Posted Mar 20, 2006 at 07:24AM by Mike S. Listed in: News
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Yea, this is one of those, "what was he thinking" situations. I really don't think the old excuse "it seemed like a good idea at the time" applies here. Apparently the driver of the Bus, Steve Allcock was caught by the on-board CCTV camera playing Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories while stopped at bus stops, stop lights, and even while driving. Bosses fired him after on-board CCTV footage showed he had the handheld device on his knees.

 

Steve's boss, Michael Morton, from Blackburn Transport was quoted as saying: "The driver was interviewed and we feel we’ve taken appropriate disciplinary action. We take a very dim view of drivers using any sort of device that will distract them. Our ultimate concern is the safety of passengers.”

 



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   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » LMFAO

This is classic!!!

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » daaamn

wtf

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » Lol sup

Well...you have to be pretty stupid to use a PSP while driving a bus full of civillians and under the watchful eye of a CCTV camera. I say he got what was coming to him.

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » wie dumm

how silly can humans be????

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » I can't blame him...

I bet all he did was running over the people at bus stops in GTA to release his stress a little.
Passengers can be quite annoying.

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » OMFG WELL DONE!

I think he is cool.... and he is the joke of the century... lmao.... how desperate can he be? playing psp while driving a god damn bus? lol...

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » hahahhahaaa

this is preety funny how stupid can you be!!!

   by ShadowEldritch - 2006-03-20
 » notitle

And this has much with PSP news to do. Incredibly geeky.

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   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » BRRAAAAAP

****A THATS WHACK

   by Virus_001 - 2006-03-20
 » Help

sry guys i'm new and all so how do we post news and stuff you how can i post news like he did with the grand theft auto,

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » hahaha

lol as if he played GTA while driving a bus... maybe he was driving a bus in GTA and somehow his mind got warped to think GTA and the real world are the same... or maybe he is just a PSP addict like the rest of us...

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » lolzorz!

lol as if he played GTA while driving a bus... maybe he was driving a bus in GTA and somehow his mind got warped to think GTA and the real world are the same... or maybe he is just a PSP addict like the rest of us...

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » notitle

I was this man, and i can´t pass the 2 level on the 2 city! please help

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » im stupid

Steve All****? c'mon that's funny! I guess I'm the only retard that noticed : P

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » .

"Well...you have to be pretty stupid to use a PSP while driving a bus full of civillians and under the watchful eye of a CCTV camera. I say he got what was coming to him."

Civillians eh? :D

   by Darkatomz - 2006-03-20
 » HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LOL what a moron. makes sense he was fired.

   by Stumbles - 2006-03-20
 » wow.....just wow....

And the award for dumbest mofo on earth goes to.......


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   by KiLL CraZy - 2006-03-20
 » LMFAO!!!!

LMAO!!! this just made my day

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » .......

lmao i read this in the sun today

f()cking jokes..... what a ****

   by JPRGO - 2006-03-20
 » Pretty Stupid

I think they should sue the company, isn't it rediculous that someone gets fired for playing a game?

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » LOL

LOLL BLACKBURN IS MY HOME TOWN...WE COULDNT STOP LAUGHIN WHEN WE READ IT IN THE LOCAC PAPER AT COLLEGE...THE DAY IT HAPPENED HAD ICY ROADS ON A BUSY ROUTE!

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » LOL

what's next?

pilots playing Gradius during takeoff?

schumacher playing Formula One in his F1 car?

lol....

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » Just takeing advice...

from Penny-Arcade. They suggested it with a GBA game, why not take it to the next level:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/07/30

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » WHAT A DUMBASS!!!!!

WHAT A DUMBASS!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!

ROFL WAFFLE!!!!!

   by corporate trash - 2006-03-20

sounds like me when im in school my psp and ipod r always in my lap while im working

   by Ppd264 - 2006-03-20
 » well

you cant blame him too much, c'mon he probably thought that whatever he was driving in the game he was driving in real life, or he was practicing his driving skills on his psp to see if itll help his real life driving skills, or he was trying to compare the bus in the game to the bus in real life, or maybe someone that works with him said he sucked at playing gta so he did it it front of a camera while driving to prove that he can beat gta, even while driving in real life. lol. give this guy a break it's not like he said it seemed like a good idea at the time

   by MDCosta911 - 2006-03-20
 » i did that once

the other night i was playing need for speed most wanted while driving, but for like 5 seconds, then i handed the psp to my side passenger whom i was originally setting it up for!

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   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-03-20
 » Imagin this...

bus driver " I sometimes forget i'm no longer playing the game and crash into things. But thats ok"


:lol:

   by PSPlay - 2006-03-21
 » Stupid Dumb#$&!

That's just stupid. No matter how desparate you are to kill imaginary people, don't put real people's lives at risk just because you can't wait until after work. Very funny though. WTF was he thinking?! ROFLFAO!!
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