Sir – I use a concessionary bus permit, and, when going to other towns and cities within England, take full advantage of it.

But I ask the question why should the systems used be so different from place to place and not a uniform pattern?

For example, in Lancashire, one gets on the bus, puts the permit on a machine and a ticket is given, yet no destination is asked for.

In the Bournemouth and Poole area, one gets on the bus, shows the driver the pass, he or she presses a button, no ticket is issued and one sits down.

In Birmingham and the West Midlands, it is the same as London, where one gets on the bus, shows ones permit and sits down.

It is not recorded and no ticket issued.

Here in Oxford, you get on at one stop, are asked where you are going, and receive a ticket which may state stops totally different to where you boarded and are travelling to.

This doesn’t make sense. Readers, if they check their tickets, will see what I mean.

If I were paying for this arrangement on the bus, I would not be happy paying for extra travel recorded on my ticket which I had not taken.

Colin Smith, Oxford