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That night, he met friends for coffee and dessert at the Elgin Street Diner. A non-drinker, he boarded the bus to return home without incident but alleges the driver was taking turns “aggressively” and speeding. On a couple of occasions, he said, the wheelchair — which was facing the back of the bus — actually skipped off the floor.

He said the acceleration was so heavy at one point that his chair lurched forward “and I had to quickly grab the bar and brace myself to avoid falling out of the chair.”

After making the turn at Parkdale and Carling avenues — “hauling it” — Hunter said he felt he had to speak up, for himself and the safety of other passengers.

“Hey, sir are you OK?” he related the exchange in his written complaint. “I think that your driving is quite excessive, aggressive and fast.”

The driver did not respond, Hunter said, until he arrived at his stop and was waiting for the exit ramp to be lowered at the front door. It was then that the driver snapped at him, he said.

Hunter said he stopped the descent of the folding ramp with his hand and made eye contact with the driver.

“I was so disgusted by his behaviour, I turned around and waited for the ramp to rise and grabbed the ramp and held it down to say this: ‘Go f— myself? That’s your response to someone expressing the concern for his safety and wellbeing as well as the safety and wellbeing of the others on the bus including the elderly man STANDING possibly requesting the next stop?'”