TTC driver shuts down bus after confrontation with rider



CP24 reports that frustrations have boiled over yet again on a TTC bus after a confrontation between a driver and a rider earlier this morning, Saturday February 6.

The incident happened on board a 29 Dufferin bus near Castlefield Avenue. In a video that a passenger sent to CP24’s My Breaking News, the driver appears to confront the rider when he notices he is being taped on a camera phone after returning to the bus from a break.

When the driver demands the rider get off the bus and turn the phone off, the rider refuses, and then the driver declares he’s shutting the bus down.

According to the rider, Toronto resident Kacey Coutain, the driver asked everyone on the bus to get off, forcing them to catch the next one that came along. Coutain says there was issue surrounding his student fare when he first got on.

Responding to the video, spokesman Brad Ross tells CP24 that the TTC will review the incident on Monday with appropriate staff.

“Obviously our employees are extremely sensitive right now. I can’t say with any conviction that the operator’s actions were consistent with our operating policy,” he says in a statement.