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* you find a nice driver willing to do a loop for you. Meaning that he must go out from the highway after that Aral gas station, make a U-turn, take the highway in the other direction, and drop you on the opposite gas station, then he can enter Dresden or make another U-turn if he is heading west.
* if the weather is nice... you can be droped at the exit after the gas station. Then you can walk back, following the highway (from outside, please!), to get back to the right gas station (approximately 3.5 km).
== Public transport / Blackriding ==
''Well... I know someone who once got caught and blackrid(sp?) in Dresden for the rest of his living there. He still does so whenever he's in town ;)'' - [User:atopia|Ben]
'''Getting caught blackriding means 40 EUR less travel budget, it's illegal and the ''BVG'' can't use your money to put all those ''wounderful'' cameras everywere, so don't do it.'''
Anyway...
* There is not much ticket control in Dresden
* Ticket machines outside trams give you unstamped tickets
* You can invalidate existing tickets in both trams and busses, the machines ''beep'' when you do so
* Inside most trams, there's a ticket machine that gives you a stamped ticket (''just hanging around there won't serve as excuse if you're controled'')
* Bus drivers also sell stamped tickets
* You could buy a (short range, if you're on low money) ticket and keep it unstamped
* Most transportation rules for German public transport are along the lines that you have to present a valid ticket if you're asked to do so (''I have not checked specifically for Dresden'')
* '''You need to get the ticket stamped ''before'' the traffic control reaches you'''
* If you did, you can (and should) argue that you just forgot to stamp it before and have a valid ticked nonetheless
* After 8pm, you need to get in busses at the first door and (then) bus drivers are supposed to check tickets but usually don't give them a close look. I wouldn't suggest using an old student passport (serving as a ticket) as they are looked upon closer, but if you want to try your luck, show an old (invalid) ticket
* ticket control personal is:
** always two persons
** at least one physically capable male
** not too old / too young
** not too well-dressed
** no heavy / big carriage
** AFAIR they don't necessarily need handhelds so they might not carry bags at all
* most ticket control is performed from around 9 to around 1 pm
* sometimes there are special controls at 3am in busses etc.
* I've heard rumours of black clothed "security" personal performing ticket control e.g. at friday night but never was checked outside normal work hours
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