'Naughty' toddler thrown off bus

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Can't believe the bus driver What a bully. Bet if it was a gang of teenagers acting up he wouldn't have said anything. How embarrassing for the poor mum

she had to walk more then a mile?!

in light of what happened the last time we got up in arms about nasty bullying bus drivers perhaps it's best to wait to see what the CCTV shows

Am I being harsh by wondering what her being only four months pregnant has got to do with it?

Also if it takes her 30 mins to walk a mile then I sugest she get off at that stop every day and walk a bit more!

I Still think the bus driver is a bit of a git mind you!

No - he probably wouldn't have spoken up if it had been a gang of teenagers because he'd probably have, at best, receieved a volley of verbal abuse, and at worst been physically attacked. As with the previous bus incident, I'd prefer to reserve judgement until the CCTV has been reviewed. i think if a screeching toddler was affecting the bus drivers concentration, then he had every right to ask her to deal with the situation and when she didn't to ask her to get off the bus. I can't drive safely if one of the children is making a lot of noise so I'll stop and sort it out.

And I also at the mention of being '4 months pregnant' - what on earth has that got to do with anything ? Since when did pregnancy become a disability ?

Maybe it's time for MN to have a 'Bus' category?
I cannot believe anyone thinks walking a mile is a great hardship btw, 4 months pregnant hardly makes you disabled.

yes, I am also reserving judgement.

My post was sarcastic btw, I do hope people realise that!

The walk probably did them all good, a brisk walk in fresh air probably cleaned down the boy. And walking during pregnancy is one of the best forms of exercise.

Beats being stuck on a hot bus with a tantruming toddler.

calmed not cleaned!

a mile doesn't take 30 minutes to walk.

a screaming child is very hard to deal with when driving so i can understand that the driver was frustrated but i dont know what he expected her to do if the boy was tantrumming.

will wait to hear what cctv footage reveals.

Naughty children on buses are really annoying though for passengers.
And for a bus driver who is trying to control a vehicle I guess it's easy to be distracted by a screeching toddler.

I think he did the right thing tbh(and I speak as a mum whos DD was very much an annoying-on-the-bus child)

I understood that Belgo!
Yes, even if this does turn out to be true, I am on the side of the bus driver. Why should he have to put up with dangerous distractions of any kind?
I question the motives of anybody who goes to the papers about this sort of thing tbh.

This brings back memories, dd had a huge temper tantrum as a toddler on the bus when ds was a newborn. Lots of kicking and screaming, i got off and walked home, she then fell asleep i then realised in the struggle i had lost my lovely new 22ct gold bracelet dh had given me a week or so before, the catch must have broken. I was so upset, dh a bit cross and it was never found.

Littleducks

It would probably take me 20 minutes to walk a mile, but if my son wanted to walk it would take a good 3/4 hour, maybe an hour.

Being pregnant could be relevant if you feel terrible with bad sickness, or SPD.

If the child was really screaming, then it probably was distracting for the bus driver and hence a safety issue.

If the toddler was too hot and uncomfortable on the bus then surely walking home was the best thing to do anyway?

I did wonder why she didn't just take him out of the pushchair if he wanted to get out?

I'm struggling to understand why she took a hot, grumpy toddler on a bus in the first place?

Surely it would have been more comfortable for the child and less stressful to her for them just to walk, at least until the child cooled down/fell asleep?

Then again, I don't understand why people get on buses with children at all, unless they really need to. I'd rather walk, it's easier than dragging buggies/prams onto buses and it's easier than trying to keep over excited or grumpy toddlers quiet.

Time constraints don't always allow for you to walk everywhere. Neither does the British weather if you have been caught out without raincoats or raincover.

Nappyaddict, I don't know how old your son is but dd (3 and a half) could walk a mile in 20 mins, (and we regularly do) so unless either of you has disabilities, it shouldn't really take that long?

I've seen a bus driver here threaten it, and I agreed with him.
The toddler in question was running up and down, not only being a nuisance but at risk of injuring himself, and the mother was one of those bleating parrot types, you know 'sit down, sit down, don't run, sit down' blah blah, but not actually doing anything.

I can't stand it when parents allow their kids to get up on the bus, it's dangerous, though to be fair to the mother in the article, it doesn't say she did that.

we tend to walk everywhere.

dd4 has an earpeircing scream, i woudnt inflict that on a bus load of passengers, its really does make you jump and wince.

others dd's just mithered and moaned, but dd4 screaming is a level above that.

Actually it says "more than a mile". So prob about 1.5 miles, otherwise they'd have said "nearly 2 miles". And if a mile takes you 20 minutes, that explains why it was 30 minutes from this lady's home.

Perhaps the mum should have been doing more to quieten the child.

Perhaps the driver was a grumpy old git.

Who knows ...

belgo I preferred cleaned. Brought to mind how refreshing it is to wash your face if you've been sobbing (not that I do much sobbing, you understand). I get ds to do the same. It's like starting anew.

I am intrigued - what exactly did happen last time MN debated an incident on a bus?