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From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: subways / European rail
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Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 00:31:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan  4 00:31:00 1986
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> Perhaps it was just my preconceptions,
> but I had the feeling that cooperation and 'the honour system'
> prevailed in the subway system as well as in everything else there.
> It's like, nobody's threatening people with "don't abuse it or we'll
> take it away from you", but it seems to be common knowledge, like 1+1=2
> and 1-1=0, that if you destroy something, it won't be there anymore,
> and then you won't be able to use it.  Odd.

The "honor system" is common on many European local transit systems,
especially the German, Austrian, and Hungarian systems.  The principal
is that they have ticket inspections every once in a blue moon, but
if you are caught without a valid ticket, there is a VERY heavy fine
(enough to compensate for all the times you didn't pay).

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