tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post808759658765895012..comments2023-11-02T13:43:32.053+00:00Comments on Andrew Reeves' Running Blog - but what am I running for.....: Lothian Bus driver refused a lady and young baby in a pram to boardAndrew Reeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07693106687465032781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-84985697342027687262010-09-13T11:47:43.685+01:002010-09-13T11:47:43.685+01:00Its actually a sensible, if harsh, point. If a per...Its actually a sensible, if harsh, point. If a person with a child buggy gets on a bus and is allowed to use the space for a wheelchair user which is free and then a wheelchair user gets on then they have to get off or fold the buggy. <br /><br />Now, since many people just buy a ticket for their journey (as opposed to day ticket or having a pass) their tickets are not transferable to another bus so if they are asked to get off (since they dont have a folding buggy) then they would have to buy another ticket. Which is what the bus driver may have been trying to avoid.<br /><br />And it happens more than you would think. I regularly use the 34/47 at weekends to travel from the start of the route to the end of the route (Penicuik-Granton) to see my mum and every journey there will be a pram user for part of the route and about every third journey there is a wheelchair user.<br /><br />I am actually amazed that anyone attempts to get a bus with a buggy that doesn't fold - how would they know that there is not a buggy/wheelchair in that space? How long would they be prepared to wait for a bus? Its totally random whether they could get a bus at all.<br /><br />The arrival of the wheelchair user often prompts a panicked child extraction/buggy fold. Just imagine the hassle/delay if a person is being told to get off. <br /><br />The new Lothian Buses where there are separate spaces for both wheelchair users and buggys get round this problem but it will take a while for the whole fleet to be upgraded.Douglas McLellannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-74308688883239700672010-09-12T15:02:14.901+01:002010-09-12T15:02:14.901+01:00I would imagine the argument would be that, if the...I would imagine the argument would be that, if they had an unfoldable pram on board and someone with a wheelchair wanted to get on, the wheelchair would have priority and they would have to kick the person with the pram off.<br /><br />Not letting them on at all is a bit tough for a statistically unlikely event though...Gareth Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420082463890261627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-4819033350272003692010-09-11T22:20:34.206+01:002010-09-11T22:20:34.206+01:00This is a disgrace! How on earth are parents and b...This is a disgrace! How on earth are parents and babies supposed to get about if they can't use the buses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.com