(14 Jul 2019, 10:23 pm)Jimmi wrote 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.
See, with me being the type of person who likes to cause trouble. I would go out of my way to ask for proof they're entitled to a child ticket if they looked slightly too old.