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| 霸王车者同盟 |
| 2003年07月23日17:54:15 新快报 徐莉 |
Finnish fare dodgers have formed their own union to share the risk of fines. The Helsinki-based group, pummit.org, translates as freeloader in English.
It's offering people who don't want to pay for public transportation the opportunity to have their fines paid by joining the group. Membership is￡10 a month, but if a member is stopped for riding the city's public buses, trams, streetcars, subway and ferries without paying - usually a￡35 fine - the union picks up the tab.
A two-week pass for using the Helsinki public transportation typically sells for between￡15-￡25.
"With the help of the freeloader's fund, we can share the risk associated with stealing rides," the organisation advertises, adding that all public transportation should be free to begin with.
The group, which has been active for a year, has come under fire from local transport officials. Yrjo Judstrom and Matti Hiili, directors of the city's transportation department, said. "Even if it doesn't directly instigate breaking the law, the marketing of the freeloader's fund is probably illegal. "There absolutely is no such thing as a free ride."
芬兰的霸王车者成立了自己的联盟，以共同分担罚款的风险。联盟的总部设在芬兰首都赫尔辛基，联盟还有自己的网站pummit.org（“Pummit”译成英语就是“贪小便宜的人”的意思）。
在芬兰，如果不购票乘坐公共汽车、有轨电车、路面电车、地铁和渡轮，将会被罚款35英镑。坐霸王车的人只要参加了这个联盟，万一被罚款，就可以让联盟支付款项，而联盟的成员每月需交纳10英镑的会费。
在赫尔辛基，两周的公共交通月票约售15到25英镑。
“有了联盟基金的帮助，我们就可以分担坐霸王车被罚款的风险，”联盟的广告宣称，“所有公共交通工具都应该是免费的。”
这个联盟已经成立了一年，现正受到当地交通官员的猛烈抨击。“就算这个组织没有直接鼓动人们违反法律，但它的基金营销方式很可能是非法的，”赫尔辛基的交通部主管官员称，“绝对不允许坐霸王车这回事。”
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