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My local station is often unmanned and the ticket machines are usually busted. So when they come into your carriage, get off at the next stop and get back on a different carriage so that they are working away from you. keep your eyes open and it's fairly easy to dodge them.

It's worked for me about four or five times in Brisbane in the last year.
 
If you genuinely do leave a concession card at home or don't have it on you for whatever reason, sending in a photocopy of it will generally get you off the fine anyway.

I live about three stops into zone 2 on my tram line, and the only time I've been caught is when I got on and waited three stops to buy just a zone 1 ticket into the city, and conductors got on (an empty tram no less) at the second stop. I explained my strategy to them, still got my details taken, but no fine ever arrived.
 
Speaking of concessions some bus driver at UWA wouldn't approve a student's concession proof (her UWA student card with the UWA 2007 sticker on it) which was and is the only concession proof for all UWA students if students don't have the smartrider.

They have scrapped transperth concession proof cards from this year onwards.

As for the bus driver, d*ckhead:thumbsd:
 

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First of all, BUY A TICKET.

If you have a concession card but lost it or left it somewhere you will have no problem getting off, as there will be a record of you owning the concession. This is a valid reason for having a concession ticket but not being able to produce a concession ticket. If you are still at school and have your school uniform on you are usually okay as well.

If you get on at a station that has a busted ticket machine, this is also an acceptable excuse for not having a ticket, and this goes for trams with busted ticket machines as well.

Losing your ticket is generally not an accepted excuse, and many a traveller has copped a fine regardless. I can only imagine that almost every single person caught without a ticket probably says that they lost it!! You think the inspectors would just be sick of hearing it.
 
daddy_4_eyes said:
Spot on. Just chuck the ticket in the bin and forget about it.
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LOL, that'd work :).

A couple of weeks ago on the train (the Broady line) I overheard these two absolute bogan scum kids (about 16/17 years old) talk about how there was an inspector that they avoided by hiding under the seats (it was a fairly empty carriage, they said). They also said "we'll get off at Southern Cross, it's easier to get out of there, less security". What did they mean by that - would they just jump over the turnstiles? Going towards Southern Cross, I also heard one of them say "my dad was locked up in that jail" :D Absolute scum they were.

As for the zone 1, zone 2 conflict - I get on at Pascoe Vale to go to the city which is right on the borderline of the zones, but a few stations down at Broadmeadows, that's purely zone 2, for about 2 or 3 stations. I imagine many people would be caught having a zone 1 ticket around there, pretty stiff (not to mention typically lower income people catch the train there).

I was caught without a concession card once (a few years ago). The only ID I had on me was my school diary, and only the name was filled out on it, no address or anything. I got out of the fine by writing a letter, then got an "official warning".
 
Absolute scum of the universe. Although I dodged 6 of the ****wits in the last 3 days, so I'm quite happy with myself.

Jarryds tips to avoiding fines
If you lack a ticket on a train, always keep a look out as you're approaching the next station for inspectors. If you see some that're going to get onto your carriage, get up and walk off the train as if you're getting off at that station. Then walk TWO carriages up and get on that one. Never go ahead just one carriage, too risky.
 
i used to love the old scratchy tickets,with a daily ticket id mark the month and have my fingers ready to scratch the day off incase the scumbags got on
 
My colleague's brother is a CityRail (Sydney) ticket inspector. He says there's a well known guy known as the shit man who when upon seeing ticket inspectors, reaches into his pants, does a crap and goes after them. The inspectors run for their lives. Funniest thing I've ever heard. So that's ONE way to avoid the fine.
 
Jarryd_S said:
Jarryds tips to avoiding fines
If you lack a ticket on a train, always keep a look out as you're approaching the next station for inspectors. If you see some that're going to get onto your carriage, get up and walk off the train as if you're getting off at that station. Then walk TWO carriages up and get on that one. Never go ahead just one carriage, too risky.
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Or just buy a ****ing ticket?
 

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Now I know why public transport is so shit, all these scummy ticket evaders.
 
no its shit becuase there are "inspectors" who have nothing better to do than check tickets and push people around
 
The last time i got on a train during the day was about 3 months ago. About 4 inspectors/cops caming charging in, got a guy that was about 5 rows behind me. I turned around and the guy is standing up "jacking it"! You have got to feel for the inspectors/rail police. They deal with some ####ed up people.
 
If they did their job properly and were all consistent, i'd understand.

But they are nothing more than a bunch of power hungry cretins who can't get a real job or couldn't pass their police enterance exam.
 

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the-X-factor said:
Put on an accent and tell them you are visiting from another country. They cant send you a ticket now can they ;)
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They'll hold you in custody until you prove you're a foreigner though ;) Which is OK if you speak another language - if they ask you to phone a relative to prove who you are, speak to them in Italian and tell them the situation, then you'll get away with it. If worst comes to worst, that's a left-field one to try for fare evaders ;)

It's easier to just buy a ticket - I'm a uni student so a daily ticket costs 3.30. :thumbsu:
 
Cheer Red Blood said:
Thanks for the replies.

They can't search you, so theoretically you can give a fake name and address to them if you get caught without a ticket and you won't receive your fine? (I've never been given a fine but I'm presuming it's mailed to you?)
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m.diddy said:
If you don't have any i.d on you, they make you give them your details and also the details of a relative, they then ring this relative on the spot and get them to verify your details. So basically you're screwed if you do this and cop a bigger fine. Better off just accepting the $150 fine imo than risking anything bigger.
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I beg to disagree. A couple of years ago, my brother's and I had a foolproof plan. An agreed pre-planned fake name and address. So if for instance I got caught, I'd give the fake details, have them call my bro, who would duly describe me, confirm that I was who I said I was, and that I lived at the fake address.

Never once failed, and never got a fine using this plan. Although "Alex Campbell" has sure got a few unpaid fines floating around, lolza!

grimlock said:
My colleague's brother is a CityRail (Sydney) ticket inspector. He says there's a well known guy known as the shit man who when upon seeing ticket inspectors, reaches into his pants, does a crap and goes after them. The inspectors run for their lives. Funniest thing I've ever heard. So that's ONE way to avoid the fine.
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That's simply awesome. Will have to remember that one!1!
 
Higgs Boson said:
I beg to disagree. A couple of years ago, my brother's and I had a foolproof plan. An agreed pre-planned fake name and address. So if for instance I got caught, I'd give the fake details, have them call my bro, who would duly describe me, confirm that I was who I said I was, and that I lived at the fake address.

Never once failed, and never got a fine using this plan. Although "Alex Campbell" has sure got a few unpaid fines floating around, lolza!



That's simply awesome. Will have to remember that one!1!
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my oh my, all those "return to sender" fines
 
I catch the train to and from work, and its a ****ing disgrace.

And my line isn't that bad in comparison to the rest (werribee line)

Connex officers are scum. Dog mentality, hunt in packs.

Although they did offer me a bit of entertainment one day at Southern Cross Station. This kid was "detained" for something, giving lip it seemed as he was pretty good at it. I walked off to my platform. I went back up the top to get some reading and they were beating the living daylights out of him at that point. Kid deserved it, but, they're still scum.

I larfed and walked off.
 
Bump.

Interesting occurence on a tram this morning.

Thought I saw a few undercover ticket inspectors get on, but thought I'll wait and see as was already running late for a meeting, after a few stops of slyly looking at them I was very confident they were ticket inspectors so I got up to get off and then they sprung into action demanding everyone shows them their tickets etc.

Luckily as I was now near the door I put my unvalidated ticket into the machine to validate it, this incensed one of the guys who asked what I was doing. I played cool just said I was validating my ticket as I forgot to before, he was really pissed off and all three elected to get off the tram as I said the next one was my stop.

They decided to write me up a fine saying I didn't have a validated ticket even though I did (as I had just validated it). Does anyone think I should be able to easily argue this?

I mean he asked for a ticket and I showed him one which was validated.
 

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