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Wrong. Equality means giving each person the opportunity to, in this case, travel. Those in a wheelchair are provided, by law, a space so that they can travel. No other part of the bus is suitable. Thus the space provides the equality opportunity and the space should be made, or kept, available...

Thanks to the commission of a new webcam by the Friends of West Somerset Railway it is once again possible to view trains at Minehead Station. The new webcam is situated on the Signal Box overlooking the platform ends and should provide excellent views of movements of trains arriving and...

Just do the right thing - accept being caught out, accept the penalty and learn from the experience. Do it again, and if it was up to me, I'd take the keys away. Steve

Then that fact, presumably, is made clear to the passenger when asked for their "address"? If not, then it's no fault of the passenger if the address does not show up on the "confirmation" process. Steve

Great to see the WSR also benefitting from the main line relay works: http://www.wsr.org.uk/cgi-bin/galleri.cgi?h=Snapshot&p=2014/01/230114_08 Another view: Steve www.wsr.org.uk

Fair enough. My own example may not be typical and it may depend on the bespoke modifications. We did find a wide range of prices from several specialist providers out there - different makes/models and many options. Ours has a manual ramp and wheelchair clamps, but that's all a taxi needs...and...

I've just bought a new wheelchair accessible vehicle for my family (same model as used by many taxi firms) and the price is £6K cheaper than my previous 10 year old wheelchair-accessible vehicle, also bought from new. Perhaps the legislation has increased the demand for wheelchair-accessible...

It's a made-up path almost all of the way and mostly fairly level(ish). Steep at the Bray end. No shelters - take waterproofs! Look out for the old alignments and the old bridge now at the water's edge near Greystones. Farewise - I'm sure someone'll get back to you but DART fares are...

Yes. Highly recommended. Steve

Indeed! The one I was plonked on at York, a few years back, was so old it managed only 35mph max on the trip up to Darlington. Upon arrival, the trains had been running again for over an hour :-( Steve

Not sure of the full details but I do know that if a wheelchair user orders a taxi, they don't order a minibus. If the taxi firm choose to use a minibus then that is the choice of the taxi firm. Most taxi firms use an accessible MPV type for wheelchairs which is taxed the same as a car, it is as...

Might just be spot on! Over one mile of level track, absolutely straight. See WSR Gradient Profiles Steve www.wsr.org.uk

WSR links: www.wsr.org.uk/cam1.htm www.wsr.org.uk/cam2.htm www.wsr.org.uk/cambl.htm (both of above cams on one page) also http://www.fochs.org.uk/webcam.html Steve www.wsr.org.uk

You get what you pay (or don't pay) for. Google and Apple will source the cheapest possible map data. They originally used cheap "centre-line" sat nav road data with some infill from other sources. Both have now improved their products to some extent. Both products have their uses but I would...

It seems so simple and many of us have often wondered why it has never happened. To find out why we need to go back in time ;-) This subject has been aired on a regular basis. Many of the replies to this thread have touched on the main issues over the years. It is true the 1970s layout at...

Maybe.And to some extent I agree with your comment. So what exactly do you suggest is done to ensure anyone can get on a bus or train, regardless of ability or disability? What would be your solution? Remember the area required by a wheelchair user is fixed by the size of the wheelchair and...

Not necessarily. 1 That person may not get the disabled living allowance (dla) higher rate mobility allowance needed for Motability eligibility, or 2 That person may already have a motability car but finds motoring to work not possible (may not be able to drive themselves), or 3 A blue...

That's great news! Ishihara is flawed and should be phased out. Lots of people fail Ishihara but they are not colour blind and should not be rejected because of failing an Ishihara test. Steve

And that is another reason why we don't use trains when we have our wheelchair-using son with us. Quite often, the stations and trains (and buses for that matter) are simply not suitable for wheelchair-users, despite the claims of the train operators and the government. Yes a lot of money...

Long shot. Can anyone share any information about a very small private operator Billy Budden who ran a one-bus company from Pamphill, near Wimborne in Dorset in the 1950s? The bus is believed to be a Bedford OB DJT376, a 1949 29-seater and was in blue livery in Budden's day. That vehicle went on...