disability, data protection, activism and other such
On the way home from the Yorkshire Show on Tuesday, this happened: To cut a long story short, I caught a single deck bus that had no wheelchair ramp or wheelchair space. I thought that was illegal because all single deck buses must be accessible as of 1st January 2016. This is set out in…
In oral evidence to the Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability on Tuesday just gone (3rd November), after apposite and powerful evidence from Transport for All / Gwynneth Peddler (including on the repeated difficulty of conflict for the wheelchair space on buses,) Simon Posner of the Confederation of Passenger Transport Industries said…
Clogging the corridor train-aisle and bank It’s almost the size of a light-armoured tank The owner is therefore inclined to pull rank “Do’you know I am?” Fat pram, fat pram. Wheelchair give way Don’t you dare make a fuss Mum and her precious are taking the bus The baby on board must be supersize-plus Weight…