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# Q-Line asks whether Big Blue Bus drivers should wait for seniors to sit
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/081903-story/
- Published: 2003-08-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:47:21.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

An elderly Santa Monica woman who broke her hip on the Big Blue Bus last year recently lost a lawsuit against City Hall.

In the lawsuit, the woman claimed City Hall should compensate her for her medical bills, as well as for pain and suffering because it does not require its drivers to wait for elderly passengers to be seated before they begin driving.

The jury said they had compassion for the elderly woman but that there were too many questions raised by city attorneys to rule for her.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Should Big Blue Bus drivers wait for elderly people to be seated before they take off on their routes?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response. TAXES

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 19, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081903.pdf?ref=smdp.com)