ALL kids in Reading aged 11-19 have to spend £5 on an ID card.....

[Milliways]

or they will HAVE to pay adult rates on the bus EVEN if they are in school uniform on a school bus!!!!!

Child Tax? \link{http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/trav_readi_id.htm\details here}

and the queue to get one was terrible. So £5 + photo + trip to travel shop & v. long queue just so she can continue getting child fayre.

DS will need one before Sept as well.

Comments?

"Under 5’s can still travel FREE providing they are accompanied by a fare paying adult"

You would hope they were accompanied!

But not accompanied by ID bearing 16 yr old?

I am just , cos she is bound to loose it & even though she will have to replace it I will be the one who has to queue up & get it again!!

Presumably a pensioner can't accompany the under 5 either...

Just wondering how many £5's the company have collected? There are a LOT of 11-19's!

my sons school sorted out a citizenship card - i didn't have to pay - dont know why.

What will he do with a citizenship card?

its got his photo on and DOB he uses it to as proof of age - it was good enough to get on a plane to ireland with.

That doesn't seem fair. I live in cardiff and all children from 5-16 can by a young peaples freedom card for £6 this covers 12 bus trips so is good for school and they can use it in scholl holidays. My daughter is going to college in September and as it is 3 miles away she will get a free bus pass to be used in term times,this is for 16 to 19 year olds. If the college was neare she would get a reduced rate permit which would allow her to have child fares on schooldays.
I am glad about his as bus fares have just gone up and if she had to pay adult fares to get to college it would cost us a fortune. We have two other daughters one at uni which is costing us a lot and another aged 14. Sorry fo al my ramblings.

This has been reviewed and wont be going ahead at the moment.

Which is annoying for those of us who havew already spent the £5 :(