A bus driver in Rome who was caught using two cellphones and steering with his elbows while driving has been suspended, according to a local official.

Video of the driver, who was taking passengers to Rome’s Ciampino Airport, showed him talking on one phone while trying to configure his e-mail on the other one. The clip was posted online by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Wednesday.

Using even one cellphone while driving is against the law in Italy.

The Italian news agency ANSA has posted a photograph of the driver’s two phones — one of which sports a large antenna — in the hands of a police officer.

On Thursday, La Repubblica reported that a regional transport commissioner, Francesco Lollobrigida, said that the driver had been “suspended pending disciplinary proceedings.” Mr. Lollobrigida added that the action was “necessary to protect passengers and also the image of the many public transport workers who have impeccable behavior and who are the majority in this region.”

While opposition politicians called for the driver to be fired, the bus company that operates service along the route said in a statement that the driver was employed by a subcontractor “with its own management and board,” so it was unclear whether he had, in fact, done enough to be fired.

If the driver does lose his job, he might consider a move to Nevada in the near future. As my colleague John Markoff reported this week, Google, a pioneer of self-driving cars, “is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state where they could be legally operated on public roads. And yes, the proposed legislation would include an exemption from the ban on distracted driving to allow occupants to send text messages while sitting behind the wheel.”