two year old luckily unharmed. I am shaken up and also worried DD will no longer like buses. I just feel terrible but also angry about negligent driving of bus driver. AIBU?
It was one of the buses that was going extremely fast and almost didn’t see us at bus stop. It didn’t pull in properly (although quiet road) and so my elderly mum, DD and I had to walk into road to get on. I pushed pram on and bus sped off straight away. The doors actually closed on my mum’s back. I parked the pram in the pram area and sat in nearest seat (no one else on bus, all empty). I am five months pregnant and have sciatica- usually I would stand with pram but I was really struggling today after taking my daughter to museum. Plus, because of the erratic driving, it was actually very difficult to stand in the bus. At the next bus stop, the driver braked very suddenly and pram tipped over. I reached out but didn’t catch it. My daughter luckily just has a bruised hand.
the driver got out and started shouting at me- that I should be holding on to the pram and that it was my fault. I was trying to check on my daughter and asked him to stop shouting. When he continued I said he shouldn’t have been driving so fast or braking like that which made him even more angry. He kept putting on the “stay with your pram” prerecorded announcement in a passive aggressive way. A fellow passenger who got on at that stop but hadn’t seen incident said I should get a incident report form, but driver said nothing like that existed. We ended up getting off and walking home very shaken up.
i have reported to the bus operator and they have said it will be investigated.
i just feel terrible I wasn’t holding on. The configuration of bus meant it was impossible from the seat to also hold onto pram. An unusual bus inside, not like others used in area.
also, I specifically do not hang anything onto pram handles. So it wasn’t too heavy. But this was our yoyo2 which I have only used a few times and I do think they’re really unsteady compared to other prams.