u/BIIANSU

I’m a full-time wheelchair user. I’ve lived in London 14 years. Being unable to get on a bus due to there being buggies in the wheelchair priority space happens to me on a weekly basis (a conservative estimate).

I understand that many buggies these days don’t fold, and it is difficult to travel with children. I sympathise. However, wheelchair users still have priority, for these reasons:

1. There are many more buggies than wheelchairs. Statistically, it is likely the next bus will also have a buggy. If I didn’t have priority and always had to wait for a bus without a buggy, I would regularly be waiting for the 3rd, 4th, 5th bus, making bus travel totally unfeasible.
2. I use a wheelchair full time, and will do so for my whole life. So I obviously get buses in a wheelchair 100% of the time. Parents will only be travelling with buggies for a short period of their lives.
3. Buggies should be folded! Wheelchairs cannot be.
4. Wheelchair users have extremely limited alternatives for travel (the nearest step free Tube station is miles away).
5. The only reason the space exists in the first place is because disabled activists campaigned successfully for a change in bus design. We fought for our right to use buses.

I always try to keep calm in these scenarios and be polite and gentle, but this man was so awful (and couldn’t be reasoned with) that I swore at him. It’s exhausting having to constantly battle just to go about daily life.

Please, if you travel with a buggy and a wheelchair user needs to board, fold it or vacate the space.

Blackout arrived today 🤘🏻

With the scale length being 3" shorter, does that open up more string options? The 30" length was definitely very restrictive when shopping around for replacements.

Also, any solid tuning recommendations on this shorter scale length? Previous model was reliable at EADGBE, with most detuning done through amp sims to prevent too much flappage.