On Wednesday, 14 August 2019 11:10:11 UTC+1, charles wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:

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Here in the UK TFL has said less people are using the buses, but that
isnlt true less people are scanning their oyster cards so they get free
travel. I see it everyday, I;d estimate 30% of bust users aren't aren't
scanning in, they just walk on the bus, the driver isn't interesting in
confronting them. But you have to be observant otherwise you'll miss what
is going on.

How many of those are, like me, holders of bus passes?

If yuo have a pass yuo still need to or should scan in.

They don't need to
scan in, I don't know about Freedom Passes.

Then why give them a pass if they aren't needed, and I'd say it's close to zero especaily when you see them run up the stairs or sit down or hide, they also tend to get on in the middle or back doors, you can see them at the bus stop going for those doors rather than where the driver is.
There is one in particualr that tries to emulate the noise an accepted card makes. I;ve seen him 3 times so far this year always at the same bus stop too.