A video sent to INsauga.com appears to show a Brampton Transit driver’s social media post of driving down a snowy street.

Brampton Transit has taken a bus driver off the job while the city investigates a complaint that she posted videos to social media while behind the wheel.

Multiple videos and photos allegedly posted to TikTok and SnapChat were obtained by INsauga.com, and appear to show the female Brampton Transit operator’s social media activity while on the job.

In one of the clips, the operator appears to have recorded footage on a smartphone while driving a transit bus down a snowy street.

“Let’s get to work,” the operator, who goes by the username Lee_30fancy on TikTok and saslee_I on Snapchat, can be heard saying in another clip while walking through the snow before the filming from what appears to be the driver’s seat of a Brampton Transit bus.

Most of the clips obtained by INsauga.com show the operator wearing a Brampton Transit uniform while filming herself and posing for the camera.

A complaint has been filed with Brampton Transit, and the city has confirmed to INsauga.com that the operator “has been removed from service while the investigation is underway.”

Brampton Transit has not disclosed the operator’s name.

“The safety of passengers, pedestrians and all road users is the top priority for Brampton Transit. The City takes any reports of unsafe behaviour by a transit operator very seriously,” the city said in a statement to INsauga.com.

The city says all Brampton Transit operators must follow “strict safety protocols,” and says the use of personal mobile devices while operating a transit vehicle “is strictly prohibited under City policy and Ontario’s distracted driving laws.”

Brampton Transit buses are also equipped with onboard camera systems to “support safety and incident review,” the city says.

Under Ontario’s distracted driving laws, drivers can only touch a smartphone to call an ambulance, police or fire department emergency services. Drivers cannot have a display screen visible to the driver that is unrelated to driving, even when you are stopped in traffic or at a red light.

In 2023, MiWay transit operator Baljeet Dhaliwal of Brampton was charged with dangerous operation causing death following a fatal chain reaction pile-up in the Malton area of north Mississauga.

The crash was captured on a dashcam video widely circulated online that shows a MiWay bus plowing into the back of a vehicle. Sharron Williams, 50, of Mississauga, was killed after the MiWay bus struck the car she was driving.

Driving a bus in Ontario requires either a Class C or F licence, and the penalties for distracted driving start at $615 and can be as high as $1,000, three demerit points, and a three-day licence suspension upon conviction.

Fines go up to $2,000 for the second offence, with six demerit points and a seven-day licence suspension, and up to $3,000, six demerit points, and a 30-day licence suspension for every other conviction.

Drivers can also face careless driving by endangering other people “because of any kind of distraction,” the province says.


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