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- Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:42pm by
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Via Gawker comes this story:
Romans are inured to bus and taxi drivers trying to steer while talking on a mobile. But it would seem that at least some draw the line at using two telephones.
A bus driver in the Italian capital has been suspended from duty after being videoed while speeding through the city’s notoriously dangerous traffic using a mobile with one hand and a smartphone with the other. He was steering with his elbows.
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Comments (80)
Carl1
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 1:19amShould have been fired!!!!
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:31am@Crackerone
Seems to me you should be able to count to 11….
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:15amOops! I think thats me?
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:57pmBlaze…? stop with this!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 7:36amyou must go back to sleep, so this mindless dribble will
Report Post »peak your interest.
Try to drink more Fluoride, that might help.
@ Coyote2
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:55pmHe did better then most car drivers.
Report Post »JohnnyJT South Philly
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:50pmHey I do that all the time when I ride my bike
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:42pmI saw a woman the other day driving talking on her cell phone, eating and putting make up on. This is unusal? I am almost killed everyday by distracted drivers.
Report Post »paulsfam4
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:36pmI thought my wife was good
Report Post »Wesley
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:19pm“has been suspended from duty”
Report Post »There has to be a union involved otherwise it would have read fired for cause.
mossbrain
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:30pmI find it very awkward to drink wine out of that little spigot on the side of 5 liter box wine while driving. Luckily I’m tall and drive a low rider so I can steer with my knees while I tilt the box wine diagonal over my shoulder with one hand while I open the spigot with the other. Of course I have to momentarily take my eyes off the road to twist my mouth to the side and up under the spigot. It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. I only occasional run over any stuff.
Report Post »5410amh
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:20pmNow that’s talent!
Report Post »Black Manta
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:08pmThe world is on fire and they are worried about a bus driver…there’s other important truth too cover and we get this…
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:21pmRight!
We got pointless wars going on, Big Oil getting tax breaks, and women’s heath clinics being shut down.
C’mon Blaze!
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:22pmIt breaks up the monotony of corruption so we can regroup and focus!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:39pm@liberal, don’t forget obama and his buddy cas sunstein ,between the two of them,they have written over 600 regulations,and multiple executive orders, that will,and have screwed the American people out of more freedom, and make all of us pay more in taxes,so if you are going to say things about one side, how about you talk about what your commie buddies are up to??
Report Post »behindHIM
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 5:47pmWhoa up there high horse!! We’re human beings not machines. And what are you taking time out here for? Get back to work!!!
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:06pmObama caused him to do it.
Somehow, someway.
Report Post »EdBoo
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:00pmUnion member? Better believe it. Will get off with a slap on the wrist worse case.
Overpaid for not enough work as usual. I’m surprised he was not texting messages. Maybe he was?
How do you say loser in Italian?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:45pmObamo
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 3:24am13th
Love love love it. too funny !!!!!!!
Report Post »ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:39pmSafely in the hands of a union member.
Report Post »ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:38pmFire the idiot…. Oh…. he’s in a union…… never mind.
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:35pmAnother reason for me not to ride the bus or send my kids on it!! I drive myself!!
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:33pmHave Trump fire him immediately.
Report Post »dscon
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:16pmi woulda asked if needed a “terd” (3rd) phone………….
Report Post »he probably woulda been pissed at me for distracting him ;)
what a stupido.
FoolproofCitizen
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:13pmThank God someone had the presence of mind to video and post it. I would’ve berated the dingbat and chucked his phones under the next Fiat.
Report Post »teddieandkaylee
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:42pmYour post makes the most sense of all. After about 20 seconds I would have grabbed his phones and called the police to have him replaced by a competent driver. The person taking the video must have felt safe eh?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:07pmI can’t complain on this one – He’s probably waiting on me ahead of him talking on three cell phones, eating a cheeseburger, drinking hot coffee, trying to write down a phone number and trying to comb my hair while I’m at it.
You go Mr Bus Driver……. get those people to the next stop.
Report Post »teresa2010
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 2:42pmStupid…You don’t do it when in charge for the safety of others….DUHUDUHUDUHDUHDUHDUH
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:06pmMulti-tasking; how efficient!
Report Post »HairRazor
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 9:50amnothin to it…
Report Post »jessieH
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:56pmFire his ass and be done with him.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:24pmFired and a permenant citation on his MVR so he can never get a commercial driving job again.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:53pmHOLY CRAP! Now that’s multitasking…. are those bumps he’s driving over or pedestrians?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:01pmHA good one!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 7:38amZAP what do you think of Ron Paul’s debate answers ?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZDaq0Vw8Iw
behindHIM
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 5:41pmI totally agree!! That was funny!!
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:49pmIs he a union worker?
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:53pmHoly crapoli!
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:54pmLOL… no doubt… figuring out where the next demonstration is.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:55pmyes
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:56pmI should have said must be a union worker. A total disregard for other human life.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:56pmCan anyone say, fired.
Report Post »anutter
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:57pmKind of reminds me of an episode from Destination Truth in Italy. Oh crap! I sure hope that was on topic well enough to appease the whiners…
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:38pmHe’s a better man than me. Can‘t count to 10 unless I’m naked!
Report Post »ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:38pmOf course he’s in a union.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:19pmReminds me of Mr. Obama trying to run his administration & our country.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:32pmThe bigger rig has the right- a- way. So watch out!!
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 1:13amNow this is what I call multi-tasking !!!
“Auntie Em….Auntie Em….. It’s a twister, it’s a twister” – Airplane (the movie)
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 2:11amif he could fall asleep doing that he could be an air traffic controler
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 2:52amThose crazy Italians. No wonder I dont travel to other countries.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 3:36am#1 Stupid is as stupid does that this guy really really really did STUPID!!!
Report Post »#2 Maybe he’s union
#3 Maybe he was calling the unemployment office trying to find a job when he loses that one.
saajidkara
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 5:42amIsn’t it obvious. If he was not a Union member, he would of been sacked. Lol
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 7:35amand NO seat belts for the Kids riding on the bus.
Report Post »Just us Slave adults driving in our Private vehicles ??
These seat belt laws only work if we obey them. remember
when they forced air bags in cars they told us it would elliminate the need to wear a
seat belt. Now they fine us for not wearing one
Coffeehead
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 2:18pmHad to be union. They can afford 2 cell phones.
Report Post »jbl8199
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 9:35pmOk, I can forgive talking on the phone while your driving, but this is a bit too extreme. Is anyone really that busy they need to be talking AND texting on two different phones, and while driving no less? This guy doesn’t belong on the road period, let alone driving a bus.
Report Post »charleshammermartel
Posted on May 15, 2011 at 3:27amI am in new york, i see drivers do that all the time on buses. Who going to stop them?? I saw a bus driver kick off a old woman for not have the exact change and this happen at night. Did the same to teenage girls for the same thing. A bus driver that i known that told me, “A bus driver kick off a girl of the bus because her card wasn’t working,this was at night.“ ”That night she got rape on that same block.” 90% of all mta working are nasty and lazy.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on May 15, 2011 at 4:11pmDoesn’t matter; I know the guy. He’s working on the Obama reelection campaign. He’ll be just fine.
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