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Video Shows Ottawa Bus Driver On Phone

First Posted: 11/08/11 04:27 PM ET Updated: 11/08/11 09:38 PM ET

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OC Transpo is investigating another incident involving one of its drivers after a video surfaced on YouTube showing the driver operating the bus while on the phone.


The video, which is shot by a passenger in a passing car, shows the driver on the phone while heading down Highway 417. It is not clear if the phone is a cellphone or one used for radio communications.


The driver is seen, though, using his left hand to hold the phone against his ear while holding the steering wheel with his right hand.


OC Transpo General Manager Alain Mercier released his second statement in as many days on Tuesday, saying an investigation has begun into this latest video.


"Operators are trained and regularly reminded that it is illegal to use a mobile device while driving," Mercier wrote in the statement.


"Individuals who do not follow OC Transpo policies and provincial law face disciplinary measures, up to and including dismissal when warranted."


Coincidentally, Mercier admitted in March to taking a call on his phone while driving. He then sent an apologetic letter to the public transit service's staff and apologized to city council for his actions.


This news also comes just one day after Ottawa's bus company started looking into a video allegedly showing a driver cursing at a mildly autistic passenger.


The result of that investigation is expected later in the week.


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Wendy Stewart
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12:45 PM on 11/09/2011
When you work for a company that can identify you very easily it is crazy to think you can get away with breaking the law. Just a thought.
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pjlowry
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11:24 AM on 11/09/2011
Everyone who works for the public has to be extra careful. Every phone out there is now a camcorder that can catch your every move. That driver was breaking the law by talking on the phone, and that other driver who swore and screamed at a kid should be fired. It's not the publics fault for taping the incident, it's the drivers who are acting inappropreiately.
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Victor Saymong
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09:12 AM on 11/09/2011
TWO. HANDS. ON. THE. WHEEL.

Fire the SOB.
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stanschurman
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06:24 PM on 11/08/2011
Give me a break! Now every Ottawa bus driver is under attack because one driver yelled at a passenger? Last year it was all Toronto bus drivers and subway workers are lazy, shiftless slackers because someone caught one ticket taker sleeping in his booth. Yes, some do take liberties with their time and slack off. Yes, some text while driving. Yes, some in every, that's every, profession do the same. Why do bus drivers and other transit workers come under special scrutiny. And, no, I'm not now and never have been a transit worker. In fact I even had hostile words with a particularly surley TTC driver one day, but I don't tar them all with the same brush.
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