WMATA stiffens cell-text ban for operators
WMATA general manager John Catoe has just announced a strict no-tolerance policy for operators using cell phones and text messaging devices on the job. One strike and you're out -- as in fired. The new policy replaces a three-strikes-and-you're out approach that prevailed before.
WMATA says the preliminary indication is that cell phones use was not involved in the June 22 Red Line crash that killed 9, but a You Tube video has emerged purporting to show a WMATA operator texting.
D.. Metro operators have become unwitting stars at You Tube lately. Another video (shown above) making the rounds appears to show a Green Line driver sleeping on the job.
