I was in a good mood this morning, but having just got back to my computer, this has suddenly muddied my temper. ”Bus companies are not required by law to force parents with buggies to make way for wheelchair users in designated bays on vehicles, senior judges ruled.” Are you zarking kidding me?! Do you know how many times I have had to wait out in a cold, wet bus stop because some selfish mum has refused to move? Prams can easily be folded, wheelchairs cannot; yet the Judge in question said ”It has to be accepted that our conclusion and reasoning in this case means that wheelchair users will occasionally be prevented by other passengers from using the wheelchair space on the bus.

”I do not, however, believe that the fact that some passengers will – albeit rarely – act selfishly and irresponsibly is a sufficient reason for imposing on bus companies a legal responsibility for a situation which is not of their making and which they are not in a position to prevent” How naive can he be? Mums will simply seize on this ruling and use it as an excuse never to move, even though they have an alternative we chair users do not. Believe me, some of those bitches can be vindictive and spiteful. Thus this ruling is an absolute travesty, and boils down to an act of gross, blatant discrimination.