2PM Driver Fired for Pulling Over to Answer Cell Phone

Posted Mar 8, 2011 01:36:30 PM.

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*Mike Farwell is in for Gary Doyle. 2:00PM A driver with six kids was fired from his job. He stopped the streetcar he was driving, put his flashers on, to answer his cell phone. There was a problem with communication at head office and he wanted to make sure there wasn’t an emergency. Did he deserve to lose his job? 2:30PM The Discovery mission is over! Guest: Paul Delaney, Senior Lecturer at York University.

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