Re: Metcard statistics. Does it even happen?

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James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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>     At Essendon the gate in the metcard validating machine is always open.
You
> hardly ever see anyone validating their metcards here. To the average
public
> transport user, whats the point of validating the metcards. Once it's
initially
> validated (either by a metcard machine on the buses or trams or by a
station
> validating machine) the ticket inspectors can't tell if you have validated
it or
> not.

Once again, demonstrating the reason why they need manual stats - because
the MetCard stats are unreliable.

DaveP