VIDEO: The driver ejected a woman with a stroller from the bus. The video is viral | Transport | News | Prague Gossip
A video filmed in one of Prague’s buses is circulating on the Internet, showing a conflict between a mother with a stroller and the driver. The mother filming the video is Lucie Chadrabová, an employee of the transport department at the Prague municipality, who is currently on maternity leave. The video is spreading on social networks, according to the police there was no illegal act, according to the Regional Organizer of Prague Integrated Transport, the situation would benefit from greater decency on the part of both the driver and passengers.
Passenger: “The driver started yelling at us that he wouldn’t go any further and let one of us get out”
On Monday, January 30, two mothers with strollers who wanted to travel by bus on line 103 between the stops Ďáblice and Ládví experienced an unpleasant situation. “Yesterday around noon, my son and I were going from swimming, I boarded the bus on line 103 in Ďáblice. The other mother with a stroller boarded the U Spojů stop. When she got on, the driver lashed out at us and started shouting at us that he wouldn’t take two prams and let one of us get out.” the author of the video described the situation to our editors Lucie Chadrabová.
“There was a crazy cold wind! There was no one on the bus, only three boys and two gentlemen. The driver drove the mother and child out into the cold.” continued Chadrabová in an emotional statement. “I stood up for the mother who came forward, but also for myself, because the mother who rushed from the pediatrician was not as expressive and loud as I was. When you have a sick child, you don’t have time for this incomprehensible situation or for the arrival of the police.”
Principles: “We did not find any illegal actions and we left the place”
When neither mother left the vehicle, the driver called the police. “We went to the place based on the announcement that the passengers were refusing to leave the bus. On the spot, we contacted the whistleblower, who stated that according to the transport regulations, only one person with a pram can travel on the bus. said a police spokesperson for the editorial office of Pražská Drbna Violeta Sirištová.
“We identified the person on the spot and instructed them, but we did not find any illegal actions and we left the place,” she added.
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It is up to the driver to allow more pushchairs on the bus
According to her, Lucia Chadrabová is more concerned with a situation of principle. “The police probably acted in accordance with the rules, but I don’t understand why they didn’t stand up for us. Although it is written in the transport regulations that there can only be one pushchair in the bus, an exception can be granted by the transport worker, which in our case was the driver. So, if a disabled person gets on, I have to get off my mother with a pram?” the mother asks herself a rhetorical question.
“Transport usually works in such a way that three mothers with prams also travel in full buses. It has never happened to me in my life, and I haven’t heard it from another mother either, that a driver has kicked out someone with a stroller. And this is common in children’s environments,” supplies.
ROPID: “More civility would benefit both sides”
ROPID spokesman Filip Drápal also provided information on the whole situation for our editors. “After watching the videos, I believe that the entire conflict was unnecessarily escalated by the driver and the passengers. However, the driver has the support in his behavior in the transport conditions, because it is really only up to him whether he allows the transport of several prams in the vehicle at the same time. This particular vehicle is not technically or capacity adapted for this, in the event of a sudden stop, dangerous situations may occur. However, they may or may not allow multiple strollers at once, and passengers should respect that.” he explained Filip Drápalthat the driver was in the right.
“We believe that greater civility would benefit both sides. In any case, we forward this initiative to the carrier ČSAD Střední Chechy for investigation and to instruct the driver about the possibilities of more appropriate and less confrontational communication with passengers.” added the spokesperson of ROPID.
Passenger: “I’m not meaty”
Lucie Chadrabová mainly wanted to draw attention to the situation on social networks. “Primarily, I’m glad that it caught on on social media and that there is evidence that something like this is happening, because I myself would not have believed that something like this could happen. It would be nice if the institutions told each other and gave training to drivers,” she explained.
At the same time, the mother pointed out that her goal is not to enforce a penalty for a specific driver with whom she came into conflict. “I’m not meaty,” she concluded.