Not to mention that buses without wheelchair restraints aren't safe for wheelchair users
a bus took a corner
and my 150kg powerchair and myself were flung across the bus aisle
and I landed on my left side with 150kg of powerchair on top of me
10 years later I still have major pain issues with my left hip...
Oh, and the bay I was flung into was fortunately empty, but most of the time there would have been a pram/stroller in the bay I was flung into, so a baby could easily have been killed
I made a claim for compensation and it was determined that the bus driver was *driving normally* eg, the bus would have been unsafe for any power wheelchair user under any bus driver...
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Date: 2022-06-14 05:34 pm (UTC)Not to mention that buses without wheelchair restraints aren't safe for wheelchair users
a bus took a corner
and my 150kg powerchair and myself were flung across the bus aisle
and I landed on my left side with 150kg of powerchair on top of me
10 years later I still have major pain issues with my left hip...
Oh, and the bay I was flung into was fortunately empty, but most of the time there would have been a pram/stroller in the bay I was flung into, so a baby could easily have been killed
I made a claim for compensation and it was determined that the bus driver was *driving normally* eg, the bus would have been unsafe for any power wheelchair user under any bus driver...