Watch Fight Break Out Over Bus Fare

            


Should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque. Story out of Winnipeg, Manitoba: 

The union representing bus drivers in Winnipeg says a fare dispute this week where the driver appeared to fight back after being spat on shows the need for different ways to collect money from passengers.

John Callahan, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505, said there were about 60 assaults on operators in Winnipeg last year and two thirds were a result of fare disputes.

A video posted online that appears to have been shot by someone on the bus begins with a man appearing to spit on the driver, who is behind the wheel.

As the man turns to leave through the front door, the driver leaps from his seat, pursues him outside and attempts to tackle him. They struggled and the man attempted to grab the back of the driver's head, knocking off his sunglasses.

Police said the driver wasn't hurt and the man was held by a second bus operator and two passengers until police arrived.

"After the fact you could look back and say, (the driver) should have disengaged. But you know, hindsight is 20/20," Callahan said, again noting how much drivers hate being spat on. Cont. (Video)

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