Posts about Impaired Transit Operators
It's not the texting, it's that he got caught?: A Red Line train's cab now has newspapers covering the windows. A response to riders catching that other driver texting? (@perkinsms) ... Montgomery County has suspended the driver recently photographed reading a book while driving. (Comment)
ReadOn: Another rider caught a transit driver paying attention to something other than operating. This time, it was on a Ride-On bus, where according to the rider's photographs, the driver seems to be reading while driving. (WTOP) (Comment)
Zero texting tolerance: After a Metrorail operator was caught texting while operating a train and officials called for Metro to fire the employees, Metro has instituted a new policy allowing them to do just that. (Comment)
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