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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
It's not a lack of common sense to not raise a pitchfork and cry out "string 'em up!" to a video of a semi-competent driver doing a mildly "distracting" activity under conditions which do not demand extreme vigilance. Perhaps he continued his reading into areas or driving conditions which do require a higher degree of active attention, but the video did not show that.
As I said, I wouldn't recommend such behavior, particularly as it was against company policy, but your demonizing is excessive and unnecessary.
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Dude! He's driving a multi-ton bus...
On the highway...
in the rain...
with his elbow...
while reading a book.
'nuff said!
He doesn't have to doing 50 mile per hour in order to kill someone. If he rear ends someone, even doing as little as 10 miles an hour, he could kill them. What if there is a little kid in the car in front of him? A pregnant woman? What if one of the passengers on his bus is handicapped?