Bus Driver and Baby Stroller Show Down Snarls Traffic for Hours

A traffic jam of baby strollers, single mothers, young children and an angry driver on the Number 52 bus caused an-hour-long traffic jam on Joseph Howe Drive Tuesday afternoon. Mandy Fitzgerald, 24, was one of six single mothers who paid her bus fare and pushed her stroller onto the bus around 12:10 Tuesday afternoon with her three- and four-year-old children in tow. Each of the women was pushing a regular-sized baby stroller and had just come from a parenting class. Another woman also had her two small children with her. Fitzgerald says the group folded up some seats designed to make room for wheelchairs in order make space for the strollers, prompting an angry reproach from the driver. "As soon as we got on the bus, the bus driver said 'Don't put up the seats,' but we did anyway because there was no room," Fitzgerald told News 95.7. "We put up the seats and he freaked out and called security." The women were told to get off the bus, but refused and subsequently the driver refused to operate the bus.  A Metro Transit supervisor was called and then police. Several police cars and Metro Transit vehicles surrounded the bus, with the women inside, but no police action was taken. "They called them to try to get us off the bus, but they couldn't get us off the bus," said the mother of four. "One cop actually said 'I'm not going to be the one to kick all these single mothers off the bus with all their kids."

So torn here. On the one hand I see the bus driver as somewhat of a hero, enough is enough with open strollers on buses and subways, fold that shit up and hold your kid for a few minutes, it aint gonna kill ya.  

On the other hand it's not like he was sticking up for everyone, in fact he wasn't really sticking up for anyone, just some hypothetical handicap passengers, none of whom happened to be on or waiting for the bus at the time.  Like hey jerkoff, I'm not handicapped, but I don't like having this double wide stroller knocking into my knee every time you hit a pothole either, how about standing up for the little guy too.

My biggest problem with this story? The cops. Hey guys you're paid to get in there and make the peace, not waffle like a bunch of indecisive broads, playing  with children's toys instead of making tough decisions. Either side with the women or the bus driver, but pick something and move the fuck on.  I'd be furious if I was sitting behind this thing and found out it was a simple argument over strollers, you'd think there was a hostage situation if this thing was lasting over an hour.  It's one of two decisions guys, you tell the bus driver to shut up and do his job or you tell the mom's to fold up the carriages and quit their bitching. Jesus, does CW have to do everything around here?