Get me there and Contactless card payment

[Mrboo]

RE: Get me there and Contactless card payment

(15/01/2021 09:05)Rick Hunter Wrote:  So what you are saying is a lone bus driver with little or no back up has to challenge a group of criminals? A situation which could rapidly become violent.

That reason they have hidden alarms it can even be button on ticketer added to flag a issue like this so it can flag a Sos and drivers can just wave someone on and blame the ETM. So would the driver allow someone not to pay? Or hand over their money if someone asked. No they would put up a fight but some see a card payment as not their money.

So there 2 sides to this now means drivers will be back to carrying money then it going to card only payment on buses as the way we are going we are not going back to taking cash on buses and giving out change.

I can see them going to a system of using a bank card over a get me there card. and TFGM using there own ETM on buses in Manchester as the first stage of them taking over.

Drivers are far safer if it card only on a bus.