Bus rider injured due to sudden braking not entitled to benefits

Bus rider injured due to sudden braking not entitled to benefits

iStock.com/Eli Unger A public transit customer injured when the bus she was riding in braked suddenly to avoid a collision is not entitled to accident benefits, the Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal has ruled. The case turned on whether a person inside a bus could be considered an ‘object’ with which the bus collides. “I find that the language in s. 268(1.1) of the Insurance Act clearly exempts a passenger on [a] public transit bus from receiving …