Re: Tram Announcements: another Victorian election conspiracy theory

["Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>]

>> Maybe some of you don't remember when Sydney removed conductors from
their
>> trams and introduced an honesty box system advertised at the time by (I
>> think) Chips Rafferty. The system was a dismal failure because people
didn't
>> pay and they were eventually removed and conductors reinstated. If you
don't
>> believe me, visit the tram museum at Loftus, as at 1994 there was some
info
>> there about it.
>
>Sydney NEVER removed conductors from the trams.  The honesty box was for
>one stop passengers in peak hours when the two conductors working the
>single tram, eg to Kings Cross, couldn't get through the crowded tram to
>collect all the fares.
>
OK then, but do you disagree the system was removed because it was a
failure, (ie Sydney people weren't honest)?