Willfully admitting liability for something you knowingly haven't done

[tony_mac]

It's hard to imagine that someone falsely offering a plea of 'guilty' would not be subjected to any more examination than to confirm their identity, their plea and perhaps a written Witness Statement; it is usual for the prosecution to have SOME work to do!

Yes, I was taking a very literal meaning for 'plead guilty'.
I had thought that the original question was meant to be that narrow, but I agree that does seem impractical.

 

[Ritson]

That indeed refers to the Permit to Travel machines.

I have honestly never come across these machines. Am I being blind - are they at every station?

 

[najaB]

I have honestly never come across these machines. Am I being blind - are they at every station?

They are few and far between these days. TOCs prefer card-only TVMs instead.

 

[bb21]

I have honestly never come across these machines. Am I being blind - are they at every station?

They used to be wide-spread in Penalty Fares areas, but most have been removed with the installation of TVMs.

The West Midlands, I believe, is the last stronghold for them.

 

[furlong]

PERTIS (Permit to Travel Issuing System)

They used to be wide-spread in Penalty Fares areas, but most have been removed with the installation of TVMs.

And yet scheme rules have not been updated, leaving stations purporting still to be part of Penalty Fares schemes no longer satisfying basic scheme principles, extending grey areas, giving inconsistent messages to passengers and undermining the simplicity of the message provided by the scheme.

 

[andygb]

PERTIS (Permit to Travel Issuing System)



And yet scheme rules have not been updated, leaving stations purporting still to be part of Penalty Fares schemes no longer satisfying basic scheme principles, extending grey areas, giving inconsistent messages to passengers and undermining the simplicity of the message provided by the scheme.

This is definitely the case at my station, where the malfunctioning PTT machine was removed entirely and we still have no ticket machine, yet we still have the warning notices frightening unwary travellers, lest they board a train without previously purchasing a ticket.

 

[bb21]

PERTIS (Permit to Travel Issuing System)



And yet scheme rules have not been updated, leaving stations purporting still to be part of Penalty Fares schemes no longer satisfying basic scheme principles, extending grey areas, giving inconsistent messages to passengers and undermining the simplicity of the message provided by the scheme.

Maybe someone should try bringing DfT's attention to that?