I want to come to the defence of the poor bus driver who is being castigated by parents (Opinion, August 11).

From the reports I read, it was an accident that the boy's arm was caught in the door. The driver was hardly to blame.

These parents give an impression of guilty hysteria, trying to blame someone else when they know full well they have a responsibility towards their children.

Parents who are anxious about their children's safety really must pay more regard to the way children behave towards each other on buses.

I often see them raucously and irresponsibly pushing each other around and I have seen the bus driver forced to go to the upper deck to remonstrate with them.

I should think accidents are much more likely to happen by children affecting each other.

-Kenneth Crane, Marine Parade, Brighton