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Posted on 02/16/2008 3:50:36 PM PST by humblegunner
CORSICANA, TX -- A driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for the day were over, police said.
The 40 passengers had been paroled or released from the state prison in Huntsville. Some wore ankle bracelet monitors.
They were aboard a charter bus that was headed Thursday to a terminal in Dallas but wound up 60 miles short.
"In 31 years in law enforcement I've never seen anything like this," Corsicana Police Sgt. Lamoin Lawhon said.
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A clerk in the convenience store called police. Officers arrived to find the former prisoners milling around the bus. Dispatchers exchanged several phone calls with Greyhound and prison officials while Lawhon and two other officers stayed with the bus and the passengers.
Just before 7 p.m., a second bus arrived with three drivers -- including the one who had abandoned her passengers in the first place, Lawhon said.
Greyhound spokesman Dustin Clark said company officials were investigating the incident. "It is a very serious matter," he said.
Clark said drivers have to follow strict guidelines on consecutive working hours and rest periods.
Police said there were no incidents involving the passengers while they were stranded.
"Their behavior was exemplary," Officer Travis Wallace said.
Excessive Government Regulation + Terminally Stupid Bus Driver = Stranded Bus full of Parolees.
So uh, how did she leave the scene? Did she call a cab?
Greyhound Buslines isn’t a gov’t entity.
Good question.....the article doesn’t say.
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Federal DOT rules could have done a lot worse to this driver had she gone over her alloted driving time. No Governnor, sheriff or warden can alter her Federal guidelines. Thats how it is and companies love it and use it often as a punishment tool.
So I say, Good for her! This will bring to light the dilemma all drivers go through with logbook violations & LEOs screaming to drive on.
I would believe the rules only apply to the bus. She’s just following the rules. Nanny State strikes again.
“Sorry, fellas, it’s quitting time!”
You opus teaser~!
Damned false alarms. And I just punched out, too!
"If it moves, tax it. If it continues to move, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." They are still trying to cripple that sector into a position of government dependency...
I’ll try to do better next time!
“Just before 7 p.m., a second bus arrived with three drivers — including the one who had abandoned her passengers in the first place, Lawhon said.”
at least the parolees had some common sense.
comon there had to be at least one in there that could have hot wired it and brought it home.
You seem to have missed this part: "Clark said drivers have to follow strict guidelines on consecutive working hours and rest periods."
I believe these "guidelines" come from the Federal Government, not from Greyhound.
Union rules is Union rules, eh?
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