Second fare evasion forgot to tap on bus

[BazzaS]

If you are still needing to move boxes, and are stressed and might again forget to tap in, because of your condition:

might you be better to buy a (weekly?) travelcard, 

 

Not only will it prevent you from being caught without a ticket again, but you can amend your letter to TfL to reflect the purchase, and what you are doing to ensure you don’t have ticketless travel again.

[BazzaS]

If your friend is that invested in helping you, get them to post here why they think:

 

a) it is a good idea to “not accept the offence” to TfL, (is it the strict liability offence they are proceeding with?)

 

b) i) why they think a solicitor is a good idea, (see “paying for their learning curve”, above), and 

b) ii) how many (if any) “specialise in far evasion” cases ......

[BazzaS]

I asked earlier if they are considering proceeding with a strict liability offence.

my answer will depend on this.

 

if the (non- ‘strict liability’) ‘intent to avoid your fate’ : you deny the offence (as you had no intent to avoid your fate, and that is your defence if it goes to court)

 

if the strict liability : you don’t deny it (because you can’t unless you have one of the statutory defences: and having a medical condition isn’t a statutory defence)

 

That leaves you with admitting it, or just staying silent (and not adresssing admission or denial).

 

The risk to just staying silent is that it makes it less likely that they’ll believe you are contrite, so may be less inclined to offer an administrative settlement

Edited January 22, 2020 by BazzaS