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Bus inspector fine!

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  • Gene_Hunt_2
    Gene_Hunt_2 Posts: 3,902 Forumite


    (i should have gave fake details but i wasnt thinking)


    Your not the sharpest tool in the box are you?

    But a tool all the same.:D
  • wba31
    wba31 Posts: 2,189 Forumite
    Well i was on home today on the bus and some inspectors came on at a random stop, I had a first monthly pass for south yorkshire but i forgot that it was 2 days old!

    So when i showed it the inspector said it was out of date and then he asked me if i got another one, i just said i probably left it at work.

    So he made me fill in a form with my details (i should have gave fake details but i wasnt thinking) and im assuming im going to get something through post, but he said i have 10 days to appeal and can send a photocopy of my up to date pass.

    Im no longer using first now because stagecoach is cheaper, if the letter comes through post and i still dont pay it then what happens?

    I might just get someone elses pass and photocopy it because im not paying a ridiculous fine of £35 just because i forgot about the 2 days! i even asked if i could pay the normal fare of £1.60 for my journey but wasnt allowed.

    Pay up, plain a simple. Don't try and dodge it, you ballsed up, £35 is a small price to pay. you'll never forget to check you have a valid pass again!
  • Rossy. wrote: »
    ............ We use hit squads .....


    i have this imagine of a load of men in full ballistic gear swinging through the window pointing guns at some old lady with her shopping


    do you really call them hitsqauds? lol

    either way pay the fine 2 days late is not really any different to 2 years late - end of the day you got caught so cough up :T

    and becuase of people like you as rossy said the companies loose million billions trillions etc and have to put the fares up and then you moan that they are to expensive - but you dont pay them any way
  • Rossy.
    Rossy. Posts: 2,484 Forumite
    edited 17 December 2010 at 9:15AM
    i have this imagine of a load of men in full ballistic gear swinging through the window pointing guns at some old lady with her shopping


    do you really call them hitsqauds? lol

    either way pay the fine 2 days late is not really any different to 2 years late - end of the day you got caught so cough up :T

    and becuase of people like you as rossy said the companies loose million billions trillions etc and have to put the fares up and then you moan that they are to expensive - but you dont pay them any way

    lol

    It does sound dramatic doesnt it.

    Works like this..

    Bus pulls up. Police cover front/rear doors. Driver opens both doors and police/TFL board. Ticket checking commences and if anyone is found withOut a valid pass then it's either

    A) on the spot fine
    B) Arrested for fare evasion

    Nedless to say when i was a driver, the look on certain peoples faces when you pulled into the stop were some what "i've soiled my pant's"
    If Adam and Eve were created first
    .Does that mean we are all inbred
  • they should allow them to put a bullet in the head of the offending person

    people would soon stop doing it this country needs some tough policing - its too hard now for the police to arrest anyone without a complaint being made against them for hurting them.
  • Rossy.
    Rossy. Posts: 2,484 Forumite
    edited 17 December 2010 at 9:34AM
    they should allow them to put a bullet in the head of the offending person

    people would soon stop doing it this country needs some tough policing - its too hard now for the police to arrest anyone without a complaint being made against them for hurting them.

    I agree

    we have the "softest" policing in the UK

    They can't arrest without being accused of racism
    they can't stop people for offences as it's allegedly contravening their human rights
    They can't "kettle" yobby students to protect buildings/other members of the public.

    They get constant flack and i feel for them. without them this country would be chaotic. I agree that not all police personel are law abiding them selves but out of the thousands of officers in the UK i respect them for what they do. I wouldn't do it for the money they earn that's for sure
    If Adam and Eve were created first
    .Does that mean we are all inbred
  • i dont see the problem with the police i could never do it

    i have sat in town and watched the police trying to arrest a loon that had jumped through a window to then proceed and attack a man inside. im not sure what started it but to cleanly jump trhough a window then your obviously a tad weird.

    7 police man had to get him on the floor and you could see they were being carefull not to hurt him. they even took his trainer of and placed it on the floor so he didnt bang his head ( i dont think he would have felt it)

    i think they should have just battoned him and dragged him across the floor with the odd stamping on the way (he was quite happy to set about the man in the kebab shop who was deeply upset about the loss of his kebab and chips all over the floor)
  • Gene_Hunt_2
    Gene_Hunt_2 Posts: 3,902 Forumite
    they should allow them to put a bullet in the head of the offending person

    people would soon stop doing it this country needs some tough policing - its too hard now for the police to arrest anyone without a complaint being made against them for hurting them.


    If the police were still allowed to kick the crap out of the low life scum, society would be better and the lefties could go back to complaining about the price of lentils.
  • if i had just attacked someone i wouldnt expect the police to handle me with care

    i also would have the balls to stand in court and say that i am unhappy that the police hurt my arm after i jumped through a window and attacked someone
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