Man Wins 'wheelchair V Buggy' Bus Case

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38663322

If this is the case that I remember, than common sense seems to have prevailed at last.

[EDDIE51]

I was just about to post this myself, I can't believe it has got as far as the Supreme court, must have cost £ tens of thousands in legal fees!

[Baldric]

"A disabled activist"

http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/bus-wheelchair-space-case-makes-history-at-supreme-court/

[corylus]

So he should.

[mikey4444]

Eddie...its nice to see that the right outcome has happened at last !

[SlackAlice]

So far so good.

"Where a driver who has made such a request concludes that such a refusal is unreasonable, he or she should consider some further step to pressurise the non-wheelchair user to vacate the space, depending on the circumstances."

This the fly in the ointment. What pressure can the driver bring to bear? As an ex London bus driver I can confirm that police will rarely attend such a dispute.

[EDDIE51]

Yes the correct outcome just a shame that it had to go all the way to the Supreme court.
Funded I see by the 'equality and human rights commision, one of the thousands organisations that are part of the EU and will need to be 'looked at' once we leave.

[ToraToraTora]

yes, the right result, another radio rental woman.

[ToraToraTora]

the answer was obvious from the start, shame we had to feed the leeches all the way the supreme court. No doubt the next stop will be the Yerpian Cort of oooman rites!

[anotheoldgit]

Then there are times when a white man has had to "Fight for the right to sit where he wanted to on a bus" :-)

It's an in joke mikey, I apologise for diverting your thread.

[cassa333]

As has been said it is a shame this had to go so far up the justice chain but having not taken notice of the signs on busses. What does it actually say?

Please give up this seat/space for a disabled passenger.
Please give up this seat/space for a disabled/elderly/infurm person.
??

Please infers it is a request not an order or obligation to move.
Perhaps it should be something like You must give up this seat for.....

I am assuming the buggy was callapsable. What do you do if it isn't?

[mikey4444]

TTT....Radio Rental .....do you know, I think I am finally starting to unravel your cockney rhyming slang at last !

[ummmm]

These seat are available only until a disabled/elderly person boards.

Most modern day buggies can be collapsed one handed.

[Baldric]

@10:50

///TTT...I am English and was born a real Cockney///

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1370749.html

Post @ 15:48 (just saying)

[ToraToraTora]

the issue here was that the saucepan was little bo peep at the time and the mum didn't want to wake it up.

[Canary42]

The Court of Appeal supported the Bus Company's Appeal.

Plain brown envelopes possibly.

[ummmm]

Baldric - does that mean that Mikey should be able to speak fluent rhyming slang?

[mushroom25]

//Most modern day buggies can be collapsed one handed. //

that's irrelevant when the occupant is asleep.

[Baldric]

Maybe this one does then

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1302400-3.html

///And I speak as a real Cockney, born within the sounds of Bow Bells///

Post @ 17:31

[ummmm]

No it's not. You can pick them up.

I used buses before they had designated spaces so would have to take my baby out of the buggy before we even boarded the bus, asleep or not.

[ummmm]

It doesn't matter, Baldric, not all cockneys speak the slang.

And it's not just about Mikey, I don't speak the slang so the only reason I can think that TTT uses it is to get peoples hackles up.