09-07-2016, 08:33 AM
(09-07-2016, 12:00 AM)timc Wrote:(09-06-2016, 08:27 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: To me they mean the same (<5 years are free and you are considered 4 even if you are 4 years 364 days and 23hours old - you are still under until you turn 5), but to some it may not.
I think that "under 5" means the same as "4 years of age and under". But it's mostly an honour system anyway, isn't it? Bus drivers aren't going to ask for ID. It's pretty hard to tell a 4-year-old apart from a 5-year-old. On the other hand, 6-year-olds and some older 5-year-olds are usually given away by their smiles. :-)
In the 70's the Kitchener Transit buses allowed free transportation for 'babes in arms ride free.' Lots of people picked up older children so the child could ride for free.