In an incident that could only happen in Canada, perplexed passengers found themselves at the mercy of a super-nice bus-jacker.
Ope!
The New York Post had additional details on the bizarrely amusing crime:
A random man allegedly slipped behind the wheel of a Canadian city bus and operated it as if he had just punched in for his shift — shocking a group of late-night commuters, according to authorities and reports.
The bizarre joyride began when the real driver stepped off a Hamilton Street Railway bus for a quick break in Hamilton, Ontario around 9 p.m. Tuesday, the Hamilton Police Service said in a statement to The Post.
Moments later, the bus, which was carrying roughly 10 passengers, lurched into motion — but the man behind the wheel was a completely different, unauthorized driver, authorities said.
Being a true Canadian, the hijacker politely went about the business of checking bus passes and helping passengers reach their destinations, albeit with a few hiccups along the way.
At one point, he even denied a rider attempting to board with an expired bus pass, officials claimed.
The mystery motorist, however, veered off course from the typical bus route a few times, requiring passengers to help him navigate, the New York Times reported.
'He took the bus off route,' Trevor McKenna, a spokesman for the Hamilton Police Service, told the outlet.
'He started going down side streets. At one point, one of the passengers had to supply directions.'
The polite Canadian passengers tolerated the hijacking, of course, and politely assisted the polite Canadian bus hijacker.
The police did not identify the criminal, but did acknowledge that he "played by the rules."
Canada. Where even the criminals play by the rules. Kind of.
What a guy, eh?
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