They won't stop a train because somebody doesn't have a ticket.
And I really doubt a bus driver wouldn't have a look in the mirrors before locking up. I think your 'friend' has been exaggerating somewhat.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Fri 22 Aug 2014, 13:43, 3 replies)

This.
Also, the chances of him going to sleep on the 192 and not having his shoes, his wallet, and possibly a kidney stolen are pretty minimal.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 22 Aug 2014, 14:15, closed)

i got the 192 loads of times as a student and it was always fine
there was a weird mental bloke who played a plastic flute for money up and down the route sometimes. you'd see him in stockport town centre as well.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 22 Aug 2014, 14:21, closed)

i wasn't there, but i do believe him
first it'd be a pretty unimpressive thing to lie about, and secondly, if you met the guy, he just doesn't have the imagination to make anything up. and he was on the floor under the seats. i think you may be overestimating how much of a fuck bus drivers give about stupid people that may have ended up there.

anyway, who cares? it's a pointless anecdote, not a booker prize winner.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 22 Aug 2014, 14:20, closed)

they don't any more, they certainly used to
...it was pretty routine in Central Trains days to lob Peterborough fare-dodgers off at Manea.
(Guy Debord cette mauvaise réputation..., Fri 22 Aug 2014, 15:47, closed)