Re: Metcard Student Concession Card Computer Scanned Forgeries!

[Jennifer Richmond <richmond@melbpc.org.au>]

John Wayman wrote:

> I was on a bus this morning and I saw the driver challenge a student about a
> Met Student Concession Card. The student flashed it at the driver as he
> boarded, but refused to show it to him again when challenged that it might
> be a computer scanned forgery. He chose to get off and not travel.
>
> Has any of the station staff that contribute to this newsgroup detected any
> of these scanned forgeries?

It is not the responsibility of the station staff to check for concession cards
(although I do, to make sure they have the correct type). If a person asks for a
concession ticket and refuses to show a concession card (or shows an invalid
card), we still have to sell the ticket, but we can warn them of the
consequences: If a CSE (Ticket Inspector) asks them for their concession card
and they can't produce it (or produce an invalid card), it's a $100.00 fine,
they might just as well not have had a ticket at all! I'm sure that the CSEs
would do a thorough check of the card.

Sam Eades