Bus driver sacked for using iPad while driving on M50

A bus driver for a private coach operator has been sacked after using his iPad while driving his bus at 100km/h on the M50 two years ago. CCTV cameras put in place by Aircoach recorded driver Sean Purcell take his two hands off the steering wheel to take out his iPad on July 22, 2013.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal hearing into Mr Purcell’s claim for unfair dismissal records that Mr Purcell was driving the empty bus “at 100km/h”.

The CCTV footage then recorded Mr Purcell having an iPad in one hand with the other hand on the steering wheel, and on two or three occasions not having either hand on the steering wheel.