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Posted by Wado MP73 on Sat Feb 4 09:24:34 2012, in response to Germany facing "epidemic" of fare evasion (POP doesn't work), posted by Olog-hai on Fri Feb 3 19:51:55 2012. Where have all the Germans gone?We (in Paris) used to say back in the seventies that POP would only work in West Germany and Austria but never in France or the UK. It also used to be that peak hour regular passengers on S-Bahn and Straßebahm were sort of volunteer ticket checkers and tell you to buy a ticket or get off the train if you didn't have one. Times have changed. New York subway in the token days was more flawed than POP. Once you entered the system, there was no way to check if you did so by paying or not. In Paris, you are supposed to keep your ticket until you exit the system. If you lose or throw away your ticket and get caught by ticket checkers, you'd be fined as a fare beater, no excuses. |