Let's face it;What would it really take to 'sweep' the average bus...Position yourself at the front of the bus,crouch down and look for for feet under the seats initially;The next step would be to take about 20 seconds to walk up and down the aisle to actually SEE if there was anybody else on the bus.
The next step would be to do exactly the same on the upper deck(should your bus be a double-decker...)
I guess those simple measures must be FAR too complicated for the average Bus Driver...

This sounds like an old idea to me. Do they not check the bus at the END of evry jorney. For safety and welfare of the driver and passengers and to catch fare dodgers.

Everyone seems happy to blame the bus driver, but I want to know why the child wasn't better supervised by his mother, why was her back turned, giving him the opportunity to get onto the bus in the first place. We are not here to watch other peoples kids, they should take the responsibilty of parentage, my own kids were never allowed out of my sight, certainly not at the age of 3, they were supervised much better than this kid apparently was. Blame the mother NOT the bus driver.

I must agree I thinkit's most unfair to blame the bus driver. As a mother of 4 I understand the difficulties keeping your eye on small children. BUT why wasn't this child on reins?????

concerned grandma wrote:
Everyone seems happy to blame the bus driver, but I want to know why the child wasn't better supervised by his mother, why was her back turned, giving him the opportunity to get onto the bus in the first place. We are not here to watch other peoples kids, they should take the responsibilty of parentage, my own kids were never allowed out of my sight, certainly not at the age of 3, they were supervised much better than this kid apparently was. Blame the mother NOT the bus driver.

Concerned Grandma, Are you a completly and utterly stupid ?

1) no-body is blaming the driver but infact the bus company are doing something to try and stop this happening again.

2)The child was with his mother who only turned her back for a few seconds, I have a child and yes we all know that you have to watch them all the time but come on YOU must know that you only need to turn your back for a second and they can be gone, which seems to be the case here, so don't blame the mother on this occasion.

3) your right that we're not here to watch other peoples children but this unfortunate situation happened and a lot of people did help to find the little boy so we ALL should be thankful for that, there is too much bad in this world.

4) The mother reported her child missing straight away and was distraught with worry she probably does blame herself and feel guilty ( I would if it was my child) but she did the right thing by reported him missing straight away.

I hope to god that your comments don't come back to haunt you, and that your grandchildren never go missing whilst in your care.

Well done to the everybody who helped find this little boy including the market workers, shoppers and especially the police for their quick responce.

Hey, don't you know, its the new, relaxed McCann style of parenting that is all the rage nowadays!

and bus drivers rarely look in that mirror.

Or any mirror for that matter

Concerned about grandma's comments wrote:

concerned grandma wrote: Everyone seems happy to blame the bus driver, but I want to know why the child wasn't better supervised by his mother, why was her back turned, giving him the opportunity to get onto the bus in the first place. We are not here to watch other peoples kids, they should take the responsibilty of parentage, my own kids were never allowed out of my sight, certainly not at the age of 3, they were supervised much better than this kid apparently was. Blame the mother NOT the bus driver.

Concerned Grandma, Are you a completly and utterly stupid ? 1) no-body is blaming the driver but infact the bus company are doing something to try and stop this happening again. 2)The child was with his mother who only turned her back for a few seconds, I have a child and yes we all know that you have to watch them all the time but come on YOU must know that you only need to turn your back for a second and they can be gone, which seems to be the case here, so don't blame the mother on this occasion. 3) your right that we're not here to watch other peoples children but this unfortunate situation happened and a lot of people did help to find the little boy so we ALL should be thankful for that, there is too much bad in this world. 4) The mother reported her child missing straight away and was distraught with worry she probably does blame herself and feel guilty ( I would if it was my child) but she did the right thing by reported him missing straight away. I hope to god that your comments don't come back to haunt you, and that your grandchildren never go missing whilst in your care. Well done to the everybody who helped find this little boy including the market workers, shoppers and especially the police for their quick responce.

Nope I am not stupid, I am a mother of 3, always kept under my control, never allowed out of my sight as I stressed before, also a grandma of 2, they are never out of my sight either, I take my responsibility to their safety and welfare very seriously. Also Jamie Bulger was abducted when his mother took her eye of him for a few seconds, thank God that wasn't the case here, but Mothers watch your kids, hold their hands or put them in reigns, and then you won't have the same scare.

this was a lack of supervision by the mother. plain and simple. her child. her responsibility.

Alice Nutter wrote:
Hey, don't you know, its the new, relaxed McCann style of parenting that is all the rage nowadays!

Yes Alice but it's slightly different because he wasn't dumped in a creche all day.

His mother actually spends some time with him! ;)

I am a mother of two small children. This could happen to any responsible parent. Why are we so quick to judge other peoples parenting? We are not some kind of robotic perfect being. We are human. To be quite honest who knows what we would think or do in this instance. Before criticising others why not take a look in the mirror.

what a load of cobblers. u dont need a 'sweep' to realise an unescorted toddler has got on the bus..will this 'sweep'also pick up the residual smackheads and other dross which keep most folk off public transport

Not really to do with this post but..... where have all the (blackburn transport)double decker buses gone? it werent that long ago they brought them out nowadays you dont see any?

The McCanns left their children all day in the creche and ALONE at night, every night! Well, it was their holiday too!

The McCanns left their children all day in the creche and ALONE at night, every night! Well, it was their holiday too!

The McCanns left their children all day in the creche and ALONE at night, every night! Well, it was their holiday too!

Alice Nutter wrote:
The McCanns left their children all day in the creche and ALONE at night, every night! Well, it was their holiday too!

Wasn't their behaviour "Well within the bounds of responsible parenting"?

Doesn't everyone do that? ;)

Alice your a NUTTER!!! do you live with the McCanns, you dont know the full story nor do I. Maybe one day we will have the answers and put someone behind bars.

BAC wrote:
Alice your a NUTTER!!! do you live with the McCanns, you dont know the full story nor do I. Maybe one day we will have the answers and put someone behind bars.

We do know that Alice posted the truth. They did leave their children in a creche all day and alone in their apartment at night. You can find that information on most news sites, if you'd care to look.

Alice isn't quite the nutter you think she is.

I agree that we may eventually have the answers and do hope the people involved are punished accordingly.

Bat E Bird wrote:

BAC wrote: Alice your a NUTTER!!! do you live with the McCanns, you dont know the full story nor do I. Maybe one day we will have the answers and put someone behind bars.

We do know that Alice posted the truth. They did leave their children in a creche all day and alone in their apartment at night. You can find that information on most news sites, if you\\\'d care to look. Alice isn\\\'t quite the nutter you think she is. I agree that we may eventually have the answers and do hope the people involved are punished accordingly.

your has bat e as the nutter since when have you believed what you read in the papers.

LOL BAC

It depends how many papers report the same story, if the broadsheets and online news agencies also report it and if the quotes are direct ones from people involved, rather than 'sources'.

Then I start to think there may be some truth in it.

If that makes me "Bat e as the nutter" then sobeit.

The truth will out (as they say) eventually.