Tuesday, November 23, 2010

ID card to give pregnant women priority bus seats

The department of health for the Taipei City government has begun promotion on an ID badge that can be worn by pregnant women on public transport. This badge will alert other passengers that they are pregnant, as it is not always apparent, especially in the early stages of pregnancy.

It is often thought that those in the early stages of pregnancy are less common to ask for a seat on public transport if it is not as obvious that they are pregnant, so this new scheme will aim to combat this problem. The ID badge will commonly be used on buses or the Mass Rapid Transit system (MRT).

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The actual image on the ID badge has been described as “a large abdomen in silhouette”, with accompanying writing that suggest the need for a priority seat. It is set to be available in all major Taipei area obstetrics and gynaecology clinics.

The aim of the badge is to promote the offering of priority seats to pregnant women on public transport, as this issue has been in the news of late. The non supply of priority seats is seen as an ethical issue as well as a show of a lack of manners and etiquette, on the part of other passengers.

It seems that more and more often in modern day society, people are losing sight of the commonly held beliefs of good manners that were prevalent in years gone by. To offer a pregnant, elderly, or disabled person a priority seat is seen as simple good manners by many and in some places is simply expected. For someone to have to wear an ID badge in order to gain a seat when pregnant, says a lot about modern society.

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