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Wheelchairs Or Pushchairs: Who Should Take Priority On Buses?
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Should it be first come first served?
Should it be first come first served?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When my kids were little pushchairs/buggies had to be folded and stowed in the special luggage rack on buses.
No hope of using the bus if you were in a wheelchair, either, but at least pushchairs are foldable.
Interesting question popped up on the recent debate about this on the Jeremy Vine show earlier this week. A caller has a 4 year old son who is severely disabled and uses a specially adapted pushchair. Should she give the place up to a wheelchair user?
No hope of using the bus if you were in a wheelchair, either, but at least pushchairs are foldable.
Interesting question popped up on the recent debate about this on the Jeremy Vine show earlier this week. A caller has a 4 year old son who is severely disabled and uses a specially adapted pushchair. Should she give the place up to a wheelchair user?
As a wheelchair user I see the problem 1st hand but it really all boils down to how ignorant people choose to be, there are many people who no matter what happens will not give up their place for anyone, on buses there was always a place for strollers/pushchairs which could be folded and the mother would carry child in their arms before taking a seat ,if non was available one would expect someone to vacate their seat. With wheelchairs it is very different ,even if the disabled person could manage to transfer themselves into a seat ,there is still nowhere to put the wheelchair.Would it be rude to say that people choose to have children whereas there is no choice if we are disabled.
Wheelchairs take priority.
The bus was designed to be wheelchair accessible and it is a legal requirement. That didn't come about by accident. Disabled campaigner fought a long battle to get the law changed, and compel bus companies to redesign their buses.
If the space is unoccupied, then a pushchair can use it. But if a wheelchair user gets on the bus, the pushchair must move.
If a parent is going to use a bus they should take a collapsable buggy/ trolley so that they can stow it on the baggage rack if necessary. If they take a pram which does not collapse, they should be aware that they may be asked to leave the bus.
The bus was designed to be wheelchair accessible and it is a legal requirement. That didn't come about by accident. Disabled campaigner fought a long battle to get the law changed, and compel bus companies to redesign their buses.
If the space is unoccupied, then a pushchair can use it. But if a wheelchair user gets on the bus, the pushchair must move.
If a parent is going to use a bus they should take a collapsable buggy/ trolley so that they can stow it on the baggage rack if necessary. If they take a pram which does not collapse, they should be aware that they may be asked to leave the bus.