Runningaround
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How do you check the I.D of any rail employee checking your tickets can you refuse without proper identification and if you are in breach of ticketing byelaws it'd be a handy delaying tactic?
It's not implausible for someone to buy a card scanner and walk around the trains asking to see your tickets and either ''taking it away for closer attention'', scanning the wallet you share with your bankcards, or in London just the bankcard itself. Add £30 a time and you could earn a lot of money in 10 mins on a bus. And ''cash only'' Physical ticket holders are easy targets as they'll be hunting around into wallets and pockets for the ticket, a quick distraction and theirs your wallet gone. At least with a phone you can hold it with a good grip, and add bio security to it to allow enough time to have it reported, with a printed at home copy, you only need to show that, and can reprint it should they take it.
I've not being checked but use my debit card and I'd expect anyone wanting to see it to provide I.D first.
It's not implausible for someone to buy a card scanner and walk around the trains asking to see your tickets and either ''taking it away for closer attention'', scanning the wallet you share with your bankcards, or in London just the bankcard itself. Add £30 a time and you could earn a lot of money in 10 mins on a bus. And ''cash only'' Physical ticket holders are easy targets as they'll be hunting around into wallets and pockets for the ticket, a quick distraction and theirs your wallet gone. At least with a phone you can hold it with a good grip, and add bio security to it to allow enough time to have it reported, with a printed at home copy, you only need to show that, and can reprint it should they take it.
I've not being checked but use my debit card and I'd expect anyone wanting to see it to provide I.D first.