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It's quite easy to ride the subway, bus, and tram system with no ticket. One Vienna's local (who actually did use a year pass) told she'd been checked once in a period of over a year despite riding public transport every day.
There is an internet site with a list of the lines which are going to be checked for black riders (http://apps.vienna.at/tools/schwarzkappler/). Schwarzkappler is an austrian slang term for the ticketcontrollersticket controllers. Although the site takes her information from a reliable source (the "Wiener Linien" herself) there had not been yet a proof how reliable that information is.
:i got checked the very first time I blackride in Vienna. At the time I didnt bring any money with me and didnt have my passport with me. The police told me to step out of the car and told me that they needed to take me to police station (since I couldnt pay the fine and couldnt show them my passport). And then they talked to eachother for a few minutes and told me to go upstairs and buy a ticket. i return with my ticket and gave it to them and i continue my trip. since then, no more black riding for me in Vienna