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Ha! After Embarrassing Video, Some Metro-North Train Operators Opting For Subterfuge
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 10, 2012
Modified Jun 10, 2012
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After a revealing video that showed a Metro-North train operator reading the newspaper (while he probably should have been, you know, paying more attention to the train's journey) was shared with NBC 4, the MTA suspended the operator and promised an investigation was underway, calling the behavior "unacceptable" and explaining, "Reading anything, texting or using cellphones while operating a train is obviously not acceptable." That's all very well and good—so why are some train operators covering up the windows to their cabs?
NBC New York reports, "Posters, including a Today in New York advertisement, were seen taped to the windows of some driving cabs on Metro-North trains Saturday." The MTA says there's technically nothing wrong with that since there' no "policy that either prohibits or encourages train crew members from papering over or otherwise obscuring interior cab windows." But one commuter said, "It doesn't make sense. This kind of conduct shouldn't be allowed."
View more videos at: https://nbcnewyork.com.
The rider who shared the video of the Post-loving train operator said, "He only looked up when the bells went off. That made me nervous. What if one of the bells didn't go off and something happened with the train?"
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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