(22 Oct 2013, 7:12 am)eezypeazy wrote the pensioners' smartcard doesn't record on itself that it's been used. SO, should an inspector board the bus, even if he has a handheld card reader, he'll not know if the card has been presented to the ticket machine unless the pensioner has a piece of paper.

Something must register as they're locked out for 5 mins from getting on another bus to stop the card being passed back to someone else to use...