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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 8:44:18 GMT
Interesting case before the Supreme Court today for a judgement A wheelchair user tried to board a bus but the space was occupied by a woman with a child in a buggy who refused to move. He was refused admission, and subsequently sued the bus company This has worked it's way up through the legal system and now finished up at the ultimate Court for a ruling. It boils down to if the wheelchair user has a right to the space, or just a possibility. If they rule in his favour, goodness knows how this will be enforced - children in buggies with their minders being dragged off buses by the police? We once were on a Park'n Ride where this happened, the buggy woman refused to move. We were sitting nearby, the poor bus driver who was no Henry Kissinger was lost in the argument so I intervened and told the woman that is she didn't move the rest of us passengers would make her do so. To everybody's surprise she did, and flounced off the bus, "effing and blinding"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 9:25:00 GMT
Some of those buggies are bigger than wheelchairs. I met some friends for lunch a few months ago outside a pub. The double buggy had to be stripped down to get it through the door.
It will be interesting to see how this one pans out. I am on balance in favour of the wheelchair user. Bring back the days of the little fold up buggy that more or less fitted anywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 9:54:26 GMT
Some of those buggies are bigger than wheelchairs. I met some friends for lunch a few months ago outside a pub. The double buggy had to be stripped down to get it through the door. It will be interesting to see how this one pans out. I am on balance in favour of the wheelchair user. Bring back the days of the little fold up buggy that more or less fitted anywhere. Some of these buggies look as if you need an engineering degree to assemble them, whatever happened to simple fold down ones. I too am probably on the side of the wheelchair although sometimes I think they have become too demanding, and can be abused. We were waiting in line to check in for a flight from Spain to the UK, young couple at the front were called forward. They had been messing about and doing the things folks do whilst queueing. They seemed to be taking for ever at the desk but eventually headed off in the opposite direction to the departure lounge. We were called to our gate where again we were held up for who should eventually appear, each in a wheelchair, but our young couple. I nearly challenged them but just wanted to get on board and home Those with genuine disabilities should be given every assistance we can but the system seems open to abuse, there was a discussion elsewhere about someone who lost the tip of his finger and tried to claim disability benefits
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Post by lana on Jun 15, 2016 9:59:34 GMT
I am in favour of the wheelchair users
I was on a bus the the other day when a wheelchair user was refused because a woman said her baby was asleep and she didn't want to wake him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 10:11:55 GMT
Yes Gus. The genuine ones are tarred with the same brush as the ones that see the electric ones as recreational vehicles. Around here the electric ones seem to be a lifestyle choice and some of the drivers are just damned rude and aggressive. (I know the original case was regarding a wheelchair not a buggy so forgive me)
I went with a friend to Westonbirt Arboretum a couple of years ago. There the not so nimble can hire an electric buggy. And they do double ones, with the people sitting side by side. A couple of aged ladies got hold of one of those. The passenger seemed to be just confused and a bit gag-ga and just sat there with her walking stick between her knees, and the driver was not a lot better. They managed to get the thing into the outside part of the cafeteria and all hell broke loose. The driver had not grasped that if you pushed the steering bar forwards it went forward, and pulling it back put the thing in reverse. Every time there was the sound of a table or chairs being rammed she would say 'Oh!' I was actually looking to see if I could vault a low wall when a member of staff intervened. No-one was hurt and it was actually very funny. Eventually they tootled off up a path in a half zig zag pattern.
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