Wheelchair users and prams on public transport, whose priority

[JBFox]

(especially if I carry on eating this dairy milk chocolate left over from Christmas! Hehe)

 

You need to try Graze!! It's so much more healthier!

[Badlittlepup]

I don't get why the man with the crutch had to stand in that particular space though? Wheelchairs should always get priority over prams, but in this case surely he would have been happier sitting down? If not why couldn't he stand in the area by the doors? Not really a problem with a crutch but very difficult with a pram with problems with space and blocking the aisle.

 

The problem should have been resolved by somebody standing up for the man with the crutch anyway without asking. But I find Sheffirlders very bad at doing that, they normally ignore people who need seats.

[Hesther]

Why can't buses and trams provide more disabled/pram spaces?

[natjack]

I don't get why the man with the crutch had to stand in that particular space though? Wheelchairs should always get priority over prams, but in this case surely he would have been happier sitting down? If not why couldn't he stand in the area by the doors? Not really a problem with a crutch but very difficult with a pram with problems with space and blocking the aisle.

 

The problem should have been resolved by somebody standing up for the man with the crutch anyway without asking. But I find Sheffirlders very bad at doing that, they normally ignore people who need seats.

There are seats in the space I'm pretty sure but they tip up to let the wheelchairs users in. Been a while since I've been on a tram but the driver should have told someone to stand up for the disabled man. He should have had priority over the buggy anyway. She should have been told to wait for the next team or collapse the buggy. Them's the rules!

[Quik]

Disabled clearly. Prams should be stowed in the luggage area as a matter of course

[JBFox]

Why can't buses and trams provide more disabled/pram spaces?

 

The space is needed elsewhere for normal passengers.

[Kidorry]

How come this is only just happening?How did our parents go on with their children, and transport was more difficult to board in times gone bye.

[Eric Arthur]

Evening all,

 

I'm just wondering as to who gets the right away on trams and buses when it comes to the Disabled or the Parents with Prams? The feud seems to be at boiling point if you ask me, and I've only been a regular tram rider since 2007. I only pose this question because over the last few weeks specifically, tempers have flared at peak times when I've been catching the tram for my daily commute.

 

Now first and foremost, I'd like to state that I am infact, able-bodied (fingers crossed)- that however, doesn't stop me from wondering whether the disabled get the priority space on trams and buses, or parents with prams.

 

As a homosexual man, being a parent isn't something that I'm seeking, but becoming disabled is a real probability for anybody in life (especially if I carry on eating this dairy milk chocolate left over from Christmas! Hehe)

 

Friday for example, an elderly gentlemen with a crutch was asked to move out of the disabled seating areas on the tram, for an African lady with a rather large pram. Needless to say, he wasn't impressed and demanded to speak to the driver. This not only held my journey up for an entire 15 minutes, it also infuriated the young child, who seemed distraught at the unrest he had inadvertently caused.

 

In the end, the old man had to stand, ironically next to me, before somebody let him sit in their seat as a gesture of goodwill.

 

So who gets the priority? The driver explained to the elderly gent that Children get the priority over anybody on the tram, disabled people included. Is this fair?

 

I'm astounded that nobody offered the old man with a crutch a seat. It should be a given that anyone younger / fitter should stand before someone less able.

[spilldig]

How come this is only just happening?How did our parents go on with their children, and transport was more difficult to board in times gone bye.

 

Back in the day parents had M'clarron type baby buggies that were tiny and could be folded in an instant, not at all the sorts of things that they have now, which are more like Reliant Robins with handles attached.

I did think the opinion poll should have had a place for no wheelchairs allowed though, because as far as I understand it, wheelchair uses get money from the government to run their own car or use taxis.

Edited February 9, 2016 by spilldig

[El Cid]

I did think the opinion poll should have had a place for no wheelchairs allowed though, because as far as I understand it, wheelchair uses get money from the government to run their own car or use taxis.

 

I think older people find that money harder to get, I think pensioners are treated differently.