(Yesterday, 4:26 pm)morritt89 wrote As a driver, your stuck between a rock and a hard place. You are supposed to make sure everyone has a valid (and correct ticket). However, you can't put yourself in a situation.
I've been questioned by a manager after I was reported by revenue inspection as a passenger had gone further than what they had paid for. This was Arriva Durham. I was also reported as someone had a weekly ticket (bought on a different bus) and it wasn't in a pass cover.
I would argue, definitely at the time, that there were too many tickets and too many boundaries/variations to remember.
Yeah thought that would be the case, the pass cover one seems a bit ott mind - surely the driver on the ticket should be the one getting that report.
It's just such a grey area. I'd assume the way the law would see if it ended up in a tribunal somehow, would be they have to a valid ticket when they board (there's not really an excuse there) but beyond that then it's not really the drivers fault as like you said you're just causing a situation and how do you know where they're going etc when they're boarding. Asking someone makes no difference either as anyone with 2 braincells is saying a stop before regardless, if they're avoiding fares.
imo incorrectly denying customers with a valid ticket is much much worse, like the above and the issues I've had with explorer tickets, in particular, a lot over the years.
If they overshoot a pass, then a polite message when they get off saying, you can't use that here is enough imo.