![]() Would there be anything wrong with that? What and where you eat is an individual decision. Are there vending machines at garages that drivers could get a snack from, to keep them going just in case some unforeseen circumstances happen? In the ATM situation, I can't think of any good reason to hold up the bus for that. If there is no food available at the relief point, there's nothing stopping them from bringing their own food so they don't have to make the bus late, since keeping on schedule is one of their responsibilities. Even if they do have the opportunity to get food, there is still the possibility that something could go wrong that throws off the schedule and doesn't allow the driver to take a break when and where they planned to. Certain neighborhoods don't have BOA ATMs so if you are on a route with one, why not? Some Relief POINTS and layovers may lack restaurants so if the possibility of getting food midroute presents itself, I can't blame the driver. I don't know how CTA works, but depending on circumstances, I can see how and why a driver might take advantage of a situation that might not otherwise avail itself. but a food/beverage break while on route might not be something that is allowable by CTA rules. If it was a urgent 10-100 or 10-200 break, I could see. He gets back on board, releases the parking brake, puts the bus back into "D" and takes off EB on Addison. ![]() The bus continued to idle for a couple more minutes before the Bus Operator comes out the Dunkin' Donuts with a coffee in hand(maybe a brown Dunkin' Donuts bag with some food item(s) as well). I at first think "Did the bus breakdown?", but then I seen people sitting in the bus. I'm heading WB on Addison and see a Nova stopped at Lincoln/Addison & Ravenswood EB right by the Dunkin' Donuts just idling there. You got to know when it's a personal break, and when it's just a "I'm taking a minute to get a bite/beverage" break. The guy who scraped the wall at Cicero/Kennedy Expwy could vouch for that!! Maybe she thought she didn't have body damage, but if she did she would have to explain that one. She just scraped it, but her mistake was she tried to turn straight into the one lane and not use the left turn lane on Oak Park. I don't know why they have the drivers turning there. Last week, I had a woman driver make this turn at Addison/OakPark hit the pole and keep going.
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