SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
from the not-as-entertaining-as-godzilla-v-mothra dept.
Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956
A disabled man has won a Supreme Court case after a dispute with a woman with a buggy over wheelchair space on a bus.
[...] Wheelchair user Doug Paulley brought his case after he was refused entry to a FirstGroup bus in 2012, when a mother with a pushchair refused to move.
[...] The court said the company should consider further steps to persuade non-wheelchair users to move, without making it a legal duty to move them.
[...] However, the judgement fell short of making it a legal requirement for bus companies to compel non-wheelchair passengers to move from the space.
[Continues...]
The case was triggered when Mr Paulley, from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, attempted to board a bus operated by FirstGroup which had a sign saying: "Please give up this space if needed for a wheelchair user."
Mr Paulley was left at the stop because a woman with a sleeping baby in a pushchair refused to move out of the designated area when asked by the bus driver. She said the buggy would not fold.
He had argued FirstGroup's "requesting, not requiring" policy was discriminatory.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 26 2017, @08:21AM
How about "The stroller requires the same space as another paying customer, therefore please remit an additional full-fare for transportation of the stroller". The baby, if carried, rides free. No different than if you carried a package. But if you loaded additional packages you are not carrying, its freight. And charged.
Wheelchair is same as person, as person is sitting in the chair. If the person decides not to sit in the chair once boarded and placed, additional fare as well.