I am pleased to hear the positive comments made by R McGuiness (The Weekend Sun, October 27). I felt the same way until September 26 this year. On that day my husband and I caught the Bellevue bus at 9.10am to get off at the stop by Briscoes. After we received our tickets we headed to the back of the bus to a higher seat, however before we got there the bus driver took off in such a hurry, causing me to fall forward onto the seat. My husband was left in the aisle holding onto the rail.

As a result I sprained my left ankle, left knee and lumbar spine. This has caused so much distress and has been costly to us. I have already paid over $300 for doctors, x-rays and physio which I am still having.

When I confronted the driver as I got off, he lied that he had looked in his mirror. I reported him when we arrived home, still in shock.

Although we are both in our 70s we are not slow at getting seated. It took me years to actually have the confidence to catch a bus; now I have lost all the confidence I had in the drivers which, by the way, I had the utmost respect for.

M Butler, Bellevue.­­