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Bus Driver Crashes While Texting, Caught on Camera

by Terrence O'Brien on May 1, 2009 at 04:12 PM


We really shouldn't have to be saying this anymore, but texting while driving is a bad idea.

Texting on the road has been blamed for several deaths, and compared to the danger of driving drunk. It's actually illegal in many states, and yet, here we have a video of a Texas bus driver pulling a cell phone out of his pocket and promptly slamming into the back of a car. As if it couldn't be worse, the car is full of disabled passengers. Oh, and there are several cameras on the bus. This bus driver is, in a word, busted.

It appears that nobody was harmed in the incident, but the driver lost his job (obviously). We know sometimes it's hard to ignore your phone, but try, because as we've noted many, many times -- texting + driving = bad. [From: CNN]

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