“I’ve been taking the same bus for eight years, I’ve never experienced that”

The driver of a De Lijn company bus was arrested after driving while intoxicated, media in the north of the country announced. It was passengers who alerted the police after seeing that the driver was deviating from the trajectory, not stopping at stops and not stopping at red lights.

“I’ve been on the same bus for eight years, I’ve never experienced this,” said Laurens, a young traveler, who shared the footage. “I immediately noticed that something was wrong. At the first stop, the driver did not stop. He missed others. And when he stopped, he couldn’t open the doors because he was using the wrong button”.

> The video of the incident can be seen here

Finally, the police stopped the bus and gave the driver a breather. He was definitely positive. A new driver, cleaner, arrived to take his service. “Today, I can laugh about it, but the consequences could have been dramatic”.

At De Lijn, we take this matter very seriously: “Passenger safety must be our priority”. An internal investigation is opened.

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