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Citing Work Rules, Driver Abandons Busload of Former Prisoners in Front of Store

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CORSICANA, Texas — 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.

Police said the bus was chartered from Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. The driver pulled over in front of a convenience store around 4 p.m. and told the passengers her allotted driving time was up and another driver was on the way.
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.
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thats the way to wake up the public about the stupid hos rules i am glad someone had the guts to do it
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thats the way to wake up the public about the stupid hos rules i am glad someone had the guts to do it




I would tend to agree with you.
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Could you see the US Army using HOS? Be in the middle of a convoy ambush. Well; we gotta shut er down for 10 hours.
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The down side to this is that she will probably lose her job over this.
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Now this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while! I can just picture it... "Well, it's been nice, but I gotta go to bed now... see ya in 10 hours. Try to be good while I'm gone."

My sides are aching from laughing so hard.
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The down side to this is that she will probably lose her job over this.




You could be right, but if she were to sue to get her job back the company would find out they didn't have a leg to stand on. I don't think that a court would see obeying a federal law is grounds for dismissal.
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You could be right, but if she were to sue to get her job back the company would find out they didn't have a leg to stand on. I don't think that a court would see obeying a federal law is grounds for dismissal.

I would love to see it. But I bet there is something in their handbook about abandoning a vehicle with passengers on board. That is where she could have problems.

Personally, I think she did the right thing.
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That right there is funny... I don't care who you are!
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Citing Work Rules, Driver Abandons Busload of Former Prisoners in Front of Store

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I guess that was one of those danged if you do, danged if you don't scenarios.
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