In response to your story, Mums hog our disabled area (Oxford Mail, February 6), I wholeheartedly agree with Bob Light.

I experience the same problems on buses with my wife's wheelchair.

We have had no end of arguments over the problem when mothers won't fold their pushchairs. We often receive abusive comments.

There are notices on the buses asking for the wheelchair space to be vacated to allow the wheelchair user into the wheelchair space.

On many occasions, we've been left at the bus stop even when it's pouring with rain.

On one occasion last year, we were waiting for a Stagecoach No 10 bus for Wood Farm.

It was pouring with rain and, when the bus arrived, we couldn't get on it because of the number of buggies on board. We had to wait for the next one.

When that arrived, there were two, big, four-wheeled shopping trolleys and a walking frame on board, but we managed to get on.

Then the bus driver let two pushchairs on board. When we arrived at the next stop, he let two more pushchairs on, blocking the aisle, which is illegal.

Recently, when we couldn't get on a bus at Wood Farm, a passenger suggested my wife get out of the wheelchair and we fold it. My wife can walk a short distance with the aid of sticks, but it's very painful.

It's even worse when a mother gets on with a large buggy where the back wheels are wide apart and stick out into the aisle.

This could prove dangerous for a blind person who may want to board as these buggies cannot be folded. I have contacted Oxford East MP Andrew Smith about this problem and I'm still waiting for his reply.

I think Stagecoach should follow Oxford Bus Company and allow only one pushchair.

The company should stop pushchairs using the wheelchair space, especially on buses serving the hospitals.

PETER COLLETT The Slade Headington Oxford