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D-Day for Tram Nazis

Pop, pop, pop, pop - aaaah, the sound of champagne bottles being cracked open and that beautiful fluid filling slightly chilled flutes.

Oh it is a marvellous day and one in which every public transport user (poor buggers) should be ecstatic over.

For yesterday the Tram Nazis got one in the eye from the courts over their officious, aggressive and illegal actions in grabbing people who have hopped off trams.

The victor was a computer programmer who had been jumped by the Tram Nazis after he had finished his journey.

Despite having a valid ticket he had refused to show it to the inspectors and had told them to stick their request for his name and address up their fundamentals.

Needless to say the Tram Nazis slapped a $100 fine on him and our hero took the ratbags to court saying he had finished his journey and therefore had no obligation to do as they demanded.

The Beak agreed and ruled that tram stops were public places and therefore inspectors had no power to check tickets once the journey was over.

That's made my day.

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