The thing that unites humanity is that we really, really don’t like paying for stuff.


Recently, New York City introduced new, spiked panels to prevent people from hopping over subway turnstiles. Seeing this, you might wonder how other countries try to solve this problem, and if those attempts work. Subway systems exist all around the world — and if there’s something that people have to pay for, there’s gotta be a method that people use to avoid opening their wallets.


In response to that query, we’ve gathered some of the ways that people avoid paying for public transit, from ducking under the bars to simply brute-forcing their way through the gate.