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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards
Posted by: Alan Brainsby
Date/Time: 27/04/10 11:39:00

"When I was at school rowdiness on buses was the norm. We'd run around, shout and make a general nuisance of ourselves."

When I was young I had to pay my fare and I rather think most of us posters did too.

Free travel is a privilege; not a right. If the cards are misused then it is proper to remove the privilege, just as "Blue Badges" are withdrawn for misuse.

One might do well to remember that the regulations governing London's free travel for children were drawn up under a Labour regime, and enforced by it, so I think it's spurious to suggest that enforcement is worse, or better, under the Conservatives.

"with driver only operated buses there isn't much that can be done."

No, but it's called self-control. Lose it and lose one's right to free travel as well.

A possible solution to the problem would be to transport schoolchildren in those nice clean white buses with darkened windows operated by Serco, a bit like Dial-a-Ride.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards23/04/10 20:01:00 Alan Brainsby
   Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards23/04/10 20:10:00 J Smith
   Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards23/04/10 20:31:00 Paul Cavanagh
      Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards23/04/10 21:38:00 Alan Brainsby
         Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards24/04/10 00:02:00 Wiktor Moszczynski
   Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards24/04/10 07:44:00 Andy Jones
      Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards24/04/10 11:49:00 Jean F Fernandez
         Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards25/04/10 16:44:00 Susan Kelly
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards25/04/10 19:55:00 Alan Brainsby
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards25/04/10 20:20:00 J Smith
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards25/04/10 20:27:00 Alan Brainsby
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards26/04/10 20:35:00 J Smith
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards26/04/10 22:14:00 Alan Brainsby
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards27/04/10 09:40:00 Andy Jones
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards27/04/10 11:39:00 Alan Brainsby
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards27/04/10 17:04:00 J Smith
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards27/04/10 17:30:00 Michael Brandt
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards27/04/10 17:40:00 Andy Jones
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards27/04/10 17:39:00 Andy Jones
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards28/04/10 12:57:00 Alan Brainsby
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards28/04/10 13:44:00 Andy Jones
   Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards28/04/10 10:47:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
      Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards28/04/10 11:09:00 Michael Brandt
      Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards28/04/10 11:09:00 Michael Brandt
         Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards29/04/10 09:13:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards29/04/10 14:11:00 Alan Brainsby
   Re:Confiscation of  11-18 year-olds Oyster cards01/05/10 15:41:00 Paul Cavanagh

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