[nagdu] Bus seating

Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
Fri Apr 2 19:16:35 UTC 2010


Not that I know of. 
If it helps, they don't have buses equipped with belts so you can't
strap a carseat in. 
What I'm getting at is that parents with little kids ride busses and do
just fine. 
That being said, if bus travel is above your risk tolerance, that's
fine.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jewel S.
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:14 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bus seating

gOOD POINT...DIDN'T THINK OF THAT. bUSES DON'T HAVE DOGGIE SEATBELTS.
iS THERE A DOGGIE SEATBELT THAT WOULD WORK ON A BUS, LIKE THEY HAVE
FOR CARS?

~jEWEL

On 4/2/10, Julie J <julielj at windstream.net> wrote:
> Jewel,
>
> Setting aside the allowed part of this, I wouldn't put a guide dog on
a bus
> seat for the simple reason that it isn't safe.  If the bus stops
suddenly or
> goes over a large pothole or something the dog could easily lose
balance and
> fall off the seat.
>
> JMHO
> Julie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bus seating
>
>
>>I know Albert mentioned this as a joke, but I wanted to tell everyone
>> that you *can* offer your guide dog a seat. I spoke to several bus
>> drivers, and all of them said that as long as the bus was not overly
>> full and the dog behaved (which all guide dogs should!), they had no
>> problem with a guide dog sitting in a seat on the buses that don't
>> have room under the seat. I just thought I'd let people know that if
>> you ask, it may be allowed, and is therefore an option for people
>> whose buses don't have the underneath room for a poor squished guide
>> dog.
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 4/1/10, AnnaLisa Anderson <annalisa at sector14.net> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The buses around here don't have anywhere for your dog to go in the
front
>>>
>>> or
>>> the back where the sideways facing seats are.  Therefore I very
rarely
>>> sit
>>> up front, unless either I'm only going a very short distance, or if
the
>>> bus
>>> is super crowded.  Sometimes I will sit in the sideways seats in the
>>> back,
>>> not so worried about Sunny getting stepped on back there, but it
still
>>> happens.  I much prefer the normal forward facing seats, and I
usually
>>> try
>>> to go 3 or 4 back on the right, so there is no wheelchair brace or
>>> diagonal
>>> bar in the way.  And on the right so I can just have Sunny turn
slightly
>>> and
>>> back herself in.  She has gotten to be extremely good at backing in
and
>>> plopping herself down in the floor at the same time I am sitting
down.
>>> Then
>>> I put a leg on either side of her so she doesn't slide around, and
we're
>>> set.
>>>
>>> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>>>
>>>
>>>
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