{"id":3644,"date":"2011-06-08T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T15:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:10","slug":"bus-driver-who-used-cell-phone-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/bus-driver-who-used-cell-phone-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Driver Who Used Cell Phone Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Bus.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1196\" title=\"Bus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Bus.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1196 lazyload\" title=\"Bus\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Bus.gif\"><\/a>A school bus driver who was caught looking at a used cell phone while operating the vehicle has been forced to resign from her job in Rockingham County in the United States.&nbsp; Mary Bondurant was the subject of a complaint by a parent to school system officials last Friday after having seen the bus cross over the yellow line.&nbsp; When security footage was examined following the complaint, it caught the driver in the act of picking up and putting down a cell phone several times while driving the school bus between the Wednesday and Friday of last week. &nbsp;It seems clear that Bondurant\u2019s position became untenable.<\/p>\n<p>While the evidence did not show that Bondurant actually talked or texted on the cell phone while driving the bus, it is against state law for anyone operating a motor vehicle to be using them at all, according to Rockingham School County spokeswoman Karen Hyler.&nbsp; The State Highway Patrol is now also investigating the incident.&nbsp; On Friday, Bondurant was told by school officials that she would not be allowed to drive the school bus on the following Monday; on the Sunday, she then elected to submit her resignation as both school bus driver and teacher\u2019s assistant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want them to be distracted,\u201d says Superintendant Dr Rodney Shotwell, who points out that the school operates a \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy for bus drivers who are caught using cell phones.&nbsp; \u201cTheir number one job is to keep their eyes on the road and two hands on the steering wheel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A school bus driver who was caught looking at a used cell phone while operating the vehicle has been forced to resign from her job in Rockingham County in the United 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