[Resolved]  Public — Arrogant behaviour of Bus Driver

Address:

Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu

I faced a problem today due to the misbehaviour of the bus driver while traveling through the New Avadi 100 feet road at 9.00 am today morning. As there are 2 lanes in the road and repair work is being carried out in one lane, the vehicles pass through a single lane on both directions and therefore, there is heavy congestion of vehicles on the lane.

The MTC bus number TN01N-9164 was passing slowly due to the heavy congestion of vehicles and I was trying to move my vehicle slowly and the bus crossed me in the opposite direction. The bus driver was so arrogant that he hit me on my head and shouted at me to move aside. When I asked him for the reason for assaulting me, the driver got angry and spat on my face.

We engaged ourselves in heated argument and the bus driver wanted to come down to have a tiff with me and was stopped by the conductor of the bus. I did not want to disrupt the traffic and cause nuisance to the public and went away. I felt very much humiliated by this incident and the apathetic attitude of the driver. The driver did not have any right to assault a person and spit on him. He insulted me in public and caused serious mental agony to me. The driver would have been a threat to my life if the conductor had not stopped him.

I did not want to file a police complaint against this person as the legal system in our country will be very slow and the public will not get justice. I know that there are several such incidents happening across the state on a daily basis and no justice is delivered to the public. I wish that our government takes some strong measures to penalize such arrogant and uneducated bus drivers in future.