Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
12 January 2010
11:5437278does anyone the regulation for having pushchairs on busses.i know this has been touched before,but i am looking the health and safty aspect side of things.
and yes i know that they got as much right to travel on a bus,but dothey have to block the gangeway in doing so.it allso makes it uncofotable for oaps etc to get on and off the buss.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,023
12 January 2010
12:1037279I think it is up to three unless there is a wheele chair on board Then it would be one .The space is quite clearly marked and anyone sitting in the front seats should give them up so the pushchairs can be placed out of the gangway .The pushchairs should be tucked away so people can move freely .I know some times the girls /men do not always ensure the gangwaysare clear .They have every right to board the bus and the driver should ensure for health and safety that there is no obstruction .
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,304
12 January 2010
12:3437280The problem is Brian that ALL passengers can be belligerent at times. Mostly, those will pushchairs/buggies will tuck them in properly. However there is always the exception.
I was getting on a Unibus at Canterbury a few weeks ago. It was one of the old Volvo Olympians (as sometimes on the 89 route here in Dover). It has two steps up and no space for buggies. A lady with a large double buggie tried to get on. The driver asked where she was going, and when told, he suggested that she got the Route 4 at the next stand. This was a new Enviro 400 with no steps and buggie space. She immediately complained that the bus company were discriminating against young mothers.
Most passengers obey the rules but some will always be difficult, even sticking their feet out and making it nearly impossible to get to the back of the bus.
You can't please all of the people all of the time.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
13:3037283Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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12 January 2010
14:4037288Great picture Paul, haven`t seen that one before. Always remembered the 86 at the monument with Chamberlin Road on the front.
. BRIAN, I used the bus regularly all summer last year with being off sick. I noticed that only 3 buggies were allowed on at a time, and frequently, a buggy was refused as it would block the gangway. As you can imagine, it was always down to which driver was on. That was the Whitfield bus.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
14:5137290Forgot to say, that is down by Atholl Terrace
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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12 January 2010
15:2237293 Won`t get many buggies on this.
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,304
12 January 2010
15:2837294Paul - Loved the Leyland PD1's, much better than the Guy Arab's.
Terry
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
15:3037295Colin - I take it that's not Dover College!
Terry
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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12 January 2010
15:4137296I`m sure the H&S would find something wrong with it Terry, though I can`t see what.
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Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,388
12 January 2010
17:2337309Some Dover models:
Dover Corporation Tramways tram.
Pickfords removals van (Dover).
East Kent bus.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
12 January 2010
17:2837310thanks guys and girls,most helpfull.i like the idea of that old bus coming back into sevice.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
12 January 2010
19:0437325paul that picture of the bus in athol terrace.
is that a bus shelter next to it, also when did they stop running buses up there?
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
20:3937336Yes it does look like a shelter - I think it needs an oldie to answer (but I would imaging late 70s with the Jubilee Way)
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