It is best to ‘play by the rules’. Although this blog post is a personal opinion, I aim to offer correct advice.
If you are in a wheelchair at a bus stop, it is best to just hail the bus when it arrives. Then, if overloaded with buggies, it is up to the bus driver and passengers to decide whether they ‘play by the rules’.
It is unwise just to accept a bus driver wave you away, saying that there is no room. All the time, make the bus stop, proceed to the side, and just wait for the boarding ramp to eject. It will. This then piles the pressure upon passengers to ‘play by the rules’. Make the decision yourself, will the rules allow you on?
The chances are that they will, but don’t let it become the bus driver’s choice (sometimes they are just too lazy to enforce ‘their’ rules).
Essentially, you must remember that these ‘recommended actions’ are not ‘rules’ anyway, so a bus driver cannot enforce anything. The general public opinion however, will aid you. So make sure the passengers call the shots…
