buses and wheelchair spaces

[Phoenix4725]

Just had long convesation with bus company as on Friday we was not allowedto board the bus as there was a buggy in wheelchairspace a empty one with that just shopping on.

they all have signs saying If a wheelchai users nboards the buses we will ask you to fold your pushchair

Well so been toldtoday thast not worth anythin basically its a nod to been seeing to comply with disablity rules

Along as that peson has purchased a ticket thy are entilttled to use that space andits up them to fold if they want bus driver do not have to ask .

was toldyour just have to wait for next bus and hope nones using the space have asked for it in writing but anyone else her dof this or got a lega mind ca use to quote disablity discrimantion act at them

so you had to get another bus....because of someones shopping
I would be phoning the bus company to complain

(riven I hoped you would see this thread)

I did and that was response have now wrote to the head head office and told them as per what they say to answer any complaints in 10 days will expect reply

ah thank you Riven im not going let this rest as i board bus half way through route i could be wating forever for bus that does not have a buggy in the space

Absolutely disgusting. Good luck with your complaint.

You'd think common decency would get people moving the buggy if there's no kid in it...

Although that said, I took my mate on a bus once (she'd not been on one, also wheelchair user). Didn't know (as we'd never done it) to take chair off backwards, bus driver stands at bottom of ramp as we nearly fall off due to not being dead centre (I couldn't see where the wheels were).

Strangely enough we've not done it since.

I had this happen so many times that I actually started driving again (I was a petrified driver but no more)

Thats shocking! I hate bus companies and their stupid rules.

I have a nightmare of a time every time I take ds2 out in his major, as its drivers discression whether or not they class it as a wheelchair . 9 times out of 10 they class it as a pram. I once got made to get off a bus as I refused to fold the pram down to allow a double pram on. I was 8 months pregnant at the time.

wheelchair services have just changed what they was going supply for ds ,there now supplying wheelchair think its called blade or something so this should leave no doubt in their mind

But am defintley going follow it up

Phoenix, ds2 has a bladeplus - he loves it!

my daughter has a blade plus aswell

purple with black seats

was some concern at first because ds is such little thing about size and was going for the buggy style sort but they resolved it and im hoping will make it easier for people to recognise ds as disabled sad thats what it taskes though

can i ask how easy are they to fold down for putting in car etc?

they are easy to fold but i do find them a bit heavy to lift into the boot, up steps etc

lady fio did you go for solid footplate oor ones where dc can move out theway for in and out

we gone for blue since thomas is .am hoping ds likes it am just waiting for it to come in now

ds2's bladeplus is plain black with moveable footplates.
Easy to fold up, his has small wheels rather than a self propel type, but he loves it finds it much more comfy than his major buggy.

We asked for blue but they delivered black & said we didn't have a choice.

riven do you have link to the first incident at all please as its afirst bus this time to

thank you