Maybe you could mark the card every time you use it.
Never been there. Don’t feel a need to go.
thanks for the heads up, though.
Wow. Harsh!
My sympathies. In Japan, they’d just take you to where you could buy a new card.
Why were you in Serbia?
If I were you, I’d high tail it back to the USA.
Sounds like you were ripped off by a person with a badge, do you pay fines directly to police officers in America?
I think you just bought the...huh uhm...lady dinner.
In Berlin you can buy a monthly pass and transit as much as you like. They have a day pass, week pass. I think a year pass.
“And how lucky am I that a transit cop lady is standing right next to me”
She was all firm with you. She clearly wanted you to bust a move. Should have made direct eye contact and told her you’ve never seen such a beautiful babe. You know shes not happy riding that bus all day....
Like American Felonies: Everyone commits them. You just don’t know when Big Brother will choose to convict you of one.
buses and trains should sell those cards, maybe even vending machines at some of the lager stops
You already flashed her the thousand. So she knows. Dude, right after you paid the measly 20 dollar fine, you should have flipped the script and told her you were arresting her now, and that you’ll pick her up at 7.
Your Serbian flag was right there. Rico Suave baby,,,
That is what happens when petty people are given a smidgen of authority. Could’ve happened anywhere, anytime. Hard to be prepared for that kind of random scenario.
Of course, *if only* concealed carry were legal there, you could’ve double-tapped the b!tch and walked away with a smile on your face. /s
If you are going to spend an extended period in Belgrade, and intend to use public transport a lot, than you can buy passes that range from 15 days to 1 month. Those must be purchased at the public transport department, and can be somewhat difficult for foreigners to acquire, since the process is long (filling out forms with most of your personal information) and attendants do not speak English.
http://www.belgrade-serbia.com/blog/?page_id=5
So if I get this right, you had to pay a Serbian meter maid a $20 bribe to keep out of jail?
Crooked? Sure. Corrupt? Uh huh. Worth it? Oh yeah.
I’ve heard of her! She’s not really a transit cop. She just wears that uniform and extorts dumb American tourists.
Not suggesting you were mal-treated only because you are American, but it IS possible you may have encountered one Serb who did not appreciate Slick Willie bombing the ever-loving crap out her country, including the bridges across the Danube...Of the former Yugo countries, the Serbs especially should be our allies, not our targets...
Then again, you may just have been the unlucky person to fall within the sights of a local variety Barney Fife, duty struck cop...We have ‘em here in abundance as well...
Or it’s simply that tourism is down and that’s one of their revenue enhancement strategies...
Ain’t foreign travel fun?
Common central/eastern European bus system.
I had a similar issue in the Czech Republic, although I didn’t get arrested.
Something similar happened to me on Port Authority Transit in Pittsburgh.