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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
CT has a responsibility to schedule shifts properly.
The driver has a responsibility to his employer and his passengers to say something about the issue prior to the clock hitting 12 hours.
We don't really know if either happened in this case. Sounds like someone screwed up. Maybe both.
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The biggest issue here is the shoddy reporting of the situation. This wasn't a driver abandoning his post, stranding passengers in an unsafe location or performing a unilateral job action. The driver has a legal obligation to the public not to work if he feels it is not safe to do so, whether it be 5 minutes, 5 hours or 12 hours into his shift. It is not really possible to predict when or if the driver will feel it unsafe until they feel that way. The way the media is framing this is ridiculous.
The news could have done a much better job reporting this, but sadly a reasonable headline and not finding the most shrill person to comment would not have sold the story and generated clicks.