Invidious

A man had climbed behind the wheel of a city bus after the driver stepped out to use the toilet and took passengers on a nighttime joyride through the city making stops, letting riders on and off, and even made someone with an expired bus pass put money in the fare box.

For a few minutes, everything seemed normal on board and passengers didn’t seem to notice. Police said “He was following the rules of the road. He was making the scheduled stops along the way and letting people come and go. It’s not like he was threatening in nature or holding them there."

“It was when the bus started going off the designated route — it was his own personalized route, he was going down side streets — some passengers noticed. Once they noticed that, they engaged in a conversation with him. One witness was saying that they were giving him directions.

“But when he did come to stops, he would make the stop, open the door and let people on or off. And he stopped somebody who was looking to use a Presto card that was expired. He actually charged them money and made them put it in the machine and they got on for their ride.”

Police said he "did a great job" driving.