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Posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012 video: http://www.globaltoronto.com/ttc+streetcar+driver+caught+allegedly+applying+make-up+while+driving/6442666865/story.htmlThe Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is investigating yet another accusation of distracted driving among its employees. The video shows a streetcar driver allegedly applying make-up while driving a streetcar. The TTC is currently investigating and attempting to identify the driver accused of applying makeup while driving – a practice Brad Ross of the TTC says is “unsafe” and “certainly unprofessional.” Distracted driving is a significant concern of TTC management says Ross. In 2011, of the 38,000 complaints the TTC received, over 300 of those were for ‘safety violations’ - a concern that includes distracted driving. Ross also told Global News that a driver has been fired for distracted driving, though wouldn’t provide specifics. Despite the hundreds of complaints, the complaints stem from a small minority. “We have 12,000 employees who work for the TTC, 5,000 of those are drivers. The vast, vast majority do an excellent job everyday delivering safe, reliable transit to the city of Toronto,” Ross said. Transit advocates though say Torontonians face far greater problems with the TTC than distracted drivers. “Yes, you are going to find occasional drivers... who are distracted – that’s not the vast majority of TTC operators,” said Steve Munro, a transit advocate. “There are more important things about TTC policy, funding, service, planning.” The makeup applying driver Is just the latest in a string of TTC drivers allegedly driving distracted in 2012. In January, a bus driver was photographed allegedly using a cell phone while driving and in April, a TTC driver was caught texting while driving a subway train – a video of which garnered thousands of views after being posted on YouTube. Read it on Global News: Global Toronto | TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 10:22:10 2012, in response to TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012. Streetcars don't have drivers, they are operators. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sat Jun 23 10:25:20 2012, in response to TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012. Thats that Canadian chit right there.. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 11:22:59 2012, in response to TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012. Did they give his name? |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 11:25:48 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 10:22:10 2012. Strictly speaking, nothing has a driver that isn't pulled by animals. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 11:27:18 2012, in response to TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012. "ALL my streetcar drivers wear Eau de Traction, or they wear nothing at all." |
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Posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 23 11:33:07 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 10:22:10 2012. Motormen. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 11:56:42 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 11:25:48 2012. Buses have drivers, or are you not from Earth? |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Jun 23 11:59:10 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 11:56:42 2012. Thomas the Tank Engine has a driver. He's from the Isle of Sodor. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 12:01:07 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 23 11:33:07 2012. Nope, a motorman operates the streetcar and a conductor collects the fares. If somebody on streetcar does both jobs, they are an OPERATOR. Go to Toronto and see who does what. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 12:02:30 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by merrick1 on Sat Jun 23 11:59:10 2012. In England the man who operates the locomotive is called a driver. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 23 12:33:15 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 12:01:07 2012. Ok but Birneys had Motormen who collected fares and ran the car. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 12:35:52 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 11:56:42 2012. Did you miss "strictly speaking." Driver is an anachronism. Living things are "driven."Just as the unionized people who operate trucks are "teamsters." Do you consider the cylinders of an internal combustion engine to be a "team." But they once drove teams of horses or similar animals. And for full disclosure, I am not from Earth, but so what. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 12:46:05 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 12:01:07 2012. A conductor MAY collect fares, but that is not the defining issue. A conductor is responsible for the conduct of a railway vehicle, and traditionally gives the person operating the vehicle instructions.The Long Island Rail Road, for one, shows the traditional roles that go with the titles. The conductor has the traditional job of receiving train orders and instructing the engineer as needed. He or she also specifies the immediate duties of the other employees of the train. The public rarely sees this unless there is an emergency situation or happens to see the conductor telling the brakeman and any collectors which cars to cover. On the LIRR the conductor, the brakeman and collectors all collect fares. On a freight train the conductor and brakemen don't collect any fares at all. since cows and sheep don't carry pocketbooks. Collecting fares isn't what makes a conductor a conductor. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sat Jun 23 12:52:43 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 12:46:05 2012. Still hes correct(in one aspect) but not Wrong either.. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 13:12:33 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 23 12:33:15 2012. Yes and the title used by the United Railways was "operator". |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Sat Jun 23 13:15:18 2012, in response to TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012. Not like she's gotta steer though! |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Jun 23 14:48:49 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by orange blossom special on Sat Jun 23 13:15:18 2012. Do TTC streetcars have pedals or are all the controls hand operated? |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 16:12:06 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by merrick1 on Sat Jun 23 14:48:49 2012. All pedals. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Jun 23 18:43:27 2012, in response to TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Gold_12TH on Sat Jun 23 01:04:13 2012. Fire her and be done with it. This problem seems to be epidemic and the message isn't getting to thems what need to hear it. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Jun 23 19:21:14 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 10:22:10 2012. Depending on how they're classified, she might still be a bus operator, technically. |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Jun 23 19:53:33 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Jun 23 19:21:14 2012. It looks like subway, bus and streetcar operators are all the transit operator title. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Jun 24 17:42:41 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 12:02:30 2012. The term, "drive" is even used in the original Pelham movie:"You told me you could drive this thing." "Somebody down there knows how to drive a train - you don't pick that up watching Sesame Street." |
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Posted by SLRT on Sun Jun 24 19:58:26 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Jun 23 19:21:14 2012. In Brooklyn you were still a [trolley] motorman, even after they dropped conductors, until the BofT introduced the term "Surface Line Operator" to cover both trolley motormen and bus drivers. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jun 25 17:20:25 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 23 10:22:10 2012. Canada's not the USA, genius. They're drivers over there. |
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Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jun 25 17:20:52 2012, in response to Re: TTC streetcar driver caught allegedly applying make-up while driving, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 23 11:22:59 2012. Heh; don't go there . . . |
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