(14 Jul 2019, 10:02 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Speaking of Under 18 tickets, are drivers just scared to challenge people who are clearly over 18 and ask for a child ticket, or do they just not care? Because I've seen people I know & older than me get an Under 18 ticket without any trouble
From what I can see at least it seems more hassle than it's worth most of the time, only time I've seen it happen recently was on a Arriva 5 service from Bishop Auckland to Darlington one night when a load of teenagers got on and driver asked for ages of every single one of them, he refused to offer one a child/teen ticket whatever on the basis that this one had cigarettes on him, seemingly hadn't been thought he might be underage smoking, the result was a load of tension between the driver and the teenager plus his friends which made for a very uncomfortable journey for everybody, turned out he was the correct age for said ticket.