Dublin bus ticket inspectors

TangyZizzle

I had one frighten the life out of me about 3 years ago when he demanded to see my ticket. I showed him my smart card thing and he then asked for my student ID. Once I showed him he gave me a bollocking for not putting my student ID no. on the travel card.

I still buy student travel cards but don't have a student ID now(finished my course the other week).

Do the ticket inspectors still exist or have they gone the way of the conductors(who I vaguely remember from when I was a little fella). If they do still work, what will happen if Im asked for student ID and cant present it?

KD345

Yes, the inspectors still operate. If you're using a student ticket without ID they may confiscate it and you will be asked to produce ID at Dublin Bus head office for it's return. You may also be issued with a fine.

If you're no longer a student you should be paying full fare.

TangyZizzle

Of course I should. But with the amount of busses I take in the week and the amount of money I earn - a ticket for €15.70 that will save me a rake load of cash is very worth the risk of getting caught. Besides, by the time I do get caught I'll have saved enough to pay the fine twice over.

Sure I got away with paying €1 child fares up until I was 19 going 20 and have a mate who still does.

kirving

That's not the point though. If you're not a student, you shouldn't be paying the student fare, regardless of how much you earn.

TangyZizzle

I got the point, mate. Im just giving my reasoning for doing what I do. I know it's not what I'm supposed to do but I'll keep on doing it until I see an inspector in the flesh(or get a better income)

The only reason I stopped paying €1 bus fares is because a bus driver asked "Are you takin' the piss?," I asked him to repeat himself but he didn't and let me stay on the bus. Not a horrible situation but enough to make me not want to take that risk again - especially because my bus route doesn't have THAT many drivers so I was afraid he would recognise me

KD345

Dublin Bus have revenue protection officers operating so just beware you do run the risk of being caught.

Why not apply for a tax saver ticket through your employer? It may even work out cheaper than the student ticket and you can stop worrying about getting caught and ending up in court/fined.

Niles

Bus Átha Cliath only accept the official Student Travel card, which is valid to December of a particular year (at least that was the case when I was a student). So even if you finished your course the other week it should still technically be valid (they have an expiry date on them).

Victor

You face a standard fare of €100 or a court fine/prison. While prison is unlikely, fines of up to €1,000 have been handed out for fare evasion.

LXFlyer

TangyZizzle wrote: »

I had one frighten the life out of me about 3 years ago when he demanded to see my ticket. I showed him my smart card thing and he then asked for my student ID. Once I showed him he gave me a bollocking for not putting my student ID no. on the travel card.

I still buy student travel cards but don't have a student ID now(finished my course the other week).

Do the ticket inspectors still exist or have they gone the way of the conductors(who I vaguely remember from when I was a little fella). If they do still work, what will happen if Im asked for student ID and cant present it?

Taking that line of thought further why don't all of us who took pay cuts last year start offering shops money to the value of the price on the ticket less our % pay cut everytime we buy something.

Get real. Either pay the correct fare or walk/cycle.

AlekSmart

TangyZizzle wrote: »

Of course I should. But with the amount of busses I take in the week and the amount of money I earn - a ticket for €15.70 that will save me a rake load of cash is very worth the risk of getting caught. Besides, by the time I do get caught I'll have saved enough to pay the fine twice over.

Sure I got away with paying €1 child fares up until I was 19 going 20 and have a mate who still does.

TangyZizzle should have publicly announced their strategy a wee bit sooner,which might have allowed Enda Kenny to headhunt Tangy to represent the "Knowledge Based Economy" to the Queen and Mr Obama,which it is hoped,will contribute greatly to pulling Ireland out of it's recessionary tailspin.

I'v a suspicion that many of the "undocumented" Irish now working illegally in the United States and other countries exhibit the same level of uniquely Irish dedication to contributing to making their environment a better place for everybody to live in and enjoy...?

Is it any wonder we're sittin outside the doors of the IMF/ECB with a styrofoam cup...:o

Sheesh,the terms "wise-up" or "getta life" never seemed more appropriate,but I suspect would fall on stony-grey-soil here....;)

TangyZizzle

TangyZizzle

KD345 wrote: »

Why not apply for a tax saver ticket through your employer? It may even work out cheaper than the student ticket and you can stop worrying about getting caught and ending up in court/fined.

I don't have an employer. Funny how everyone just assumed I was employed and should be well able to afford the fares Dublin Bus charge. The fact of the matter is if I paid the correct fare every single time - over half of my weeks money would be gone. Of course that still doesn't make what I do alright. But as I'v already said, if I can get away with it, I'm going to do it.

TangyZizzle

TangyZizzle wrote: »

I don't have an employer. Funny how everyone just assumed I was employed and should be well able to afford the fares Dublin Bus charge.

Since you said you had to take buses regularly and would not have a student ID anymore, it's not unreasonable.

LXFlyer

TangyZizzle wrote: »

I don't have an employer. Funny how everyone just assumed I was employed and should be well able to afford the fares Dublin Bus charge. The fact of the matter is if I paid the correct fare every single time - over half of my weeks money would be gone. Of course that still doesn't make what I do alright. But as I'v already said, if I can get away with it, I'm going to do it.

Which, frankly, makes you nothing more than a common thief.

While I sympathise with your lack of income it does not in any way justify what you are doing.

Losty Dublin

TangyZizzle wrote: »

I don't have an employer. Funny how everyone just assumed I was employed and should be well able to afford the fares Dublin Bus charge. The fact of the matter is if I paid the correct fare every single time - over half of my weeks money would be gone. Of course that still doesn't make what I do alright. But as I'v already said, if I can get away with it, I'm going to do it.

Didn't you say yesterday....;)

TangyZizzle wrote: »

Of course I should. But with the amount of busses I take in the week and the amount of money I earn .

If you are self employed then you ought to offset your travel costs off your income tax declarations.

TangyZizzle

Thanks for poiting that out. I should have just said 'the amount of money I bring in,' as opposed to 'the amount of money that I earn,'

I'm not self employed.

dearg lady

The fares would be lower for everyone if it wasn't for people like you. As was said above, if you can't afford the bus, find another method of transportation.

And yes, there is ticket checkers around.

TangyZizzle

dearg lady wrote: »

The fares would be lower for everyone if it wasn't for people like you. As was said above, if you can't afford the bus, find another method of transportation.

And yes, there is ticket checkers around.

Well - I'v certainly been put in my place

If you or anyone else have a problem with the fares you pay, I suggest you do what I'm doing. It's not all that difficult and the risks are well worth the reward.

dearg lady

TangyZizzle wrote: »

Well - I'v certainly been put in my place

If you or anyone else have a problem with the fares you pay, I suggest you do what I'm doing. It's not all that difficult and the risks are well worth the reward.

I don't have a problem. Just pointing out the blindingly obvious. You seem to have difficulty understanding it. Just out of interest would you go to the shop, get you weekly shopping, total comes to 40 quid, and you decide 30 is fair, hand that over, and walk out.

also, I have zero interest in winding up with a criminal record because of a bloody bus fare.

TangyZizzle

I don't have a problem understanding any of this.

If I went to a shop to pick up my weekly shopping and the total came to 40 but I thought I could get away with paying 30 - you're damn right I'd pay 30 and walk out of the shop with a huge grin on my face.

dearg lady

TangyZizzle wrote: »

I don't have a problem understanding any of this.

If I went to a shop to pick up my weekly shopping and the total came to 40 but I thought I could get away with paying 30 - you're damn right I'd pay 30 and walk out of the shop with a huge grin on my face.

Well thats where you and me differ, I'm more considerate and wouldn't liek to see the next person stuck paying 50.

Anyways, I'll look forward to the day you get caught

TangyZizzle

Even with the smiley on the end of that sentence it's still a rotten thing to wish on someone :P Who says I'm not going to continue to carry my student ID until it expires? If the difference between a criminal record and a fine is having a rectangle piece of plastic in my pocket and not - then I think the choice is obvious

dearg lady

TangyZizzle wrote: »

Even with the smiley on the end of that sentence it's still a rotten thing to wish on someone :P Who says I'm not going to continue to carry my student ID until it expires? If the difference between a criminal record and a fine is having a rectangle piece of plastic in my pocket and not - then I think the choice is obvious

yet you're quite happy to have everyone else make up the difference in your fare!!!
the difference is not the rectangular piece of plastic, it's the conditions attached to it :rolleyes:

TangyZizzle

And they're going to do a full background check and find that I'v finished my course, are they? If there are flaws that are there to be taken advantage of, you can be guaranteed people will find them and use them. I'v done it, so have countless others. It's not right.. I know that, but I don't care

dearg lady

TangyZizzle wrote: »

And they're going to do a full background check and find that I'v finished my course, are they? If there are flaws that are there to be taken advantage of, you can be guaranteed people will find them and use them. I'v done it, so have countless others. It's not right.. I know that, but I don't care

if you have a valid student travelcard then you're entitled to a student ticket, so what are you on here askin about anyway?

TangyZizzle

Hint is in the title.

I was curious as to whether the Dublin Bus Inspectors still operated of if they were taken off the busses like the conductors.

JoePie

For a lad who isn't in college and doesn't seem to have a job for all intents and purposes, you seem to get an awful lot of buses. Would you not just get one of the 10 journey, 90 minute tickets? From the first scan, you can hop on as many buses as you want in the 90 minutes before one journey is used up. €19.50 I think they are now.

Grow up and pay the full fare, like. Or just buy a bike.

dearg lady

TangyZizzle wrote: »

Hint is in the title.

I was curious as to whether the Dublin Bus Inspectors still operated of if they were taken off the busses like the conductors.

Yes they still exist, but just show your (apparently still in date) student card and there's no problem!

-Chris-

TangyZizzle wrote: »

If you or anyone else have a problem with the fares you pay, I suggest you do what I'm doing. It's not all that difficult and the risks are well worth the reward.

You were doing fine until you started advocating fare evasion.

Your question's been answered at this stage anyway. Thread closed.