What is worse - possession of weed or getting on a train?

Guys, I got on the train (Just in time) to go back to Sheffield, where i am at University this morning.
As soon as the ticket woman came to me, i had the money in my hand, i asked for a single ticket to Sheffield.
Her response was ' If you have not got a ticket, you will have to pay a fine of £20 on top of your fare' WHAT THE HELL?!?!

My response was ' excuse me?!, so if getting on a train without a ticket eventhough i have the money in my hand ready to buy one off you, i have to pay £20?!'
And her answer was yes?!

In England, Cannabis is a Class B Drug. The first time you get caught with it you get a WARNING, second time you get a £60 fine, third time you get a court case.

So getting on a train without a ticket, yet with the money in my hand and with the intention of buying one, is worse (In the governments eyes) than possession of cannabis.

For one, this is Ludacris comparing how much of a minor problem this is for the government.
For TWO if getting on a train without a ticket, yet about to buy one is undercutting the punishment for drugs, then why the f*** isnt cannabis legal.

This shows that the Government have put a higher penalty on the trains than on a CLASS B DRUG!!!!!!!

Please post your views I would love to hear them, because this has annoyed me greatly

Thanks

 

What

Peace

 

Sounds like the trains in Italy, where you are supposed to have a reservation before you ever board. Just another way for the Gov to generate revenue.

 

I don't think this is a case of how the Government perceives things; but how Network Rail perceives them. It would be Network Rail that would set the fines/fees for travel without a ticket (unless I'm completely misguided). Whereas it would be Parliament who set the drug laws.

So really, Network Rail sees the penalty for boarding a train without a ticket (even with cash in hand) to be in need of a higher penalty than what Parliament deems is necessary for being caught in posession of a Class B drug.

Seems Network Rail is taking the piss. Especially considering how high their fees are to start.

 

Here, in Italy, not every train needs reservation (Eurostar and Frecciarossa, the most expensive, need it, others don't). But you have to do the ticket before. If need to get on the train but you don't have the time to get a ticket, you can get it on board but the price is double. (there are exceptions, but this is the rule) Moreover, Government doesn't take money because railroads are private.

Anyway, how does it work in the UK? Does the ticket man always come to check your ticket? Here, they don't, so a fine if you have money for the ticket but not the ticket itself sounds reasonable. A lot of people hide himself in the bathroom when there's the ticket man.

 

Usually when I haven't had a ticket, I have been able to buy one either on the train, or at the station at the other end. It totally depends on the conductor it seems. Discretion is something some people have never got to grips with.

The majority of the time though I don't get asked for my ticket on the train, but the barriers always see, to be closed.

 

pttf.. derail a fucking train..