5:00 pm on a Friday. I decided to take the 1:30 pm bus from Washington DC to New York City. A half hour outside of DC, the police pull over the driver for speeding. A quick look at her log shows that she is over hours for the day, and shouldn't be driving. She is ordered to pull over immediately, and stops the bus for an hour without letting people off. She shuts off the power, including lights to the bathroom. Passengers freak out. Four hours later, we are still sitting in a parking lot somewhere in Delaware. I still have at least three more hours of travel - that is, providing that Bolt finds another bus and driver... but they promised that two hours ago.
Watch the driver misinterpret the first amendment. She stole the cell phone of the woman sitting in the seat next to me. You can get the video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3ifRHQBNM
We'll have a great weekend whenever you get here.
Amtrak next time! >:(
The current theory is that the scheduled driver didn't show up, so this woman stepped in. However, she was over hours for the period. We think Bolt told her to driver anyway. Driver insists the bus is defective and the lights aren't working... at least that's her story.
Man oh man, hopefully someone on the bus knows or is related to a good attorney.
I don't believe they don't have more drivers on call, with dozens of buses making that route daily.
I think they may have a ticket office across the street from where they load up on 31st St. We can stop by tomorrow and try and get a refund, and book you on Amtrak going back.
Those that have a working phone should be dialing the local media, and twittering/facebooking the fuck out of this.
Where/how are you picking up wifi?
yeah, patrick...at least you ain't dead.
I hope you get put onto a clean, warm bus driven by a qualified and alert driver soon.
And I hope the rest of your trip goes much, much better.
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The skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour....
Seattle when we had all that snow, they should've seen the clues and acted upon them in trying to find an alternative to the station.
They almost went over the edge onto I-5 below trying to come down my snow covered hill of a street that dead ends at Melrose before dropping some 100+ feet to the freeway below.
Thankfully I was at work, but was let in on the raw video after the slide.
just glad you are safe and in NYC.
I think I'll stop complaining about my crappy Greyhound experiences now....
http://law.justia.com/maryland/codes/gcj/10-402.html