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for the UPass i dont think they really care.. i was using my buddies upass for the whole year and the cops and bus drivers have taken my upass and noticed that it wasnt mine and let me go..but i think as long as someone is paying for it they dont care lol... or im just really lucky that i the cop wasnt a douche. =D
lol, my two buddies forgot to buy a ticket one time, and they were rushing to my basketball game, so they randomly picked up 2 tickets and in coincidence , the sky pigs were on patrol, so obviously the tickets were expired and they ran from the station, unluckly they ran after them, but they didnt get caught.
i remember a skypig letting me go once, i simply told him i was in a rush to my moms place and they let me go without a warning =)
too bad that didn't work when canada won the olympics men's hockey semi-finals huh?
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So what happens if someone else gets caught using your upass?
Nothing happens to the original owner right? I mean, I can just say that I lost it and never got a new one because I don't use it anyway.
apparently for ubc it can show up on your transcript as academic dishonesty or sthing like that..i remember reading it
Would be interesting to see someone being charged for fraud under 5k for doing this.
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Back in UBC days I would always wear a UBC sweater or t-shirt when boarding the bus. As soon as they saw my Chinese Science Nerd face they wouldn't even look at the UPass I was holding. I think they only ever closely looked at it 10% of the time.
I used to sell my Upass back when those leeches at SFU initiated the program.
I'm sorry, but taking the public transit from West Richmond to Burnaby wasted valuable hours. Especially for a guy who had 4 jobs + a full course load.
thats why u get a day pass u have the scratch and only scratch it when u see someone checking tickets
wow!
now this is a true loop hole in the system.
If you're slick enough, you could even scratch it right when the officer asks you to show your ticket. Pull ticket + scratch at the same time while still in pocket.
when people sell you their U passes.. they always just sell the one that was mailed.. while they get a new one from school on the first day...i think if anything ever comes back to them, they will just say they lost their original one.. one thing translink could do is actually make everyone scan their pass, but i understand the time it will waste everyone during rush hours... =.=
I don't take the skytrain often enough. But when I did for work,
it was so jam packed, I doubt any officers would be able to come in and check.
I never seen any anyway.
I think if you're not gonna pay, then it's best to be more alert.
If you see officers outside, don't panic, they won't necessarily come inside.
But start moving slowly and casually away from the doors near them, and make your way to
another train, since they're all connected.
If you're far away enough, they probably won't reach you before the next station.
I wouldn't suggest gtfo, cause it would be too obvious. Since they walk in just as
the doors are about to close, and if you run out then, an officer outside will trap you.
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I was on the Canada line last week, and they did a random ticket check. There was a Chinese lady who had a book of passes but obviously did not validate it prior to getting on the train. She pretended to keep looking for a ticket in her pockets hoping the transit people would just go past her, but they just waited until she could produce the validated ticket - which she couldn't. Then she tried the "I don't speak English" card, but they pulled her off at the next station anyways. They were nice at least, only pulled her off to validate one of her passes, and didn't fine her or anything.
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so had to put it to use.
