From July 1, the ov-chipkaart the only valid ticket in public transport in the Netherlands; the ticket is then definitively abolished. To this end, the Second Room Wednesday decided. The support of the PVV was the deciding factor.
Zeeland and Limburg to follow as the only provinces a week later. In Amsterdam and Zuid-Holland was the strippenkaart has already been removed.
PVV-Member of parliament, Léon de Jong said not really for abolition to want to vote, but was afraid of the claims of the provinces as the final introduction of the ov-chipkaart longer be postponed. The VVD and CDA said earlier, to be afraid that the provinces do not want to pay for the longer life of the ticket.
Opposition parties PvdA, GroenLinks and SP wanted to really wait, because of an investigation into the calculation of the dual cost at the time of boarding was not yet completed. Also wanted to Let for example the promise that the public transport companies an sms alert to send when people forget to check in, so they money can be reimbursed.
The ov-chipkaart, since the beginning plagued by small and large problems. Security experts have warned for years that the commonly used Mifare Classic chip in a simple manner can be cracked. Every week there would be dozens of cases of fraud with the debit card. Ov-chipkaartbeheerder TLS got for the ov-chipkaart two Big Brother Awards of privacyvoorvechter Bit of Freedom. The map would be the greatest breach of the privacy form over the last year.
Monday, it was announced that the Public Ministry is investigating freelancejournalist Brenno de Winter, because he was involved in hacking the ov-chipkaart. The Winter, that Wednesday would be answered, said she feared a lawsuit, all he gave to count on acquittal.
Update, 19:00: Although the ticket as the ticket is abolished, Utrecht, Groningen, Noord-Brabant and Drenthe chose to use this to temporarily continue to accept. In those provinces, can the ticket still be used.