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Public transport but individual responsibility:
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Public transport, but individual responsibility
Pascal Rytz’s advice, FSA specialist lawyer.
I have a TPG card of 20 francs to be debit public transport but individual responsibility in the terminals at stops or on the buses. Consequently, The other day. Moreover, I went up to a stop that did not have a terminal and there was not on the bus either. Moreover, I could not get a ticket until after 15 stops! Meanwhile, The bus driver told me that I would have been amended in the absence of a valid transport title. For example, even though I could not make use of my card from the start of my journey. Furthermore, Is it true?
D, Geneva
Yes, unfortunately for you it’s true. In principle, you could have been amended in the situation you describe.
In Switzerland. the rule is simple: any traveler must be in possession of a valid transport title before climbing in a public transport vehicle or public transport but individual responsibility immediately on boarding it. This is what the Federal Transport Transport (LTV) and its order for application (OTV) recall. The absence of a terminal to the stop or in the vehicle does not exempt the user from this obligation. It is a so -called “presumption of responsibility” system: everyone is responsible for finding a way to acquire a. ticket before the start of their trip.
Jurisprudence confirmed this rigor. In a case judged by the federal administrative court. a passenger who tried without success to obtain a ticket on the bus was ordered to pay a surcharge. However, she had tried to obtain money from the driver and passengers. The court recognized its good faith, but still confirmed the legality of the sanction. Public transport do not have the obligation to guarantee a terminal. other means of payment at each stop or in each public transport but individual responsibility vehicle. It is up to the traveler to ensure. before departure, that he will be able to obtain a valid title, whether on paper or in electronic form.
The absence of a terminal to your stop. on the bus you have taken may seem unfair, but it is not an illegal situation. Common sense would like us to take into account such circumstances. but the law can be applied to the letter as soon as there are alternative means of obtaining a ticket (mobile application, SMS, etc.).
In conclusion. the driver did not lie to you, even if your misadventure raises a real question of accessibility to the system. Until then. if you are often faced with this type of situation, it is better to resolve you to equip yourself with a laptop because many carriers now favor public transport but individual responsibility dematerialized tickets.
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