Alright, how's this for public transport :
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WHEN Victoria's public
transport users finally get the long-awaited myki smartcard, it
will come with a condition — if it doesn't work, it's your
fault.
A fare manual for the long-overdue $850 million ticketing system,
obtained by the Opposition under freedom-of-information laws, says
myki tickets that do not work will be assumed to have been damaged
by the users, and not defective.
"Where there is doubt about whether a ticket is damaged or
defective, it will be taken to be damaged," the manual states.
Tickets judged to be damaged will cost $9.80 to replace, it
states.
"Public Transport Minister Lynne Kosky wants to blame passengers
for myki's problems," Opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder
said.
"Minister Kosky will place the onus on public transport users to
prove it was not their fault that a ticket could not be used —
despite her recent public exhibition as to how the myki equipment
can fail," Mr Mulder said.
Ms Kosky last month visited the offices of Kamco, the consortium
building the myki system. While there, she gave up on trying load a
$20 note into a ticketing machine after the note was rejected three
times. (Kamco staff later pointed out
this was due to human error.) ie. blame the Minister!!!
Harharharhar!!!
The current Metcard fare manual does not place the onus of proof
on passengers but demands $9.80 for a replacement ticket if a
ticket is deemed to be damaged.
Acting Public Transport Minister Bob Cameron said nothing would
change under myki, despite the manual obtained by the
Opposition.
AND, this Myki system is exactly like our Transitlink card
system, except that it has taken donkey YEARS and MILLIONS of
dollars to develop and it's STILL not ready to roll out yet!
Harharharharharhar!!!
