SF supervisors pass ban on tour bus drivers doing commentary

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San Francisco city tour bus drivers must now choose: narrate or drive.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday to prohibit city tour bus operators from doing both at the same time. The legislation comes aftera fatal pedestrian accident in front of City Hall last October, when a tour bus struck and killed 68-year-old Priscila “Precy” Moreto.

The driver worked for Classic Cable Car Charters.

Supervisor Norman Yee, who sponsored the ordinance, said drivers of automobiles are more regulated than bus drivers.

“I can drive my teeny, weeny car and I can’t be talking on my cell phone, and someone who is driving a big old tour bus — they can? There’s no logic behind that.”

Yee, who was hit by a car and severely injured in 2006, said the ban is “just one more piece in the puzzle” needed to eliminate pedestrian deaths.

The legislation will be up for a final vote next week and must be signed by the mayor before it becomes law.