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"The reality is that 99.9% of people are honest and will pay what they should regardless of whether the cards are insecure and could be 'hacked'."

People are less honest then you think, most will do stuff they know they shouldn't if they think they will not get caught, even when there is no financial need.

This chipcards and the required tollgates were introduced with a promise to stop fare dodgers. Recent news of the dutch system appears to have the effect of going from 11% to 2%. http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/2943764/2011/10/03/Aantal-zwartrijders-RET-daalt-spectaculair-door-ov-chippoortjes.dhtml
The same might have been achived cheaper with more actual people in the public transport actually checking tickets..

Well then I guess if you're a loner you should say 'no' to the testing regardless of how much you'd like to help ;)

But yes - they would do that. They have done something similar in another case, to much public outcry;
There was an accident between two kids on a scooter (moped) and another person. That other person died. While they know both kids were on the scooter, they cannot conclusively find which of the two was the driver. Therefore, neither was charged for the fatal accident.
http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/3262686/2012/05/29/Verdachten-dodelijk-scooterdrama-vrijgesproken.dhtml
( They were, however, tried for and found guilty of several other rather unpleasant things. )

There was plenty of calls for both to be tried for (and likely be convicted of causing) the fatal accident seeing as neither of them is confessing and just blaming the other - all the way up to politicians doing their little song and dance. But, at least for now, 'justice' is being served.

There's plenty of examples where things do go wrong - 2 guys having spent years in jail after admitting to a murder even though they didn't commit it (they admitted under duress, from psychological pressure exerted on them by the cops). DNA wasn't even a factor in that case, though. The eventual arrest of who they now believe was the perp, on the other hand, was based on DNA evidence - as was his conviction.
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttense_moordzaak

I have a much harder time working out why Ashton is revered!

Why he is revered, is that so difficult? Why he is chosen is maybe a bit more obvious after seeing this...

That's why a lot of people use the backdoor to Schiphol: http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/article2029191.ece (Sorry: this is in Dutch).

Crime:
http://www.ad.nl/misdaadmeter/
(Good luck translating everyone!)

The traffic jams are caused by lefties who think less asphalt will stop traffic jams. Most of the budget goes to the street lights. Compared to other countries NL is one big street light.

there's several photoshops that allow uploading of pics for printing. In a recent survey by the dutch newspaper AD what was chosen as the best place to send your pics was Foto Baron. Uses php to process everything. And has been working without problems for more than a few months. will also work with linux.

Disclaimer: I wrote the php stuff, but am not otherwise affiliated with foto baron or digitalefoto.nl. I am also NOT responsible for the content of the site, so don't whine to me about flash

//rdj