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To think that pushchairs should have same priority as wheelchairs on buses?

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SparklyC · 28/11/2011 14:31

Today - packed bus, I was in the pushchair bit on the bus, another mum got on with a buggy loaded with shopping. People sat in space that could have held another buggy in it didn't get up so both our pushchairs had to go in one space and my pushchair is one of those big all-terrain things! Then bus driver stopped bus for wheelchair user and asked us if either of us could fold down our pushchairs/move? Well, first of all, there wouldn't have been any room for us to sit down with our babies and also have our shopping on our knee or even stored on luggage shelf once pushchairs were on. Also the bus service I travel on has a bus every 4 minutes in the daytime. So the bus driver (who obviously has to be sen to be doing the right thing) got off the bus to tell the wheelchair user that the bus was full, and would he mind waiting for the next one, which he didn't anyway. What does everyone else think? Should we mums with our pushchairs be given the same priority as wheelchairs? Should bus drivers ask other passengers to move so that we can get on, instead of (sometimes) feeling like we are an annoyance and an obstacle to them?

KatherineMumsnet · 27/02/2017 09:50

Morning all,

Thanks for your reports. We are going through these now, apologies if we've missed anything. (Please do feel free to report again if so).

We don't allow disablism - not only is it against our TG's, we also think that such posts don't fit with Mumsnet's basic philosophy of support and advice for all parents.

According to this court ruling, the priority given to wheelchair users on buses is enforceable in law. Of course, it's hard to fold up a buggy on a moving bus - especially with a very young baby or more than one child - but the fact is that wheelchair users have priority in law. We'd be grateful if you could bear that in mind in any future posts on the topic.

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