Bus fare dodging?? Need help.

[BazzaS]

More importantly (for your situation) : were you asked for / did you give your details?

To answer your question on how it can be a crime If Person A wants to buy a pass for Person B as a gift :

1) the pass needs to have the photo of person B, not person A.

2) if the pass is fraudulent, both A and B commit offences

i) Person A if they knew (or should reasonably have known) it was fraudulent

ii) Person B if they do not show a valid ticket on demand. They still commit the offence but might persuade the bus operator not to prosecute if they can convince the operator they didn’t know it wasn’t a valid ticket. That would be an uphill struggle for person B if the pass had person A’s photo associated with it.

Oh, and those unruly bus drivers!

what with insisting people use passes they are entitled to use, and wanting to make sure they aren’t fakes. So unruly!!

[BazzaS]

Don’t use passes bearing other people’s photos.

Buy your pass(es) from the official sources.

If someone offers to gift you a pass and you aren’t sure they are buying it from a legitimate source:

Explain you had a problem once, ask them to send you the money, saying you’ll buy it yourself to ensure you don’t have problems.

 

Edited August 1, 2023 by BazzaS

[BazzaS]

OK, fully confused now.

Was the pass you were using, a student pass or full fare pass?

if it was a full fare pass bought by you using the gift code supplied to you : why did the pass (or accompanying photocard) have someone else’s photo?