I had this conversation with Cat about the Hamburg U-Bahn. She said that in Munich a significant proportion of people didn't pay, because no-one every checked. But in Hamburg everybody paid, because people were often checked. But, in my short experience of using the Hamburg U-Bahn, I never saw anyone's ticket being checked.
The DLR in London has automatic check-ins and outs, and I would imagine that your ticket is checked by the train supervisor about one time in 30, which makes the ten quid fine a reasonable bet.
Most people buy season tickets these days. I would imagine the same system now applies in Germany. This makes checking tickets even more cost-inefficient. And the new bendy buses in London are a hop-on ho-off charter for the fiscally challenged.
As for the "inbuilt sense of order" keeping the rioters off the streets; I suspect that it is rather more the generous state benefits system.
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Re: The grass is always greener
Date: 2005-07-19 07:53 pm (UTC)The DLR in London has automatic check-ins and outs, and I would imagine that your ticket is checked by the train supervisor about one time in 30, which makes the ten quid fine a reasonable bet.
Most people buy season tickets these days. I would imagine the same system now applies in Germany. This makes checking tickets even more cost-inefficient. And the new bendy buses in London are a hop-on ho-off charter for the fiscally challenged.
As for the "inbuilt sense of order" keeping the rioters off the streets; I suspect that it is rather more the generous state benefits system.