Metro warns driver, eyes tougher reading-while-driving policy

Metro is rethinking how it disciplines bus drivers who read while behind the wheel after The Examinerreported earlier this month that a Metrobus driver was reading a book during a busy evening commute.

The transit agency plans to reprimand the driver with a written warning, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said Monday. The reprimand would be the driver’s first violation under the current policy, which allows drivers four strikes before getting fired if they are caught reading while driving.