Friday 5 May 2017

Wheelchair v Pram space

I get on the bus and sit in the single disabled seat behind the wheelchair / pram area. Nice seat where i don't have to worry about anyone sitting next to me but lack of foot space so my bad leg doesn't fit exactly behind the bar and has to stick out into the Wheelchair / pram area.
1 pram gets on no problem second pram gets on and she rams it straight into my foot (wearing red boot easy to see) I say excuse me I need room for my foot she backs off applies pram break
break is shit doesn't work every time bus moves the pram rams into my foot
so I say your pram keeps running into my foot
she says your foot should be behind the bar
I say MY FOOT IS DISABLED I don't a have a walking stick for fun
she doesn't apologizes or say anything else but keeps her pram off my foot

the thing is even if I wasn't disabled if I wanted to put my feet under the bar because it was more comfortable as there isn't a lot of leg room in this seat she had no right to let her pram ram into it

Women with buggies on bus not getting good press
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/11290990/Buggies-and-mums-on-British-buses-are-a-disgrace.html




"If a wheelchair user wants the space, how am I supposed to fold down the pram with a two-year old, a baby and all the shopping?"

i had to before low level buss exsisted

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38664710


Bus Services Bill