作者:
LedSmith (省電史密斯)
2017-02-22 11:40:06news.com.au
https://goo.gl/cfbPqU
Sydney passenger risks life to tap off Opal card during bus inferno
A PASSENGER has gone to extreme lengths to ensure he tapped off his Opal card
at the end of his journey — climbing back inside a burning bus to avoid
being overcharged.
雪梨一名乘客為了避免他的Opal卡被收取高額的罰金*而冒險返回起火的公車並刷卡付費。
Transport investigators examining a bus fire on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
last September were shocked to make the discovery while reviewing CCTV
footage captured from inside the vehicle.
去年九月於雪梨港灣大橋發生的公車起火事件，交通運輸部門的調查員在調閱監視綠影器
畫面時發現了這個驚人的畫面。
After the 22 passengers were evacuated within 15 seconds of stopping, a man
could be seen hurrying back inside the burning bus in order to tap off his
Opal card to ensure he was not charged the maximum daily fare.
在發現起火後公車司機立即停好車，並於15秒內將22名乘客疏散下車。但這時卻見到一名
男子火速返回起火中的公車旁並試圖觸碰交通卡收費機器，以免被收取高額的罰金。
Action For Public Transport campaigner Jim Donovan said while the man might
have though he was saving a few dollars performing the deadly act, it was
likely all in vain.
“The Opal readers will only allow people to tap off when the bus is at a
stop,” he told Fairfax Meida.
“This person should obviously just have stayed well clear in any case.”
一名交通運輸部門的官員表示：「這位老兄可能覺得他省了幾毛錢，但是咱們的收費機器
只有在靠近停靠站牌時才會作用。」而他也對這名乘客臨危不亂思緒感到佩服。
Firefighters were called to Milsons Point after the bus burst into flames.
The fire was extinguished soon after they arrived on scene and the burnt
wreckage was removed.
All the passengers escaped safely, although three were treated for minor
smoke inhalation.
而在公車起火後消防隊很快抵達現場並撲滅了火勢，全車乘客順利逃離。但還是有三人因
吸入濃煙送醫。
Preliminary investigations suggested an electrical problem in the engine bay
was to blame for the incident.
A final report into the fire will be released in the next fortnight.
初步調查結果是因為公車的電路問題而起火，最終調查報告將於兩周後公布。