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Bus driver pulled off route after spotted with book at the wheel
A passenger gave a TV station photographs she took of the driver, who allegedly read for most of the roughly 20 minutes the photographer rode the bus. (Washington Post)July 15, 2009 | Permalink
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Well, driving a bus probably gets pretty boring after a while...
Posted by: sometimesilie | Jul 15, 2009 11:40:01 AM
YET ANOTHER PLUS FOR THE FINE JOB OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DOING.
Posted by: MONKEY JERKm | Jul 15, 2009 11:44:12 AM
Actually, I believe she's a METRO driver -- county (?) versus school.
Posted by: Jim Romenesko | Jul 15, 2009 11:56:20 AM
Not only does the bus driver read while driving, she's got excrable literary taste.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Jul 15, 2009 12:16:34 PM
So, uh, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have let her continue driving for 20 minutes while I took pictures.
Posted by: yb detsoP | Jul 15, 2009 1:12:45 PM
Shit like this should warrant a little jail time....how many people were killed by that guy who was texting while driving that train?
Posted by: twerp | Jul 15, 2009 1:15:37 PM
Oh, so the bus drivers in Philly are just "reading" when they are driving their busses as if they are full of wasps stinging pregnant flaming lions. I knew there was a logical explanation...
Posted by: sometimesilie | Jul 15, 2009 2:43:07 PM
Musta been a helluva book... :P
Posted by: Sisterblonde | Jul 15, 2009 2:44:04 PM
just couldn't put it down..........
Posted by: ssarkies | Jul 15, 2009 3:10:20 PM
you could say that he was really moved by the book.hahahah
Posted by: brian | Jul 15, 2009 6:54:28 PM
About 5 years ago I got on a bus here in Seattle and was amazed and shocked to see the driver grading homework papers. He had the papers spread on the steering wheel while he was driving, and he was marking them with a red pen.
I got off the bus at the first stop and called it in. Don't know what happened after that.
Posted by: Dave B | Jul 15, 2009 9:59:58 PM
And they say literacy is dead!
Posted by: Theodosia | Jul 16, 2009 7:58:08 AM
Multitasking is the new big thing do! I often find myself doing two or more things at once. Like right now for instance, I am totally working, eating a sandwich, picking my nose, and doing my taxes!
Posted by: thing1 | Jul 16, 2009 12:11:42 PM
