The inspectors won't check or care what the balance is or what the last fare charged was. All they will care about is they get a 'trip in progress' 'tapped on' message on their Opal checker to indicate that you are correctly tapped on.CCCC wrote: So am I going to come unstuck with this card when it gets checked by an inspector. ????
I once got checked as I stepped off a bus. They were looking at the last transaction time and route number and I presume checking it matched with the vehicle I just got off. I asked what they could see and was told the time and route number of the bus I'd just alighted from.
As near as I can determine. Opal has had remarkably few logic errors that resulted in incorrect fares, most of the reported errors are either misuse or faulty equipment and are usually 'open trips' were a tap off is missing. I'm finding it hard to think of any case where the card/equipment was working properly and the card used properly where it the fare charged was outright wrong.
(I don't count GPS failures on the buses as a logic error - that's a hardware issue and usually resulted in undercharging not overcharging)