On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:38:33 +0100, Simon 
wrote:

>No I do not seem to think any such thing and never said anything
>about acting daft being OK to travel without paying the correct
>fare.  It is not.  I was just noting that honest mistakes do happen
>as does fare dodging.  I see lots of fare dodging but very few
>honest mistakes.

The most common 'mistake' that I've seen that could be genuine is
someone that has forgotten their railcard.  

I've made mistakes myself travelling on season tickets - ranging from
forgetting the thing completely (fortunately I can buy a ticket on
train & claim refund, and TPE don't do penalty fares), to thinking
that my ticket expires on a different day.  But despite the 'mistakes'
being 'honest' I don't blame the TOCs for applying the rules strictly.

On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:45:32 +0100, G 
wrote:

>I've made mistakes myself travelling on season tickets - ranging from
>forgetting the thing completely (fortunately I can buy a ticket on
>train & claim refund, and TPE don't do penalty fares), to thinking
>that my ticket expires on a different day.  But despite the 'mistakes'
>being 'honest' I don't blame the TOCs for applying the rules strictly.

In the case of seasons, ticket barriers come in useful because you are
"caught" and sent to the ticket office before Penalty Fares would even
come into play.

Neil

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