Coast Mountain Bus Driver Plays Sudoku While Driving in BC CANADA

VANCOUVER, BC - A Vancouver-area bus company has launched an investigation after this video posted on YouTube appears to show one of its drivers doing a Sudoku puzzle while behind the wheel.

Gordon McDonald was riding the Surrey, B.C., bus Monday evening when he noticed the driver was preoccupied and used his cellphone to record the incident.

"I was only on the bus for 10 blocks or so, and he was playing (the puzzle) pretty much from the time we got on," said McDonald.

Derek Zabel, spokesperson for Coast Mountain Bus Company, says officials have launched an investigation since viewing the video.

Zabel said there are no explicit policies in place outlining what drivers can and can't do behind the wheel, but he said operators are trained to follow the law and should be using common sense.

"Our operator training is a six-week program and it's all geared toward driving safely," he said.

"Coast Mountain trains our drivers to use observation skills in which they'd check their mirrors every six to eight seconds and to constantly scan. If you're doing a Sudoku puzzle, you can't be doing that."

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