>There was a story in the news this morning that someone had their handbag
>stolen at East Richmond after a struggle that draged her 1/2 along the platform
>and then she was Fined $100 for not having a ticket (it was in her handbag)
>What is the PTC coming to. I know that they have 1200 lost ticket clames a
>week they are lousing more money then every before on the Automatic
>Ticketing, but did they have to fine her?
Hmmm. A tough call here - can they believe everyone who says they had their
handbag stolen? Don't get me wrong here - I dislike the Gestapo intensely,
but in such situations who can tell?
You'll probably find that if she makes a full report to the police, that
she'll then have grounds to have the fine revoked.
Solution: If public transport was free, we would not have to have - expensive
and impolite Gestapo; expensive and badly designed electronic ticketing
systems; or fences.
Cheers,
Paul
-- Paul Dwerryhouse paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au "The growing use of e-mail, not to mention Web-page publishing, threatens to reverse the trend towards illiteracy among the supposedly educated without at the same time improving their spelling". -- Michael Swaine, Dr. Dobb's Journal