once in a while - I don't have to go out of my
> way to do this.
>
> Exactly why should people be penalised for not planning in advance, just
> because they use public transport instead of driving a car?  There is no
> inherent cost to the system from passengers who travel at short notice, so
> why charge more?  I don't comprehend your point of view.  Is there perhaps
> some dire moral hazard involved in permitting people to travel at the drop
> of a hat?  If so, we should be setting the thought police onto people who
> jump into cars without planning ahead.
>
> Tony M.
>