Man Steals Bus and Drives Route 4
18-year-old James Harris has been obsessed with buses since he was little. This obsession has landed him in some trouble recently, as police are accusing him of stealing buses from Miami-Dade depots on at least three occasions. What sets James apart from an ordinary thief is that he drove the buses along their correct routes, picking up and dropping off passengers as usual and then returning to the depot at the end of his "shift" without stealing the fares he collected. James would wear a uniform to avoid detection and take the bus for between four and six hours at a time. I have a feeling that most of Mr. Harris's school trips were on the short bus.
Three times? (Score:1)
Same thing happened here (Score:3, Interesting)
Actually, basically the same thing happened here in the Netherlands, except that the kid was not wearing a uniform (many regular drivers don't, either), and was only 14 years old.
The bus company said they were glad he didn't have any accidents, and offered him a job when he turns 18 and has a license to drive a bus.
I just wonder how the passengers could not have noticed the kid was only 14?
Classy (Score:3, Interesting)
Sorry, y'all corporate types, but I find this just classy. "Young Understudy gives regular driver a day off". It's a break from the tough "false security protection" stories lately.
Since he didn't crash, maybe they can give him an official bus-driver's ed class and make it official.
it always ends in arrest (Score:1)
That this guy was arrested and jailed -- for something pretty damn harmless that actually benefited the patrons of the bus system -- suggests the cops really do have too much time on their hands. Tax revenues are down.. anyone for cutting the police budget?