(21 Jun 2020, 4:18 pm)deanmachine wrote Much less likely to encounter someone without any money. Even currently with no change given, there's nearly always some way for them to pay. Honestly, my biggest worry about is making someone with a hidden disability have to disclose something they'd rather not with a random bus driver. Most people are compliant however. (At least when we're looking)

Which is why they can make use of the different card schemes that they can just show the driver.

I know when I was travelling without wearing a mask I purposely didn't say anything to the driver to see if I would be asked about it, and I wasn't (I did try on the first bus I got but I had to take it off as I literally couldn't breathe)

I'd be interested to see what would happen if a load of people on a bus caught COVID from a passenger not wearing a mask and the driver hadn't questioned it, who would be at fault? (hypothetically speaking of course!) I'd lean towards the operator being at fault as it is a condition of travel to wear a face covering, and the passenger was not, so they shouldn't have been allowed to travel