When CTA Drivers Attack

By Prescott Carlson in News on Sep 13, 2008 2:50PM

We've all had our fair share of negative experiences on the CTA ranging from 30 minute waits to encountering unknown bodily fluids. But one Orland Park man's CTA bus ride takes the cake -- he's claiming that the driver of the bus threatened him with a 5 inch knife. Friday morning Brian Harroun was on his way to work on the South Side when he boarded the southbound Indiana/Hyde Park bus and immediately found out that someone had pissed in the driver's Wheaties:

When he tried to use his CTA card, it came back "invalid,'' Harroun said. He told the driver CTA personnel had told him in the past that if he encountered problems with the card, he should ask the driver to call a supervisor.

But the driver became irate, used an expletive and "told me to shut up and go to the back of the bus,'' Harroun said.

Once he reached his destination, he signaled to the driver to stop but she kept right on going. When Harroun approached the driver to ask what the dealio was, he says the driver pulled out a knife and "dared him to do something." Harroun managed to finally get off the Bus of Terror and had one hell of a story to tell his fellow construction workers over lunch at the roach coach. The driver currently has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of an investigation into the matter. [Southtown Star]