• ntma@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    I always laugh at the people who pay for fares for public transportation. It’s an honor system. You just get on and don’t pay. No one ever says anything. And those police officers who are supposed to check never say anything.

    • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
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      1 hour ago

      Depends where you are. In Phoenix I’ve seen people get cited and escorted off the train. They’re real cops, if you refuse to identify, they can arrest.

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      1 day ago

      If it’s a honor system that you don’t obey, are we to conclude you are without honor? ^^

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      24 hours ago

      I pay for public tranposrtation because I like my bus drivers. should I have to? no, it should be 100% publicly funded. but it’s not, so I do.

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      23 hours ago

      And those police officers who are supposed to check never say anything.

      unless you look not white and/or housed enough to them

      • ntma@lemm.ee
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        22 hours ago

        I check both of those boxes and still don’t get hassled.

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      19 hours ago

      I believe that public transportation should be free, especially for low income individuals. I don’t fit that definition anymore, so I am happy to pay to help keep it funded.

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      1 day ago

      In Dallas the light rail normally doesn’t check but they’re doing it more frequently now mainly to get homeless people off the trains, and they will make you get off if you don’t have a ticket. The busses always check though.

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        22 hours ago

        In my area, the public transportation hall monitors never checks and they stopped bothering to check mainly to get people to ride public transport.