£2 Greater Manchester fare cap

[iMarkeh]

RE: £2 Greater Manchester fare cap

(13/09/2022 23:18)Mayneway Wrote:  Kids don’t wear badges with their age on. The fact is many adults try it on trying to get child tickets. Of course if a child looks young enough it’s easy but many over 16’s try to buy child tickets. Yes the job is hard but everyone should be reading from the same hymn book. Child tickets are only available with Igo or Proof of age.

The issue is, both ends of the spectrum aren't very good.

On one hand, TFGM who demands ID for over 10s (and bearing in mind, only people in GM can get an Igo as well) and Merseyside would let 35 year olds have child tickets because there is no proof of age and no one cares. One means people who live the wrong side of a border aren't entitled to child fare, the other is open to abuse.

The best system would be for anyone who seems to be under 16 or wearing school uniform to be automatically entitled to child fare. Anyone who is deemed (by the driver, as has happened for how many years previously) to be over 16 should hold a nationally recognised card such as CitizenCard or some other Govt approved proof of age card. None of this 'you must live within this local are to get child fare here'.