Who will accept ID cards?

[Ian Batten]

bus installations of smart card readers are almost unimaginable  
outside London because of the (lack of a) regulatory framework.

ian

(mobile, sorry for typos)

On 30 Jul 2009, at 22:18, Peter Tomlinson <pwt at iosis.co.uk> wrote:

> Adrian Midgley wrote:
>> Roland Perry wrote:
>>
>>> But how does the bus driver know that the person clutching the ID  
>>> card
>>> (whose name he knows for sure now) is *also* entitled to a free  
>>> bus ride?
>>>
>> How did he know before?
>> Give each bus a list of the {people||ID numbers (their name is none  
>> of
>> his damn business any more than it is now)}} it is not to charge for
>> tickets.
>>
>> Or
>>
>> GIve each ID card a list of the services it's owner is entitled to
>> receive, with the conditions applicable.
> The intention is to deploy card readers and associated systems to  
> verify bus pass entitlement by reading the bus pass (ENCTS pass)  
> chip data and comparing with data held in the bus system (a hot  
> list, and details of the entitlement for that class of card on that  
> bus service). But when?
>
> Peter
>
>