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'Smart' cards

  • 02-04-2009 10:00pm
    #1
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭


    Stupid, stupid me. I was rejoicing at Dublin Bus finally moving to smart cards, and went to buy one for my bus journey, intending to load it up with some money and use it for future journeys.

    In my naiveté, I assumed that Dublin Bus's version would be the same as, say, the Suica in Japan, where you load your card, then each journey debits it.

    How silly I am. Far too simple a concept for Dublin Bus.


Comments

  • #2
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    What happened next?


  • #3
    Jesus Juice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Jesus Juice


    This is suspenseful...


  • #4
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    My curiosity is piqued


  • #5
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    So the card needs a payment each time to travel? Why bring in the card then?


  • #6
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    Please, do continue!


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  • #7
    Piste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    Yeah...how do these smart cards work?


  • #8
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Hi.


  • #9
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    ...

    If I could give negative rep I would.


  • #10
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    If these cards ever got 'too' smart is there a danger they could enslave all mankind?


  • #11
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Only losers take the bus tbh.


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  • #12
    karen3212
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭karen3212


    Dost thou speak of THEE dublin Bus? Is this like MENSA membership?


  • #13
    Jesus Juice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Jesus Juice


    Mr.Lizard wrote: »
    If these cards ever got 'too' smart is there a danger they could enslave all mankind?
    Maybe its taken over the OPs brain and is stopping him reply!?


  • #14
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Piste wrote: »
    Yeah...how do these smart cards work?

    Not the way they should. They thought the proper way would be too hard core for us to handle straight away. But the system can handle it so they may eventually make it work the way it should.


  • #15
    Ste.phen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Ste.phen


    In case the OP was being serious:
    DB have the technology to roll this out but the Department of Transport are really, really, REALLY bad at approving damn near anything new or exciting.
    They're still holding out for their integrated ticketing thing through the RPA (Luas people), but last I heard it was due for rollout in 2006 so christ knows when we'll actually get it.


  • #16
    OctavarIan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭OctavarIan


    The current system means I pay half the price I normally would going to and from college every day.

    Naturally Dublin Bus would be unwise to change it.


  • #17
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    the suspension is killing me, and i'd be lucky to use dublin bus once a year


  • #18
    Jesus Juice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Jesus Juice


    irish-stew wrote: »
    the suspension is killing me, and i'd be lucky to use dublin bus once a year
    Me too,and I live in Tipperary!!


  • #19
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    irish-stew wrote: »
    the suspension is killing me, and i'd be lucky to use dublin bus once a year

    I always found the suspension on Dublin buses to be quite forgiving.

    /gets coat.


  • #20
    redout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    Who needs a smart card when your mate pays on then legs it down the back to open the emergency exit and every one melee's on.

    Ah, how I miss school.


  • #21
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Obviously, just the card is smart in this case.


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  • #22
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    They're not 'smart' cards at all. They're a renamed version of the five-day, monthly, etc tickets.

    The two-journey tickets (which replaced the more efficient 10-journey tickets) have ceased to be.

    The shop said they were flooded with people looking for change for the bus, and kindly gave me €1.60 in coppers to pay my fare.


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