Author: Neil WilliamsNeil Williams Date: Jun 10, 2007 07:58
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:46:21 +0100, Paul Corfield
dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>The Netherlands may well be installing such equipment but it remains to
>be seen if they can make the system work. Is the equipment solely for
>validation on entry or is it for also for exit?
Also for exit.
>If exit then I fear
>they will have a huge problem on their hands. Exit validation works in
>Singapore but let's just say their regime and sense of societal
>compliance is a tad different from the UK or Netherlands.
This is true - but if there is an automatic penalty for not touching
out, people will end up doing so in order to avoid voting with their
wallet.
> From memory evasion levels were well into double
>figures and folklore said the trams were "free" - a refrain we now hear
>about TfL's bendy buses.
Given that my observation (limited to Den Haag) is that the only
penalty for not having stamped your Strippenkaart is to be told to
stamp it, I think they may be slightly missing the point ;)
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