The TTC is promising to investigate and take action after one of its buses blew right through a red light at Eglinton Ave. E. and Ionview Road nearly hitting a pedestrian. In the video above we see two buses. It is the one in the curb lane to watch. As it approaches Ionview it seems to slow but then speeds up. What the driver has on his mind is uncertain but the pedal-to-the-metal move occurs as the light turns red for him. A woman is on the same side of Eglinton and she steps out to cross before realizing the bus in coming at her. The video was shot with a dash cam and posted by someone who calls himself Blue Team Player and the remarks of the occupants of the is more revealing. The car is silent until the bus suddenly speeds up and the witnesses see the woman. “Oh…Oh…Ohh” says one occupant. “Did you get that? I thought she was going to die there.” Brad Ross of the TTC said the transit system is a professional operation and will get to the bottom of the incident. It is also true however that TTC drivers are under pressure to keep on schedule and in fact speed up if the route is running slow.
