Metro cracks down on texting drivers

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Metro is creating a zero tolerance policy against its employees who use cell phones while operating trains or driving buses after a video surfaced of a driver text messaging.

General Manager John Catoe said Thursday that the transit agency will fire any driver who uses cell phones or other electronic devices. The policy will begin Monday after Metro finalizes the policy’s wording.

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