• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Because he’s not being fined £1.90 but probably somewhere in the vicinity of £500, and will now have it on his criminal record forever, similar to what happened to this man:

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZYx7QAXYAAM-y9?format=png&name=small

    From the article, had you read it:

    Mr Williamson said he could not believe an “innocent mistake over a confusing and opaque rule that only saved me £1.90, will lead to a punishment of hundreds of pounds and a criminal record”.

    UK train Corpos are some of the worst racketeering cunts on the planet with weird bullshit rules like this and this is after you consider that our transport costs like it’s in Geneva but runs like it’s in Karachi.

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      They stipulate the card cannot be used for fares below £12 between 04:00 and 10:00, Monday to Friday.

      The rule does not apply in July and August, when Mr Williamson used his railcard on several similar journeys without falling foul of the rules.

      This is pretty confusing to be fair - I wouldn’t expect a rule about train tickets that applies during some months and not others. We’re used to conditions about time of day and day of week, but month is a new one for me.

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        Even the daytime conditions that make the tickets go from £25 to £30 like peak travel times are fucking bullshit when Germany has a daytime £10 pass that includes all busses, trains, Poland and probably a trip to the ISS for good measure.

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      How is this even a criminal offence instead of a civil one???

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        1 month ago

        Federation has inherent delay, on my instance that comment could stay up for a while. It is deleted for me now.