Bristol bus driver caught on camera smoking while driving

A bus driver in Bristol has been caught on film smoking a cigarette while at the wheel. Passenger Riley Whitman used his mobile phone to film the driver and claims that the driver 'refused' to put out the cigarette when asked to do so by passengers.

Mr Whitman had been travelling on the X91 bus, operated by The Big Lemon bus company, between Bristol and Ubley in the Chew Valley on Saturday (Oct 11). He described how at around 2.20pm just by Bristol city centre , he realised the driver of the bus he was on was smoking while driving.

He told BristolLive: "It was extremely distressing. The bus driver was smoking and refusing to put it out. It was completely unsafe and disgusting."

Video footage captured by Mr Whitman shows the dr

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