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Originally Posted by Fat Abe
This subject has already been discussed by a blogger/reporter named Joseph Rose:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting..._bus_fi_1.html
Last fall, I reported that TriMet fielded more than 530 complaints over two years about operators talking, texting and playing games on cell phones and other gadgets while driving. In that time, only two operators were disciplined with written warnings.
TriMet responded by announcing that operators caught using mobile electronic devices on the job would face “immediate termination.”
As the video from the e-reader express shows, there are still bus drivers who apparently consider taking a phone call or getting to the next chapter more important than safety.
This year, riders have filed at least 80 complaints about such behavior. The number of drivers fired so far: Zero.
You can see where this is going. Lahcen Qouchbane (the bus driver) will hire a lawyer with a JD from a correspondence school. My cousin Vinnie or Jackie Chiles will countersue for the defense. The lawyer will turn the trial into a 2-ring circus by citing the story of a woman with just a bra and no shirt. The story gets traced back to a Kindle ebook from Amazon. The driver got distracted. It's not his fault. Sue Amazon. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z36iEZxxt40 |
The fact remains this driver was clearly in the wrong and was properly terminated. We do not know if the other alleged incidents were not acted upon due to negligence on the part of transit company or because of insuficient evidence.